VU23500 - Plan language learning with support

Unit code:VU23500Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

Location

Footscray Nicholson
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to identify current language learning skills, and plan future language skills development with an appropriate support person.
The outcomes described in this unit relate to:

the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). They contribute directly to the achievement of ACSF indicators of competence for Learning level 1 and partly contribute to Oral Communication for Level 1, and
the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Speaking and Listening are not applicable to this unit.This unit applies to learners wishing to develop language learning skills and strategies to use in a formal learning environment and to become an effective independent language learner.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

work with a support person to review own language learning and identify language learning needs
discuss the development and monitoring of a language learning plan
create and review a short and simple language learning plan with a support person.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

words, phrases and expressions to discuss immediate language learning needs and preferences which include simple linguistic terms
simple everyday adjectives, adverbial expressions
simple modals to communicate language learning needs
simple verb tense forms to talk about language learning plan
common high frequency simple imperative forms related to the learning environment, such as practise pronunciation every day
simple question forms to discuss language learning
simple connectives to talk about language learning, such as and, but, because
simple paralinguistic features to interpret and convey meaning and acknowledge understanding in communicating language learning needs, as appropriate to context.
Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge:
common polite expressions used in discussions with support persons.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.