Curriculum Studies 3B

Course aim

To familiarise students with current recommended English Curriculum materials and resources available in their local schools, including national and local curriculum processes; to provide students with the skills and understandings necessary to operate as educators in a TESL/TEFL context; to acquaint students with the issues of language contact, language change and language shift, plus the potentials of language learning and language planning in a language contact situation.

Course content

English curriculum materials and resources: selection and organisation of a variety of resources, suitable for achieving objectives; teaching English as a second language: identification and application of relevant teaching strategies/styles; language issues: language contact, language change and language engineering.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
CURR 3006	Curriculum Studies 3AA

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Intensive workshops)	N/A x N/A
External (On-going coursework conducted off campus in the student's home community)	N/A x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Exercises - SACSA framework, ESL document, Maintain journal - English/ ESL teaching resources, materials, documents, activities for Anangu students, Written report - 'language change', Written report - core / recommended English & ESL curriculum, Written report - current ESL approaches in Aboriginal schools, Written report - 'language contact', Written Report - 'language engineering'

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.083
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.