This unit aims to help university students to develop a better understanding of the grammar and linguistic skills needed to effectively teach English. The unit introduces university students to discourse level features of language, and functional and descriptive grammars. It also covers areas such as word classes, tense and aspects of various sentence structures.
The unit connects with professional experiences and supports university students to articulate and reflect on important questions related to their study. This unit will also provide university students with opportunities in which to investigate personal, school-based, theoretical and socio cultural explanations of experiences in educational settings. In addition, university students will examine  teaching and learning principles that underpin the creation of safe and secure classroom environments. 

Unit details

Location:
Footscray Park
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
12
Unit code:
EDT1002

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. Analyse, appraise and reflect on theories of language construction from a linguistic perspective including systematic functional grammar;  
  2. Articulate the foundations of linguistic analysis;  
  3. Adapt appropriate meta language to discuss the linguistic features of a range of texts (oral and written); and  
  4. Apply this knowledge in language teaching and learning practice.  

Assessment

Assessment type Description Grade
Essay Academic Essay (800 words) 20%
Assignment Language task (1100 words) 40%
Assignment Text Analysis (1100 words) 40%

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As part of a course

You can choose to study this unit as part of the following courses. Refer to the course page for information on how to structure your course to include this unit.

Course Study as part of
Bachelor of Education (P-12) Teaching English as an Additional Language (TEAL) (Education Minor) - Discipline Minor
Bachelor of Education Studies Teaching English as an Additional Language (TEAL) (Education Minor) - Discipline Minor

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