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483-844 Teaching Method in English

Teaching Methods Grad. Dip. Education subject.

Credit points: 10.0

Coordinator: Jo Reidy.

Prerequisite: English sub-major.

Contact: 2-hours of classes each week.

Timetable: Double semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students will be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge of the Victorian English Curriculum and Standards Framework;
• demonstrate an understanding of some major ideas about reading and writing processes and spoken discourse, including discourse in the classroom itself;
• demonstrate an ability to plan significant learning experiences for a range of students in a variety of settings;
• demonstrate a broad knowledge of, and interest in, text and texts of all kinds - film, literary text, young adult fiction, texts drawn from contemporary media and texts generated in a variety of classroom settings; and
• demonstrate a knowledge of various ways of assessing students' learning and evaluating classroom processes and materials.

Content:

A study of English learning and teaching in contemporary classrooms.

Students will be introduced to the development of language in each of the four modes: speaking, writing, reading and listening; assessment and evaluation; various approaches to the teaching of written language; classroom management and organisation specific to the teaching of English; reading theories and processes; approaches to the teaching of text to adolescents; the English teacher's role in the whole school; resources - print and non-print - for English teachers; teaching English in the mixed-ability classroom; and teaching VCE English.

Assessment:

Essays and assignments equivalent to 4,000 words. Students must pass each assessment task.

Prescribed texts:

• Love K & Reidy J (ed. ) Learning Area Studies: English - Readings 1995.

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