483-244 Learning Area: LOTE (Primary)

This subject is only available to Bachelor of Teaching (Primary strand) or Bachelor of Education (Primary) students.

This subject is co-taught with 483-889 Methodology and Curriculum Design: Modern Languages Education.

460-203 School Experience & Practice Teaching 2T and three years of approved university language study post-VCE (BTeach only).

Three years of approved university language study post-VCE (BEd Primary).

Students with other qualifications will need to arrange to be assessed by a language department of an Australian university as being of equivalent profiency.

460-204 Internship (BTeach).

460-300 School Experience 3 (BEd Primary).

Students undertake a study of concepts and practice in second language teaching and learning, with the emphasis on developing teachers as reflective practitioners, capable of fostering in their students communicative competence in a new language, and making the experience of language learning an educational one. Students will be introduced to texts and materials commonly used in primary schools, and will be taught a range of techniques for employing them.

Assignments totalling 4000 words or equivalent.