Course Title: Australian Environment

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4243

Course Title: Australian Environment

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)

HUSO5154

City Campus

TAFE

360T Education

Face-to-Face

 Term1 2013

Course Contact: Baia Tsakouridou & Bloss Robertson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254488

Course Contact Email: prepare@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This module aims to  familiarise learners with the Australian Environment and language required to describe a range of environmental features.

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. 
 


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:

VPAM543 Australian Environment

Elements:

1 Describe Australia's physical features and climate.

2 Compare Australia’s physical features and climate with those of another country.

3 Describe an environmental issue of significance in Australia.

4 Investigate an environmental issue of local importance.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • describe Australia’s physical features and climate
  • compare Australia’s physical features and climate with those of another country
     
  • describe an environmental issue of significance in Australia
  • investigate an environmental issue of local importance


Overview of Assessment

To be assessed as competent the learner needs to demonstrate:

 

  • evidence of the ability to identify information on the Australian Environment
  • evidence of the ability to make comparisons with environmental aspects of another country
  • evidence of the ability to identify the impact of environmental problems

You may be assessed by:

 

  • creating formatted texts
  • academic essay