Teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect I

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Key facts

UNE unit code: EDLA387

*You are viewing the 2024 version of this unit which may be subject to change in future.

Start

Trimester 1 - On Campus
Trimester 1 - Online

Campus

Armidale Campus

24/7 online support

Intensive schools

Supervised exam

Credit points

UNE student studies on a laptop on her lounge at home

Teaching English as an Additional Language involves a range of highly specialised skills and requires teachers to be culturally sensitive and aware when engaging their students in learning activities. For students who are learning to speak English as an Additional Language, effective and engaging teaching is critical to their success.

This unit is the first of a pair of units designed to prepare you to become a teacher of English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D). You will learn about the principles that underpin effective learning and teaching of EAL/D, and the related approaches and pedagogies. The unit will teach you how to create a positive learning environment and how to plan effective learning sequences and programs with accurate assessment and evaluation processes.

In this unit you will examine the experience of the language learner, with special attention given to the relationship between language and culture.

Offerings

Teaching period	Mode/location
Trimester 1	On Campus, Armidale Campus
Trimester 1	Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites

candidature in BA/BTeach or BEd(InServConv) or BEd(K-12 Teach) or BEd(SecArts) or MTeach(Sec); AND for BEd(SecArts) students admitted from 2016: 48 cp non-education units

Restrictions

EDLA487 or EDLI502

Combined units

EDLA487 Teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect I

Notes

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)

Leonardo VelizHead of Department - Curriculum. Senior Lecturer - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Education

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the experience of the language learner, and the relation between language and culture (GTSD 1.2.1, 1.3.1);
demonstrate understanding of principles that underpin effective learning and teaching of English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) and related approaches and pedagogies (GTSD 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 4.1.1);
demonstrate knowledge of methods for creating an English language learning environment including the use of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies, planning lessons and programming teaching sequences (GTSD 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1); and
demonstrate knowledge of assessment and evaluation processes applicable to EAL/D (GTSD 2.3.1, 3.6.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1).

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
Assessment 1	Yes	30%	All offerings	Moderated online discussion and related short essay. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1 No. Words: 1250
Assessment 2	Yes	25%	All offerings	Micro-lesson presentation and reflection. GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1 No. Words: 1000
Assessment 3	Yes	45%	All offerings	Essay. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 3.6.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1 No. Words: 1750

Title

Must Complete

Weight

Offerings

Assessment Notes

Assessment 1

Yes

30%

All offerings

Moderated online discussion and related short essay. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1

No. Words: 1250

Assessment 2

Yes

25%

All offerings

Micro-lesson presentation and reflection. GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.1.1

No. Words: 1000

Assessment 3

Yes

45%

All offerings

Essay. Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.5.1, 2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 3.5.1, 3.6.1, 4.1.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1

No. Words: 1750

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.