80271 SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
99	80271 	S1  	D 	SEC LANG LEARN & TEACHING 	0.50

Contents

• Staffing
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Texts
• Student Workload
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

RATIONALE:

In  teaching a second language effectively, teachers need to know  how
learning  takes place, what factors facilitate or retard learning  and
how individual differences, cognitive and affective, can determine the
rate and eventual attainment of a second language. Teachers need to be
able  to  communicate in the LOTE and use English competently as  they
teach;  they  also  need to know about the route  of  second  language
development,  in relation to first language learning, how  it  can  be
described and therefore evaluated.

SYNOPSIS:

This  half  unit  introduces  and overviews  issues  in  learning  and
teaching second languages for second language acquisition (SLA):

. differences between first and second language learning,

. role of errors in second language learning;

. the route in development of learning a second language;

. individual differences and effects on attainment rates and levels of
proficiency;

. how a second language can be communicated.

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this half unit students will show that they can:

1. examine a range of factors which affect language learning;
   
2. distinguish between first language acquisition and second
   language learning skills;
   
3. discuss ways errors affect second language learning;
   
4. examine models of second language learning;
   
5. participate in communicative second language learning
   situations;
   
6. investigate current research into second language learning and
   teaching.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Issues  in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) for learners             15.00
and teachers - an overview of processes

Differences between first and second language learning;               15.00

Second language learning models                                       10.00

Patterns in second language learning and teaching                     15.00

What errors tell us about second language learning                    15.00

Individual  differences  and  second  language   learning             15.00
strategies

Communicative  approach to learning and  using  a  second             15.00
language

TEXT and MATERIALS to be PURCHASED:

Printed specialized readings.

STUDENT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS:

	ACTIVITY				HOURS
Seminars                                      	21
Directed Study                                	20
Private Study                                 	20
Examinations                                  	2
Assessments                                   	15

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL WWW
1   S              WK 3      ESSAY 700 WORDS                           15.00     N   N
2   S              WK 7      ANALYSIS 800 WORDS                        20.00     N   N
3   S              END SEM   PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS                 10.00     N   N
4   S              WEEKLY    PERSONAL DIARY OF ONGOING 2ND LANGUAGE U  5.00      N   N
5   S              END S1    EXAM 2 HOURS                              50.00     N   N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1    Maintaining proficiency in a LOTE.
2    When  there  is  more  than  one marker  for  a  single  item  of
     assessment, the distribution patterns and means for the different
     markers will be compared and marks adjusted if necessary.
3    Marking   criteria  are  provided  in  unit  material   as   mark
     sheets/guides or as part of assignment specifications.
4    Summative assessment items will be given a numerical score.
5    Unit Grades will be calculated by aggregating the weighted result
     or  numerical  score  for  each summative  assessment  item.  Any
     ungraded  assessment requirement will receive  a  Pass,  Fail  or
     Incomplete.
6    Each assessment item must be passed.
7    If  assignments  are  submitted after the  due  date  without  an
     approved  extension of time, a penalty of 5% of the mark  awarded
     by  the examiner for the assessment item will apply for each  day
     late.
8    80% attendance is expected.