EDF5629 Critical issues in English language learning and teaching
Faculty of Education
EDF5629 Critical issues in English language learning and teaching is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2023 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5629
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF5629
No unit lists EDF5629 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in:
Or must have passed:
AND
Overview
Language learning and teaching occurs in diverse political, social, cultural, and economic contexts. Decisions about language teaching and learning are thus closely tied to matters of politics, society, culture, economics, identity, and power. An important challenge for language educators is to understand how practices of language teaching are connected to broader social, cultural, and political issues. This unit approaches English language learning and teaching as socially and culturally constructed practice and critically explores how issues around language, culture, and identity play out in English language curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. It focuses on key issues in the cultural politics of language education generally and English language education specifically, such as language and culture, identity and difference, globalisation and the spread of English, the emergence of World Englishes, language policy, and language rights.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | Flexible |
Assessment
- Group oral presentation (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Individual written task (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
describe current issues in English language teaching and learning
- 2
critically analyse how the social, cultural, and economic contexts of English language teaching and learning impact on the decisions made by educators
- 3
reflect on how your own practices as educators are impacted by the social, historical and political contexts in which you work
- 4
apply knowledge of critical social, cultural, economic, and political issues to specific contexts of English language learning and teaching.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
Semester 1 offering
- 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and
- the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Semester 2 offering
- 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
OR - 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^
^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr David Bright
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr David Bright
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5629?
EDF5629 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5629 offered?
In 2023, EDF5629 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5629?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5629 have an exam?
No. EDF5629 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.