This unit provides an introduction to the teaching of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL). It deals with both theoretical and practical concerns and is designed to encourage pre-service teachers to build their own coherent intellectual frameworks for language teaching as they explore fundamental questions and problems relating to English language teaching. While the central focus is on ESL learners in Intensive English Centre contexts in WA schools, a broader introduction to a range of other English language teaching situations is also provided. Students visit schools, observe professional teachers and engage in microteaching. -- Course Website
Instructor: Melissa Garnsworthy
Prerequisites: enrolment or re-enrolment in one of the following: a Bachelor of Education combined course, Graduate Diploma in Education, Master of Teaching (Secondary); for students in the Bachelor of Education combined course: EDUC3303 Introduction to Teaching
