EAL

Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classroom (TESMC)

This 9 module course will be offered by the EAL Team once during Semester 1 in 2013 and requires a mimimum of 6 participants to proceed.


The course is:

• Relevant for all teachers of EAL and/or Indigenous students in Years 3 - 12 
• develops an understanding of the kind of support EAL students need to be successful learners
• provides strategies that teachers can use across the curriculum for effective teaching and learning
• underpins all its strategies with an understanding of the role of language in learning 
• promotes whole-school approaches to addressing the learning needs of  EAL students

Module Sessions:
The first two modules will be covererd in a one day workshop (9-4pm)  and the subsequent 7 modules will be  2-5pm, fortnightly. They include a range of activities:

• input from the tutor or through DVD or text material
• discussion or other collaborative learning activities
• practical activities that are transferable to classroom contexts

Certificate: on completion of the course participants will be issued with a certificate indicating modules attended, activities and readings completed.

Accreditation: Accreditation for tertiary studies is possible for full completion of this course.

Participants are provided with course books containing workshop notes, readings, resources, and school or classroom activities.

Catering: Will be provided

Presenter: EAL Consultants

Venue:
CESA Conference Centre
116 George Street, Thebarton

Modules / Dates / Times

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Catholic Education Conference Centre

Cost:
$265 each teacher (if paid by the school)
$265 plus $26.50 GST (if paid by the teacher)
(an invoice will be forwarded upon receipt of your registration)

For Further Information regarding registration:
Chris Virgin 
(83016851 8chris.virgin@cesa.catholic.edu.au