Master of Education in the teaching of Languages Other Than English (MEd[LOTE])
Clayton
campus
Course code: 2390
Contact: Dr Margaret Gearon (please telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784
for initial inquiries)
The
Master of Education in the Teaching of Languages Other Than English degree is
designed for teachers desiring to expand their qualifications in the
methodology and principles of second language acquisition.
The
major objectives of the Master of Education (LOTE) pathway are to provide
students with knowledge and understanding of:
- reflective practices such as diary/journal keeping and action research
thus allowing teachers of languages other than English to evaluate their
approach to the teaching and learning of a second language in a classroom
environment;
- the second language acquisition theories underlying good classroom
practice and the implications of these theories and those concerning the nature
of language and their influence on classroom second language teaching and
learning;
- a range of techniques for planning, measuring and recording progress in
the development of second language proficiency of students in a variety of
classroom environments;
- the need to establish a network of teachers of languages other than
English which will provide possibilities of exchange visits to each others'
classes, exchange of ideas, and support for trialling a variety of strategies
for differentiated second language teaching and learning.
Candidates
will hold a university degree including a three-year post Year 12 major in a
language other than English or its equivalent.
Prior to enrolment, all students must have their proposed course approved by
the LOTE program coordinator. Students who are not qualified LOTE teachers may
be required to complete designated units in LOTE methodology and practice
Students
must choose one of these two options:
- GED3833 Theory and practice of second language education
and
- GED3812 Educational applications of second language acquisition
research
or
- GED3815 Classroom-based research in second language
education
or
- ALM5250.12 Second language acquisition (from the Faculty of Arts -
Department of Linguistics)
plus three subjects from the electives list
and a project.
and
- GED3834F Advanced practicum in language teaching: LOTE (this
subject is mandatory for those teachers wishing to be fully qualified for
employment with the Department of Education)
plus six subjects from the
electives list.
- GED3809 Literacy and technology
- GED3830 Curriculum writing and syllabus design for second language
education
- GED3832 Functional analysis of discourse
- GED3840 Assessment in foreign and second language learning
- GED3847 Theory and principles of bilingual/immersion education
- GED3848 Establishing, maintaining and evaluating an immersion
program
- GED3849 Developing materials for content-based teaching in a LOTE
- GED3850 The classroom and the bilingual/immersion teacher
or any
two approved subjects from the Faculty of Arts, in particular the following:
- Bilingualism
- Principles of second language acquisition
- Teaching Japanese as a foreign language
- Any fifth-year language subject from a relevant language department.
- Any of the research subjects in the Master of Education course
information list.
The
project, of approximately 20,000 words, must focus on a topic relevant to
teaching languages other than English. Students intending to enrol in the
project must complete an appropriate research methodology subject.
Credit
for all subjects undertaken as part of either a Graduate Certificate or a
Graduate Diploma in LOTE, or a Graduate Certificate or a Graduate Diploma in
Bilingual/Immersion Education, in this faculty may be transferred to the Master
of Education (LOTE).
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