This unit builds on the contextual and pedagogical knowledge about EAL teaching from EDF4855. Students will link theory and practice with a view to deepening their competence to teach EAL in a range of settings, including intensive new arrival programs, EAL support programs in the mainstream, EAL programs targeting international students and team-teaching (where ESL teaching is taught in cooperation with a mainstream subject teacher). The course will cover all aspects of ESL teaching in a secondary setting, including VCE. In relation to the particular context, students will learn to assess EAL learner needs, devise appropriate units of work to meet those needs, adapt and create course... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Jenny Miller
Prerequisites: EDF4855 English as an additional language (EAL) education in the secondary years A or EDF4117 Second language pedagogy
