Curriculum Development for Languages Education

Course aim

To critically engage with principles and practices for designing a language and culture curriculum that is grounded in a sound theory of language teaching, including intercultural language learning.

Course content

Students will develop rationale for languages learning in schools, exploring curriculum frameworks for languages education locally, nationally and internationally and applying principles for Intercultural language learning to curriculum design, resource evaluation and lesson planning. Students will develop skills in long term planning for teaching, learning and assessing language learning, and gathering and reflecting on evidence of student learning.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 5176	Interactions for Languages Education
EDUC 5180	Learning an Additional Language

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (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

Essay, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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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.