Course Title: Use services in the local community

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3231

Course Title: Use services in the local community

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 50.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
HUSO5151	City Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Face-to-Face	Term1 2012, Term1 2013
HUSO5161	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Face-to-Face	Term1 2012

Course Contact: Baia Tsakouridou & Bloss Robertson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4488

Course Contact Email: baia.tsakouridou@rmit.edu.au & bloss.robertson@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This module aims to familiarise learners who are speakers of languages other than English with the use of services in the local community and the language required to access those services.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This module aims to familiarise learners who are speakers of languages other than English with aspects of Australian Art and Culture from both the past and present and the language required to describe aspects of Australian Art and Culture.

The module is included as an elective for use at different levels of the Certificates in ESL Framework. It may be contextualised to suit the needs and skills of learners in courses from Certificate I to Certificate IV

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
This module must be co-delivered and assessed with at least one of the language (Listening and Speaking or Reading and Writing) units from the Certificates in ESL.
 

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	VPAU557 Use services in the local community
Elements:	2. Use the local transport system.
	3. Investigate community services in the local area.
	1.Locate self in the local area.
	4.Investigate recreation options in the local area.

Learning Outcomes

On completionof this unit students will have knowledge of language related to local  community services. They will be familiar with their local government area and  have basic knowledge of the services in their local community. They will have developed spoken and written language to access community services and request assistance. Finally, they will have knowledge of the recreation options and be able to identify and use local transport to furhter investigate other  community services.

Overview of Assessment

 To be assessed as competent the learner needs to demonstrate:

• evidence of ability to use local transport
• evidence of ability to identify  their local government and obtain information about services provided.
• evidence of ability to investigate recreation options in their local area.