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ECM351 - Secondary Languages Other Than English 1

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Education

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Incompatible

ECM551 -OR- Incompatible with achievement in ECM251

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

Languages Other Than English (LOTE) across the junior curriculum Year 7 to Year 10 engages preservice teachers to review contemporary issues and relevant literature, to apply pedagogical approaches, strategies and practices to expose students to learning a foreign language and appreciate various cultures. The LOTE unit introduces preservice teachers to second language acquisition theory and practices for effective LOTE delivery across various Content and to diverse learners and aligns with cognitive theory. This unit further develops knowledge of receptive and productive modes, LOTE language production, and learning environments that support students to become globally aware citizens confident in multilingual and multicultural Contents. This unit enables participants to understand LOTE policies, curriculum, ICT integration and applied pedagogies in conjunction with developing carefully scaffolded LOTE learning sequences and delivering effective

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Critically reflect on previous and current Languages Other Than English (LOTE) policies and teaching issues,
2.	Critically review the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) discipline literature to demonstrate understanding of recent developments of professional responsibilities across the teaching network.
3.	Critically evaluate the Languages Other Than English (LOTE) curriculum and specific target language literacy and numeracy skills.
4.	Plan effective achievable Languages Other Than English (LOTE) pedagogy, based on cognitive learning theory, including explicit learning goals and sequenced tasks specifically scaffolded to build language skills and concepts to achieve mastery.
5.	Apply best second language acquisition practices to align with content knowledge, awareness of curriculum and productive receptive forms.
6.	Plan and develop a range of teaching strategies that integrates digital technologies, literacy and numeracy strategies, to promote effective learning.
7.	Design differentiated assessments to meet diverse learning needs using student data to make consistent judgements about learning and teaching.
8.	Using work samples preservice teachers practice benchmarking.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Digital resource (500 words or equivalent)	10%	3,4,6
2.	Teaching resource (1,500 words or equivalent)	40%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
3.	Lesson sequence (2,000 words)	50%	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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