Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual/Immersion Education (PostgradDipBilingualEd)

• Introduction to course
  • Clayton campus
• Objectives
• Admission requirements
• Credit provision
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
• Length of course/workload required
• Further information

Introduction to course

Clayton campus

Course code: 2039

Contact: Ms Margaret Gearon

The Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual/Immersion Education is designed to accommodate teachers and school administrators involved in implementing a content-based immersion program in their school and to assist them to deepen their understanding of the processes of second language teaching and learning in such a context.

Objectives

The major objectives of the Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual/Immersion Education course are to provide teachers of languages other than English and school administrators involved in such programs with:

• knowledge and skills to develop materials for content-based teaching in a language other than English;
• understanding of the theory and principles underlying immersion teaching and their implications for Victorian primary and secondary schools;
• knowledge and skills to establish, maintain and evaluate a content-based language other than English program over the years Prep to Year 10 through the provision of a range of techniques for planning, measuring and recording learners' progress in the language;
• a basis for classroom-oriented research based on reflective practice and action research techniques to enable teachers and administrators to evaluate the teaching/learning situations of an immersion classroom and to be involved in the development of successful teaching practice for this type of second language class.

Admission requirements

Candidates will hold a university degree or its equivalent and be school administrators or qualified teachers of a language other than English.

Credit provision

Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit prior to enrolment but currently enrolled students may also apply. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merits within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer which are contained in a booklet `Learning from experience' available from the Professional Development Institute, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill 3842 ($7 postage and packing).

Candidates who successfully complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual/Immersion Education will receive twenty-four points credit towards a Masters degree.

Course structure

For the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual/Immersion Education, a candidate must satisfactorily complete the following four subjects in the order listed:

Core subjects

• GED3847 Theory and principles of bilingual/immersion education* (12 points)
• GED3848 Establishing, maintaining and evaluating an immersion program (12 points)
• GED3849 Developing materials for content-based teaching in a LOTE (12 points)
• GED3850 The classroom and the bilingual/immersion teacher (12 points)

* GED3847 may be replaced by the Linguistics department's subject `Bilingualism'.

Length of course/workload required

This course may be taken on campus by part-time study over two academic years. Each subject is of one-semester length and the option of summer school study will be provided for some subjects. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.

Further information

Details of all subjects, including reading lists, follow the course information in this handbook.

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the inquiry office, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2899 or 9905 2784).