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Main features of VCE study:

Reading and engaging with different types of texts based on personal connection

Explore the text by looking at vocabulary, text structure and language features

Being able to understand a text and relate to it

Responding to the text by writing (extension, reflection or feedback) or discussing it

What type of content knowledge to we need to develop:

How we can help students understand the text in multiple ways to ensure students comprehend the meaning

Literacy and language feature knowledge

Techniques to guide discussions and facilitate sessions

Cultural knowledge and cultural awareness

Pedagogical knowledge:

Effective teaching methods

Differentiation strategies for inclusive education

Repetition strategies

Classroom management and engagement strategies

Strategies to encourage students to share and scaffold

What kind of EAL teachers do we want to be:

We want students to leave class knowing they can apply what they've learnt in the outside world

Supportive and encouraging

Facilitator of learning

Mentor and skillful instructor

Inspiring curiosity and engagement with the material

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•If you had to explain the main features of VCE Study Design, what would you say?

•From the EAL descriptions in VCE Study Design, what kind of content knowledge do we need to develop as teachers in TESOL?

•From the EAL descriptions in VCE Study Design, what kind of pedagogical knowledge do we need to develop as teachers in TESOL?

•What kind of EAL teachers do we want to be?

https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/english-and-eal/Pages/Index.aspx

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I have 13 years of teaching experience back home. Here I want to learn more about different teaching strategies which enhance my teaching experience more.

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I hope to become more proficient in teaching English to students for whom English is an additional language and to evolve in my teaching practice both in EAL and in general

I'm excited about working with students and being able to shape their learning experience and support them throughout their school experience.

I have worked in Adult Learning for the last few years but am wanting to work with students moving foward.

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I want to analyse difference in teachers training courses in past 20 years, since I last studied. I have done MTESOL and choose Mathematics as my major this time. This is my secondary discipline.

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I hope to learn about how to effectively teach EAL students in the senior secondary levels (e.g., specific teaching strategies).

I am most excited to work with young people and help them grow as learners both in and outside of the classroom.

Giulia

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What do you hope to achieve by taking this course?

Learn how to help EAL students who struggle in class.

What excites you the most about becoming a teacher?

Finishing before 5pm.

What inspires you to pursue a career in teaching?

A visceral dislike of working in an office.

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•What do you hope to achieve by taking this course?

•What excites you the most about becoming a teacher?

•What inspires you to pursue a career in teaching?