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KCIL5624: Technology and Language Learning
2025 unit information
Learners no longer acquire knowledge by means of the written word and the pen alone. Technology and multimedia play a large role in people's lives and facilitate language use in many and diverse forms. This unit demonstrates how technology can be effectively used in the contemporary language classroom to enhance the proficiency of second language learners across all the macro skills. It introduces students to technology that will provide them with the basic skills to design their own materials and to develop multimedia materials and sites that can be adapted or modified for their own classroom use.
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| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Indigenous Academic Units |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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KCIL5623 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. recognise the implications of introducing technology in the languages classroom
- LO2. demonstrate an understanding of the benefits of technology in the languages classroom
- LO3. design and develop new materials using technology
- LO4. apply technological aids in language programming, teaching and learning
- LO5. be open to new ideas, methods and ways of thinking
- LO6. identify, define and analyse problems and identify or create processes to solve them
- LO7. locate and evaluate information efficiently and effectively
- LO8. make effective use of oral, written and visual means to critique, negotiate, create and communicate understanding
- LO9. use contemporary media and technology to access and manage information.
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Intensive August 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive August 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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