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 483-126 Learning Area (Sec) English

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Kristina Love

Prerequisites

At least two years of undergraduate study in either English or Linguistics, or approved equivalent.

Semester

Year long (view timetable)

Contact

36 hours across the year

Subject Description

The course will familiarise students with the key English curriculum policy statements and how to plan and evaluate English lessons from years 7-12 around these policies. This will involve consideration of issues to do with the teaching of Young Adult Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Film as Text, Approaches to Writing, Knowledge about Language and the Media. It will also involve considerations of the role of computers in English teaching, the evaluation of teaching resources and the development of a personal philosophy of English teaching.

Assessment

Assignments totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • Board of Studies, VCE Study Design: English. Board of Studies 1998.
  • Board of Studies, The Curriculum Standards Framework: English. Board of Studies.
  • Department of Education, The Switched On Curriculum. CD-ROM Department of Education, Victoria 1998.
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