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School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course focuses on the theory and practice of language teaching. Students investigate key areas of linguistic and applied linguistic theory pertinent to language learning and teaching, and how these theoretical approaches can be applied in classroom practice. Students will explore techniques and methods of language teaching as well as how instruction is carried out in a range of teaching contexts, from classroom instruction to online language learning. Students gain insight on language learners, including their learning styles and strategies. They are encouraged to reflect critically on their own learning experiences and apply the course content to any prior teaching experience they may have. The course will equip students with the capacity for an informed, reflective and context-sensitive approach to language teaching.
Engagement tasks (e.g., quizzes, forums, interactive activities)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Case study of a learner or teaching analysis (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Learning reflection (1300 words or equivalent)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Practical portfolio (1800 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks, and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Work Integrated Learning Other The 'Teaching Languages' course involves assessments in which students plan, deliver and reflect on teaching experience. It is a simulation because students teach each other, but it is a genuine workplace experience because the students are genuine learners of the language being taught. They experience all aspects of class planning, including developing a simulated institutional context and working to a curriculum and the needs of particular age groups. In other assessments, students evaluate teaching practice, e.g., online language courses. These activities are core in the course curriculum and thoroughly integrate theory and practice as they require students to link the practices they experience or observe with theory content from the course and academic literature.
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