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Master of Education (Teaching Languages Other Than English)*
Course
code: 2501 * Abbreviation: LOTE * Clayton campus * Course coordinator: Dr
Margaret Gearon (telephone (03) * 9905 * 2819 or (03) * 9905 * 2784 for initial
inquiries)
* NOT OFFERED 2001.
The
course is designed to meet the needs of local and overseas teachers who wish to
retrain as a teacher of a LOTE, local teachers who wish to update their
professional practice in their LOTE classes and educators who wish to use these
pathways as a basis for detailed research in bilingual or second language
education.
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.
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 of
Education (Bilingual/Immersion Education) in this faculty may be transferred to
the Master of Education (LOTE).
Option
1
(for qualified LOTE teachers)
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Option
2
(retraining as LOTE teachers)
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Core
subjects
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Core
subjects
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EDF6221
Theory and practice of second language education
EDF6222 Educational applications of second language acquisition research
or
EDF6225 Classroom-based research in second language education
or
ALM5250.12 Second language acquisition (from the Department of
Linguistics) in the Arts faculty
Plus four subjects from the electives list or two or three subjects from
the elective list for students electing to complete a research project
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EDF6223
LOTE methodology
EDF6224 Advanced practicum in language teaching: LOTE (this subject is
mandatory for those teachers wishing to be fully qualified for employment with
the Victorian Department of Education, Employment and Training)
Plus four subjects from the electives list or two or three subjects from
elective list for students electing to complete a research project
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- EDF6201 Theory and principles of bilingual/immersion education
- EDF6202 Establishing, maintaining and evaluating an immersion
program
- EDF6203 The classroom and the bilingual/immersion teacher
- EDF6226 Curriculum writing and syllabus design for second
language education
- EDF6227 Assessment in foreign and second language learning
- EDF6228 Developing materials for content-based teaching in a
LOTE
- EDF6303 Literacy and technology or
any two approved
subjects from the Faculty of Arts, in particular the following:
- Bilingualism (Department of Linguistics)
- Principles of second language acquisition (Department of
Linguistics)
- Teaching Japanese as a foreign language (Department of Japanese)
- any fifth-year language subject from a relevant language department
- any of the research subjects in the Master of Education course
information list
A
research elective such as EDF6001 Research methodology must be included if the
student intends taking up a research project option.
- research project of approximately 10,000 words - 12 credit points
(five subjects plus project option) or
- research project of approximately 20,000 words - 24 credit points
(four subjects plus project option)
This is a conceptual outline only.
It gives a general indication of how the course will progress and is subject to
change without notice. Students should consult their course coordinator to
assist in planning their program. Please check the timetable for 2001 for
subject availability via our website address at
http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/timetables/.
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