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Grammar for Language Teachers (EDUC90587)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject aims to help Teacher Candidates to develop a better understanding of grammar and its place in second language learning and teaching. The subject covers such areas as word classes, tense and aspect and various types of sentence structures. It will also introduce Teacher Candidates to discourse level features of language.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, Teacher Candidates should be able to:
- Analyse and describe spoken and written language to assist them in their teaching;
- Recognise and explain a range of grammatical forms and sentence structures;
- Apply knowledge of grammatical forms and sentence structures in language teaching practice.
- Evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in language;
- Articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations; and
- Develop an understanding of the significance and value of their knowledge to the wider community.
Generic skills
This subjet will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Clinical reasoning and thinking
- Problem solving
- Evidence based decision making
- Creativity and innovation
- Teamwork and professional collaboration
- Learning to learn and metacognition
- Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
- Reflection for continuous improvement
- Linking theory and practice
- Inquiry and research
- Active and participatory citizenship.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
• Twelve tasks completed in class and online throughout the semester (15 per cent)
• A seven minute in-class presentation and one page summary (15 per cent)
• An assignment of 3500 words due at the end of semester (70 per cent)
This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance at all tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Andrea Truckenbrodt Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andrea Truckenbrodt Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Thornbury, S. (1997) About Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Related Handbook entries
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Last updated: 10 February 2024