EML511 TESOL Practice as Inquiry (8)
Abstract
This subject explores dialogic practices and orientations to teaching and learning in ESL/EFL contexts. It introduces notions of inquiry and reflective practice as a means of ongoing professional learning and development for TESOL professionals. Using a sociocultural framework, participants will investigate discursive and pedagogic practices that occur in social spaces and through interactions and which are influenced by the learning context, the tasks, and the participants. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
Session 1 | Distance | Bathurst Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EML511
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Teacher Education |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
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be able to explain discourse from a sociocultural theory perspective;
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be able to synthesize and extend the implications of current research in ESL/EFL pedagogy to contextualised ESL/EFL teaching and learning;
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be able to apply the principles of reflective practice;
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be able to apply skills and strategies for inquiring into practice;
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be able to analyse classroom discourses and dialogic practices;
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be able to evaluate critically pedagogic practices as a means of ongoing professional learning and development; and,
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be able to reflect critically on own identity as a TESOL professional.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
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Sociocultural theory and second language learning
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Current ESL/EFL pedagogical research and its implications for practice
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Principles of critical reflective practice
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Inquiring into practice
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Bridging discourses, classroom discourses, and dialogic practices in ESL/EFL contexts
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Role and identity of the TESOL professional in the classroom, institution, and community
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.