Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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• Unit Title

  English for Speakers of Other Languages or Dialects

• Unit Code

  LAN3240

• Year

  2018

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Annamaria PAOLINO

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Description

This unit examines important aspects of teaching English as an additional language or dialect to primary aged children from diverse cultural and language backgrounds. Students will explore how to investigate and respond to the communicative and linguistic needs of these children, taking into account their cultural, social, language and educational backgrounds.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from LAN1260 and 1 unit from LAN2260, LAN3280

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN4238, LIT4010

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Communicate orally and in written form an understanding of additional language/dialect learning processes, including their relationships to first language/dialect learning.
2. Describe and evaluate current policies and support services for EAL/ESD learners in schools.
3. Investigate and apply understandings of the language, sociocultural, and educational backgrounds of EAL/ESD students in order to design, deliver and evaluate effective learning programs.
4. Investigate, select, apply and evaluate strategies to support EAL/ESD students language learning.

Unit Content

1. Theory and practice related to first and additional language and dialect learning.
2. Current policies and resources related to children learning English as an additional language or dialect.
3. Planning for learning based on a needs analysis.
4. Selection, use and evaluation of teaching and learning strategies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorial activities and discussion, collaborative group work and field work.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Gibbons, P. (2015). Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning : teaching English language learners in the mainstream classroom (Second edition). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
• Gibbons, P. (2015). Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning : teaching English language learners in the mainstream classroom (Second edition). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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