Course
code: To be advised + Course fees: Local students -- HECS; international
students -- $A13,500 + On-campus -- Clayton + Coordinator: Helen
Marriott
The course seeks to further students' understanding of second and foreign
language acquisition, language teaching, language contact and intercultural
communication with particular reference to Japanese. It also aims to develop
students' skills in critical reading and ability to design a research
project.
The duration of the course is normally three semesters full-time or six
semesters part-time. Students can enter the program in semester one or two.
Should students wish (or not obtain credit results in the core units and an
overall credit average), they can exit from the course after one semester (or
part-time equivalent) with a Graduate Certificate in Arts or, after one-year
(or part-time equivalent), with a Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics for
Language Teachers.
Units are available at the fourth and fifth-year levels in the Faculty of Arts,
and at the sixth-year level in the Faculty of Education (equal to fifth-year
level in Arts). Students generally undertake units to the value of 24 points at
fourth-year level in their first semester of enrolment from the Faculty of
Arts, followed by another 24 points at either fourth or fifth/sixth-year level
from either the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Education. In the final
semester of their enrolment, students take 24 points at fifth/sixth-year
level.
Core and elective units are offered by both the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty
of Education. Although students will generally select three units from both the
Arts and Education faculties -- a minimum of two units should be selected
from each faculty.
All classes are available on the Clayton campus. The course may be taken
part-time, although international students enrol full-time. Some students who
achieve at least a distinction average may be permitted to take the final
semester of the course off-campus.
Two streams are available:
or
or
Students choose another three 12-point electives from the list below. Some of the units are available in alternate years. Students may also chose as an elective one of the core units not taken by them as a core. Core units and electives are 12 points in value, unless specified.
*12,000 TO 15,000 WORD RESEARCH THESIS FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO PROGRESS TO DOCTORAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION.
Students who enter
with the minimum IELTS/TESOL English requirements may be permitted to enrol in
EDF6232 Advanced English for professional practice in teaching English as a
foreign language, when available.
Students who obtain a distinction average in the units already completed and
who have also undertaken a research methodology unit may seek approval from the
course coordinator to undertake a research project for 12 or 24 points. The
research electives are listed above.
Students may also undertake other electives which are relevant to the course
with the approval of the course coordinator.
Graduation from the Master of Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers will
require students to gain a credit in core units and a credit average overall.
A bachelors degree with a credit average in the final year including a minimum of high intermediate (level C at Monash) in Japanese. Students should apply through the Faculty of Education. Entry requirements may be subject to change in 2002. Contact course coordinator for details.
As for English proficiency requirements for the Faculty of Arts:
Note that students from countries assessed by the government as categories 3 and 4 must take the IELTS test and not the TOEFL. Japanese students may sit for either test.
Prior learning may be recognised by giving advanced standing in the following ways:
(Note that the Diploma of Education is not a graduate diploma and thus cannot be considered for advanced standing.)
All decisions on the extent of advanced standing will be at the discretion of the school's postgraduate coordinator.
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