School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Languages Other Than English Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    LAN6741
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Margaret EGEBERG

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the principles of LOTE teaching and learning and the linguistic and psycholinguistic theories of language acquisition. It examines the development of the Communicative Approach to Language Teaching and its different syllabus types as well as the various factors that affect language learning in students. The unit will also focus on the Australian curriculum for LOTE and begin to look at various lesson designs for LOTE classes.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN6633, LAN4213

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of the main theories of second language learning and relate these to the various approaches and methods of language teaching.
  2. Identify current approaches to second language pedagogy and reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches.
  3. Identify their own beliefs about second language learning and reflect on the implication of these beliefs for their work as teachers of languages.
  4. Understand the LOTE curriculum requirements as described in the Australian curriculum and associated documents and identify key strategies and techniques for achieving these outcomes.
  5. Show understanding of individual learner differences and of their implications on second language learning and for pedagogy.
  6. Design learning sequences for groups of students using strategies and techniques appropriate for particular groups.
  7. Select, evaluate and adapt teaching materials and other resources available for their target language.

Unit Content

  1. Various approaches to LOTE methodology: grammar/translation, direct method, audio-lingual, cognitive code, functional-notional, communicative, and of the theories on which they are based.
  2. Languages in the Australian and West Australian curriculum.
  3. Communicative Language Teaching, task-based language teaching through self-access and related syllabus/course development for languages; how these are reflected in current approaches to language teaching.
  4. LOTE planning: developing activities, planning for the classroom.
  5. Lesson Planning; Objectives/intentions; Task and text selection; timing and sequencing.
  6. Resource Centres for LOTE; selecting, adapting, creating and evaluating resources.
  7. Self Access Learning and differentiation in the language classroom.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered12 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Workshops, Micro-teaching.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 160%
AssignmentAssignment 240%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 160%
AssignmentAssignment 240%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Languages Other Than English Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    LAN6741
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Margaret EGEBERG

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the principles of LOTE teaching and learning and the linguistic and psycholinguistic theories of language acquisition. It examines the development of the Communicative Approach to Language Teaching and its different syllabus types as well as the various factors that affect language learning in students. The unit will also focus on the Australian curriculum for LOTE and begin to look at various lesson designs for LOTE classes.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAN6633, LAN4213

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of the main theories of second language learning and relate these to the various approaches and methods of language teaching.
  2. Identify current approaches to second language pedagogy and reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches.
  3. Understand the Languages curriculum requirements as described in the Australian curriculum and associated documents and identify key strategies and techniques for achieving these outcomes.
  4. Show understanding of individual learner differences and of their implications on second language learning and for pedagogy.
  5. Select, evaluate, and adapt teaching materials to design learning sequences for their target language, using appropriate strategies and technique.

Unit Content

  1. Various approaches to LOTE methodology: grammar/translation, direct method, audio-lingual, cognitive code, functional-notional, communicative, and of the theories on which they are based.
  2. Languages in the Australian and West Australian curriculum.
  3. Communicative Language Teaching, task-based language teaching through self-access and related syllabus/course development for languages; how these are reflected in current approaches to language teaching.
  4. LOTE planning: developing activities, planning for the classroom.
  5. Lesson Planning; Objectives/intentions; Task and text selection; timing and sequencing.
  6. Resource Centres for LOTE; selecting, adapting, creating and evaluating resources.
  7. Self Access Learning and differentiation in the language classroom.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, Workshops, Micro-teaching.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 160%
AssignmentAssignment 240%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 160%
AssignmentAssignment 240%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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