1999 Education Handbook - Master of Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) (MEd[TESOL])

Master of Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) (MEd[TESOL])

General information
Target group
Objectives
Special admission requirements
Credit provision
Course structure

General information

Clayton campus
Course code: 2392
Contact: Ms Marie-Therese Jensen (please telephone 9905 2819 or 9905 2784 for initial inquiries)

The teaching English to speakers of other languages pathway is designed primarily to meet the requirements of trained teachers who wish to gain higher professional qualifications and expertise in the field of teaching English to speakers of other languages.

Objectives

The objectives of the TESOL pathway are to provide students with:

knowledge and understanding of current research and theories, as well as of teaching methodologies and language policies which relate to the teaching and learning of spoken and written English as a second or foreign language;
skills in developing, delivering and evaluating appropriate TESOL teaching programs and strategies.

Students will engage in learning experiences which should develop attitudes and values to enable them to:

value the cultural and linguistic heritage of ESOL learners in Australia, migrants, refugees and visitors alike;
empower ESOL learners to take part effectively in the broader Australian (or other English-speaking) society.

Special admission requirements

Applicants who are not native speakers of English will be required to demonstrate substantial competence in written and spoken English before admission.

Credit provision

Credit for all subjects undertaken as part of either a Postgraduate Certificate in TESOL or a Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL in this Faculty may be transferred to the Master of Education (TESOL).
Teachers who have taught ESOL for three years full-time or longer may document twenty-two days of lessons in their own classrooms in lieu of undertaking an externally supervised teaching practicum and GED3860F. Teachers who have gained the Royal Society of Arts Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (RSACTEFLA) may gain an exemption of five days from the fifteen-day teaching practicum.

Course structure

Core subjects

GED2817 Language, society and cultural difference
GED3823 Theory and practice of TESOL
GED3860F Advanced practicum in language teaching: TESOL (in association with a fifteen-day placement)

Elective subjects

Students must complete one of the following subjects :

GED2847 Difference, equity and education: issues of gender, ethnicity and class
GED3809 Literacy and technology
GED3812 Educational applications of second-language acquisition research
GED3815 Classroom-based research in second-language education
GED3830 Curriculum writing and syllabus design for second language education
GED3832 Functional analysis of discourse
GED3837 Literacy in adult contexts: policy, practices and theories
GED3840 Assessment in foreign and second-language education
GED3842 Reading: theory, research and practice

plus three additional subjects (36 points). These are:
Either

GED3839 Approaches to research in language and literacy studies

in conjunction with an individual project of 20,000 words
or any additional three subjects at Master of Education level.
For professional accreditation, a teaching practicum of fifteen days must also be completed during the period of enrolment in the course.
Any of the research subjects in the Master of Education course information list may also be chosen.

Project

The project, of approximately 20,000 words, must focus on a topic relevant to teaching English to speakers of other languages. Students intending to enrol in the project must complete an appropriate research methodology subject.