483-317 School Studies C47: Teaching English As A Second Language (TESL) I

Note:

1. This subject can be taken as a single subject without the practice teaching component. However, if you wish to be registered for specialist Teaching English as a Second Language positions you must complete School Studies C47: Teaching English as a Second Language, School Studies D47: Teaching English as a Second Language and the practice teaching outlined in the Special Requirements.

2. Special Requirements: Students will be required to do the June School Experience placement in a school with an appropriate ESL program.

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Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• understand basic theories of second language teaching and learning; and

• as generalist teachers, understand and use approaches to teaching English as a Second Language.

Content:

English from the viewpoint of the second language learner. Topics include: how English is structured as a language, English as a system for communication, the methodology of second language teaching, second language acquisition, syllabus design, and error analysis.

Assessment:

Prescribed Texts:

• Brown G and Yule G, Teaching Spoken English, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983.
• Directorate of School Education, ESL Essential, Melbourne 1992.
• Vale D et. al., Pocket ALL, Curriculum Corporation Carlton 1991.
• Ventriglia L, Conversations of Miguel and Maria: How Children Learn a Second Language - Implications for Classroom Teaching, Addison-Wesley Sydney 1982.