Curriculum Development in TESOL

Course aim

To enable students to critically engage with principles and practices for designing language and culture curriculum in TESOL, that are grounded in a sound theory of language teaching, a recognition of the policy contexts, and a responsiveness to learner diversity.

Course content

The students will develop an integrated understanding of the complex range of aspects and elements of curriculum for English as an additional language or dialect, and become familiar with principles of curriculum development in TESOL. Guided by an advanced and sound understanding of the theoretical and practical range of issues concerning the relationship between policy and curriculum, as well as the contextual factors and learners' needs, the students will analyse, develop, critique and rationalise language programs for TESOL, formulating curriculum intentions, conceptualising curriculum content, critiquing, selecting, adapting and creating curriculum resources, and designing learner assessment, to achieve the intended goals established for the target TESOL setting.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1
EDUC 5180	Learning English as an Additional Language
Group 2
EDUC 5199	TESOL Approaches and Strategies

Either of the two listed corequisites, which should preferably be taken prior to this course, but may be taken at the same time.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	3 hours x 6 weeks
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	3 hours x 6 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Online activities)	3 hours x 6 weeks
EXTERNAL, ONLINE SCHEDULED CLASS (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	3 hours x 6 weeks

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

Assessment

Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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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.