Course Title: Post-beginner learning strategies

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C2166

Course Title: Post-beginner learning strategies

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 40.0

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)

GEDU5502

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

360T Education

Face-to-Face

Term1 2009,
Term1 2012,
Term2 2012

Course Contact: Linda Finger

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259469

Course Contact Email: linda.finger@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This module covers the strategies required to be an effective language learner. It includes preparing and documenting a learning plan,effective participation in formal learning environments and strategies for independent learning.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this module.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CSWEIIA Post-beginner learning strategies


Learning Outcomes

A1  Develop a learning/training plan.

A2  Participate in and contribute to the formal learning enviroment

A3   Develop independent learning skills.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is conducted on an ongoing basis throughout the course.

Depending on the purpose of the assessment task, the following types of assessment and methods of gathering evidence may be used:

  •  collection of learner documents
  • collection of work samples
  • verbal and/or written questioning
  • teacher observation of satisfactory performance
  • observed role play
  • presentations
  • projects
  • checklists of learner p[erformance
  • discussions
  • student self-assessment
  • portfolios