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Grammar for Language Teachers (EDUC90587)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
March
August
Overview
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This subject aims to help students 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 students to discourse level features of language.
Intended learning outcomes
- Analyse and communicate an understanding of the nature and form of language as a system
- 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
- 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
Online tasks (12 tasks of approximately 1 hour each. Equally weighted and equivalent to 750 words in total), due throughout the teaching period (15%)
In-class presentation (7 minutes) and written summary (1 page) (Equivalent to 750 words in total), due last day of on-campus classes (15%)
Essay (3500 words), due end of the teaching period (70%)
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- March
Coordinator Julie Choi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three Saturday morning classes of 4 hours duration, 12 hours of on-line tasks. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 3 March 2018 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should review materials on the LMS. Teaching period 24 March 2018 to 19 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 7 March 2018 Census date 5 April 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 1 June 2018 March contact information
- August
Coordinator Julie Choi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three Saturday morning classes of 4 hours duration, 12 hours of on-line tasks. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 28 July 2018 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should review materials on the LMS Teaching period 11 August 2018 to 20 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2018 Census date 17 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 October 2018 Assessment period ends 2 November 2018 August contact information
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Thornbury, S. (1997). About Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Recommended texts and other resources
Larsen-Freeman, D. & Celce-Murcia, M. (2016). The Grammar Book. Boston, MA: Cengage.
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Last updated: 10 February 2024