ETL710 - Teaching and Learning in Languages Classrooms

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Previously:

ECL306

Prerequisite:

D303 students must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60%, otherwise Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with:

ECL751, ESJ757

Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 2-hour online seminar per week

Approximately 6-hours of online learning tasks and discussions per week

Content

This unit provides an extensive overview of Languages pedagogy for pre- and in-service teachers. It considers the ways that languages are learnt by diverse students in different contexts.

This unit aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the context of languages education with a view to critically evaluating and reflecting on the history of the discipline, the contemporary policy context the implementation of current approaches to pedagogy provision.

In this unit, students explore language acquisition theory and its implications for language teaching, and a wide range of languages teaching approaches. Students will apply different strategies for teaching, assessment and evaluation, and implement these in their assessments.

Unit Fee Information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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