Course Outline

EDU745 Teaching Junior Secondary Languages

Course Coordinator:Peter Grainger (pgrainge@usc.edu.au) School:School of Education and Tertiary Access

2024Semester 1

UniSC Sunshine Coast

Blended learning Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online.

Please go to usc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.

What is this course about?

Description

This course builds capacity to design and discern effective pedagogy within Languages for Years 7 -10. You organise and plan lessons using the Australian Curriculum for Languages, apply your knowledge, understanding and skills to interpret, evaluate and adapt learning, in order to engage Junior Secondary students.

How will this course be delivered?

Activity Hours Beginning Week Frequency
Blended learning
Learning materials – This is a blended Learning course and you are required to engage with Canvas materials and complete related activities. 2hrs Week 1 9 times
Tutorial/Workshop 1 – You are required to participate weekly in a tutorial/workshop that builds on the learning materials 2hrs Week 1 10 times

Course Topics

  • Secondary (F-10) Curriculum Frameworks in Languages Learning Area and Intercultural Language Teaching   (ICLT)                                                                         
  • Approaches to planning Language learning                                                                                                                                                  
  • Assessing learning in Languages                                                                                                                                                   
  • Benefits of and advocacy for additional language learning, including the academic and social values
  • Pedagogical content knowledge: Languages Learning Area                                                                                            
  • Curriculum content, syllabus alignment and lesson planning, assessing Languages                                  
  • Communicative Language Teaching Methods                                                                                                                

What level is this course?

700 Level (Specialised)

Demonstrating a specialised body of knowledge and set of skills for professional practice or further learning. Advanced application of knowledge and skills in unfamiliar contexts.

What is the unit value of this course?

12 units

How does this course contribute to my learning?

Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... Professional Standard Mapping * Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
1 Research the benefits of learning Languages to promote the Languages Learning Area to key stakeholders in Junior Secondary School settings Knowledgeable
Empowered
2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
2 Research and critically analyse the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach and the Intercutural Language teaching focus, applying this knowledge to a specific additional language in the Junior Secondary years Knowledgeable
Creative and critical thinker
2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
3 Critically analyse and interpret key components of The Australian Curriculum | Languages Knowledgeable
2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5

* Competencies by Professional Body

CODE COMPETENCY
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
2 PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE: Know the content and how to teach it
2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the concepts, substance and structure of the content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
2.2 Content selection and organisation: Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence.
2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting: Use curriculum, assessment and reporting knowledge to design learning sequences and lesson plans.
2.4 Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: Demonstrate broad knowledge of, understanding of and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and languages.
2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies: Know and understand literacy and numeracy teaching strategies and their application in teaching areas.
2.6 Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Implement teaching strategies for using ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities for students.
3 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
3.1 Establish challenging learning goals: Set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics.
3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs: Plan lesson sequences using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies.
3.3 Use teaching strategies: Include a range of teaching strategies.
3.4 Select and use resources: Demonstrate knowledge of a range of resources, including ICT, that engage students in their learning.
3.5 Use effective classroom communication: Demonstrate a range of verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to support student engagement
4 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
4.1 Support student participation: Identify strategies to support inclusive student participation and engagement in classroom activities.
4.2 Manage classroom activities: Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions
4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically: Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant issues and the strategies available to support the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.
5 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
5.1 Assess student learning: Demonstrate understanding of assessment strategies, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess student learning.
5.2 Provide feedback to students on their learning: Demonstrate an understanding of the purpose of providing timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning
5.3 Make consistent and comparable judgements: Demonstrate understanding of assessment moderation and its application to support consistent and comparable judgements of student learning.
5.4 Interpret student data: Demonstrate the capacity to interpret student assessment data to evaluate student learning and modify teaching practice.
5.5 Report on student achievement: Demonstrate understanding of a range of strategies for reporting to students and parents/ carers and the purpose of keeping accurate and reliable records of student achievement

Am I eligible to enrol in this course?

Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.

Pre-requisites

Enrolled in Program ED706 and a Languages Teaching area

Co-requisites

Not applicable

Anti-requisites

Not applicable

Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)

Not applicable

How am I going to be assessed?

Grading Scale

Standard Grading (GRD)

High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL).

Details of early feedback on progress

Task 1 is completed at the end of week 3, prior to census and will be scored by  a computer immediately upon completion, hence providing early feedback to students about their progress.

Assessment tasks

Delivery mode Task No. Assessment Product Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? Where should I submit it?
All 1 Quiz/zes Individual 10%
10 questions, 1000 words
Week 3 Online Test (Quiz)
All 2 Essay Individual 40%
2500 words excluding Reference List
Week 6 Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check
All 3 Creative Performance Individual 50%
30 minute micro teaching segment and one two page lesson plan,
Week 10 In Class
All - Assessment Task 1:On line quiz
Goal:
The goal of this task is for you to become familiar with the Australian Curriculum: Languages syllabus by answering a series of on line questions related to the key syllabus focuses
Product: Quiz/zes
Format:
On line task
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1
Knowledge and understanding of the key focuses of the Australian Curriculum: Languages.
3
All - Assessment Task 2:Pedagogical Approaches
Goal:
The goal of this task is for you to research the various pedagogical approaches to teaching Languages and articulate a personal philosophy based on a synthesis of this research.
Product: Essay
Format:
Research and write a fully referenced academic essay on the various approaches to teaching Languages. Then analyse and synthesise this research to articulate and justify a personal philosophy of how you will teach your specific Language.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1
Knowledge and understanding of approaches to teaching Languages
1 2
2
Written communication and academic literacies including grammar, English expression, APA
referencing conventions, and technical accuracy.
2
3
Ability to research, critically analyse and synthesise information to articulate a personal philosophy to teaching your Language
2
All - Assessment Task 3:Micro teaching
Goal:
The goal of this task is for you to engage in micro teaching to your peers in a Language of your choice evidencing understanding of pedagogical approaches to teaching Languages.
Product: Creative Performance
Format:
Teach your Language to your peers for 30 minutes, using relevant pedagogical approaches . Submit a lesson plan prior to the teaching episode.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1
Knowledge and understanding of the Australian Curriculum: Languages
3
2
Micro teaching skills evidencing understanding of pedagogical approaches
3
3
Written communication and academic literacies including grammar, English expression, APA referencing conventions, and technical accuracy

Directed study hours

A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.

Schedule

Period and Topic Activities
Module 1
Introduction to Languages Learning Area: Historical context-Policy
Benefits of Learning Languages
Module 2
Historical Overview of grammar translation; audio lingual; communicative language teaching approaches
Module 3
Australian Curriculum: Languages-structures, requirements, strands
Module 4
Teaching and assessing Speaking
Teaching and assessing Listening
Teaching and assessing Reading
Teaching and assessing Writing
Teaching and assessing other key aspects: (e.g. reflecting, )
Module 5
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
Module 6
Issues in Languages teaching and learning

What resources do I need to undertake this course?

Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.

Prescribed text(s) or course reader

There are no required/recommended resources for this course.

Specific requirements

Not applicable

How are risks managed in this course?

Health and safety risks for this course have been assessed as low. It is your responsibility to review course material, search online, discuss with lecturers and peers and understand the health and safety risks associated with your specific course of study and to familiarise yourself with the University’s general health and safety principles by reviewing the online induction training for students, and following the instructions of the University staff.

What administrative information is relevant to this course?

Assessment: Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation.  It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline.  This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.

Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person.  You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.

In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin.  This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.

Assessment: Additional Requirements

Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment

Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:

The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%
The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct

Assessment: Submission penalties

Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: 
- 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 
- 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 
- A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.

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The SafeUniSC Specialist Service is a Student Wellbeing service that provides free and confidential support to students who may have experienced or observed behaviour that could cause fear, offence or trauma. To contact the service call 07 5430 1226 or email studentwellbeing@usc.edu.au.

Study help

For help with course-specific advice, for example what information to include in your assessment, you should first contact your tutor, then your course coordinator, if needed.

If you require additional assistance, the Learning Advisers are trained professionals who are ready to help you develop a wide range of academic skills. Visit the Learning Advisers web page for more information, or contact Student Central for further assistance: +61 7 5430 2890 or studentcentral@usc.edu.au.

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