Key facts
UNE unit code: EDLA386
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- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
Following on from EDLA385, this unit extends your knowledge about teaching languages to young people and further develops your skills for teaching and learning Languages in a range of teaching contexts.
You will explore, through a reflexive community of learners model, rationales for learning and teaching languages in a plurilingual and interconnected world, and examine a variety of approaches to learning and teaching languages.
In this unit, you will develop processes for planning and assessing effective, engaging lessons and learning tasks which facilitate Languages learning.
Study this unit in a flexible and supportive university learning environment at UNE.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
Teaching period | Mode/location |
---|---|
Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
Enrolment rules
Notes
A 20-day practicum must be undertaken concurrently with either EDLA385 or EDLA386.
This unit addresses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Stage, otherwise referred to as Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD).
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate reflexive skills in understanding themselves as teachers of languages and cultures and understanding the complexity of languages teaching contexts (GTSD 6.2.1);
- critically evaluate current trends and issues in languages teaching and learning (GTSD 2.1.1);
- develop and demonstrate a range of context-relevant, research-evidenced and theoretically informed pedagogical strategies for languages and cultures teaching (GTSD 2.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1);
- design well-sequenced and engaging languages and cultures learning programs for diverse learners primarily in Australian schools, including relevant and stimulating concepts and topics; language, culture and intercultural components; and appropriate assessment (GTSD 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.6.1, 2.3.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.5.1); and
- model and evaluate skills applicable to a professional career that reflect professional learning and professional standards for accomplished teaching of languages and cultures (GTSD 6.2.1).
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
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Assessment 1 | Yes | 35% | All offerings | Report. Relates to GTSD: 1.3.1, 1.6.1, 2.1.1, 2.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 6.2.1 No. Words: 1400 |
Assessment 2 | Yes | 35% | All offerings | Programming Task. It is mandatory to pass this component in order to pass this unit. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.6.1, 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 2.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.5.1, 6.2.1 No. Words: 1400 |
Assessment 3 | Yes | 30% | All offerings | Moderated Online Discussion. It is mandatory to pass this component in order to pass this unit. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.6.1, 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 2.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.5.1, 6.2.1) No. Words: 1200 equivalent |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Teaching and Learning Languages: A Guide
ISBN: 9781742000817
Scarino, A. and Liddicoat, A.J., Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 2009
Text refers to: All offerings
Language Teacher Education for a Global Society
ISBN: 9780415877381
Kumaravadivelu, B., Routledge 2012
Text refers to: All offerings
Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library — purchase is optional.
A Course in English Language Teaching
ISBN: 9781107684676
Ur, P., Cambridge University Press 2nd ed. 2012
Text refers to: All offerings
Teachers as Mediators in the Foreign Language Classroom
ISBN: 9781783093052
Kohler, M., Multilingual Matters 2015
Text refers to: All offerings
Teaching Language in Context
ISBN: 9780190333874
Derewianka, B., & Jones, P., Oxford University Press 3rd ed. 2022
Text refers to: All offerings
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