LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION INTRODUCTION Dr Trish Weekes EDLA614

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Assessment schedule Assessment tasksDue date Weighting (%) Assessment Task 1: 1a) leader’s discussion paper in LEO forum (1000 words) 1b) Responses to leader’s discussion paper and module activities (500 words) Weeks 3-11 (see schedule on LEO) 30% (1a 20%; 1b 10%) Assessment Task 2: Analytical and critical discussion essay on relationship between learning language and culture – and the impact of this on the teaching of English as a global language (2000 words) Week 10 Tuesday October 7 th by 5pm 35% Assessment Task 3: Design/selection and evaluation of resources for teaching EAL/D (2000 words) Friday 7 th November by 5pm 35%

Extensions  No extensions for module activities so plan ahead!  Any other extensions – send Trish an with the ACU extension form (from the ACU website). Do not simply Trish – send me the form too.  Extensions must be received BEFORE the due date  If you are a discussion leader and if you anticipate a problem… Trish before it’s a crisis.

WeekContentAssessment tasks 1 July 28 Module 1 Culture encoded in language - sociocultural influences on language including: registers, dialects, standard, regional and individual varieties of language - intercultural and cross cultural communication Assessment Task 1 due from weeks 1-11 (module activities and leader’s discussion papers) Module 1 activities due by Sunday August 10 2 Aug 4 3 Aug 11 Module 2 English as a global language - the information (ICT) revolution, English and the world wide web - varieties of English across the globe Leader’s discussion paper 1 posted by Friday 15 th August. Module 2 activities due by Sunday 24 th August 4 Aug 18 5 Aug 25 Module 3 Relationships between language and power and ideology - issues of culture, ethnicity, class and gender - concepts of critical literacy and multi-literacies Leader’s discussion paper 2 posted by Friday 29 th August. Module 3 activities due by Sunday 7 th September. 6Sept 1 7 Sept 8 Module 4 Relationships between language and power and ideology (continued) - focus on Australia Leader’s discussion paper 3 posted by Friday 12 th September. Module 4 activities due by Sunday 19th September. 8 Sept 15 9 Sept 22 Assessment task preparation Recess 10 Oct 6 Module 5 Linguistically and culturally appropriate resources for teaching English - principles for selection/design of resources - evaluation of digital and other multimodal resources Assessment task 2 due: Tuesday October 7. Leader’s discussion paper 4 due by Monday 13th October Module activities due by Sun 19 th October. 11 Oct Oct 20 Assessment task preparation Oct 27 Exam Nov 3 Assessment task 3 due: Friday 7 th November

Expectations  Read the readings, participate in activities and discussions in LEO – at least once a week; several times during a module  Plan and be organised  Complete all assessment tasks and achieve an overall pass grade

How to access the module activities and participate in a forum  screenshot

Where to start…  Watch the videos  Forum Introduce yourself to your fellow-students

Hi I’m Trish. I am a lecturer now, but I have been… a high school Music teacher, a curriculum co-ordinator, a middle school English teacher, a literacy consultant, a marketing manager, conference organiser and I even worked in advertising for a while. I was born in Papua New Guinea. My parents are Australian and speak English at home, but they both speak a bit of pidgin. I moved to Australia when I was a baby and my first language is English. I learnt Japanese at university and I’ve been there lots of times, and I lived in Japan for a while and I taught English there (badly, I’m afraid). I have also lived in New Zealand and Singapore. I have a broad Australian accent due to my upbringing in Sydney’s western suburbs. I speak Japanese and a bit of travel and music Italian, and I’m about to start learning Spanish. As we say in Japanese: Yoroshiku onegai shimasu (nice to meet you).

Where to start…  Get your diary out and record the deadlines  Watch the videos  Forum Introduce yourself to your fellow-students  Find the readings for Module 1…. through the ACU library website/ full citations in the unit outline. Make sure you have the compulsory ACARA document.  Now you can do Activity 2…

EVERY WEEK  Check your ACU  Check the announcements  Check your deadlines