LANGTCHG 741
Second Language Course Design and Methodology
Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for LANGTCHG 741.
Description
Semester 1 (on campus), Semester 2 (online)
Coordinators: Semester 1: Rosemary Wette; Semester 2: Rob Batstone
The subject of LANGTCHG 741 is the second language curriculum. “Curriculum” is a very broad term that can include syllabus and materials selection, teaching strategies, assessment and evaluation. The curriculum can be examined at many levels: the national/societal curriculum, the curriculum that teachers plan, the one they actually implement, the curriculum that learners receive and the one that they take up and learn.
The on-campus LANGTCHG 741 is divided into three main components. Since teachers plan their courses in the context of particular constraints and resources, the first part of the course examines sociopolitical and cultural issues arising from the contexts in which second language curricula are developed, including those associated with use of commercial “global coursebooks”. The second part of the course looks at teachers’ options for organising the curriculum, which include language-, content-, learning- and learner-based curricula. The final part of the course reviews curriculum development and implementation processes, from the consideration of context and learner factors through goal specifications, unit and lesson planning, teaching methodologies and monitoring how the curriculum is received by learners.
Class sessions include explicit instruction, analysis of a range of curriculum documents and opportunities for small-group and whole-class discussions. There are two major assignments for this course. All course materials are available in a course-specific book of notes and materials and as readings on CECIL.
In Semester Two LANGTCHG 741 will be available only via online delivery.
Availability 2016
Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Robert Batstone
Points
LANGTCHG 741: 15 points
Restrictions
LANGTCHG 400,724
