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EDMT5533: English in Multilingual Classrooms
2024 unit information
Many primary aged students born in Australia or overseas need support in developing English language. The type of support depends on the learners' needs. For example, some young children entering school with fluency in their first language, but not English will need intensive classroom support in social and school English as will some older students who arrive in Australia during their school years. Other students may be fluent and literate in their first language but others may have missed several years of schooling and may not be literate in any language. The aim of this unit of study is to provide you with both a foundation and a framework for the successful teaching of English as an additional language in a mainstream classroom. You will be encouraged to build on what you are discovering about the development of literacy in English 1 K-6 and how you may build on this knowledge and make decisions about an appropriate pedagogy for supporting students learning English as an additional language or dialect (EALD).
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| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 2 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate knowledge of current educational theory, research and curriculum documents as they relate to teaching EAL/D students.
- LO2. develop an understanding of the learning strengths and needs of students learning English as an additional language or dialect.
- LO3. design tasks from a sociocultural perspective that emphasise challenge, engagement, assisted performance and handover in the context of linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms
- LO4. develop an intercultural competence to include teaching methods and materials that celebrate diversity.
- LO5. critically reflect upon the linguistic and cultural challenges for EAL/D students in the curriculum.
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