Required texts

Relevant readings will be provided for each topic in the unit Canvas site. The suggested texts include chapters with specific relevance to Oral Communication. All texts are available through the 黑料吃瓜网 library.

Suggested texts:

Benati, Alessandro. (2020). Key questions in language teaching. Cambridge University Press. [an e-copy is available through the 黑料吃瓜网 library]

Brown. H. Douglas & Heekeong Lee. (2015). Teaching by principles: an interactive approach to language pedagogy (4th ed.). Pearson.

Harmer, Jeremy. (2015). The Practice of English Language Teaching (5th ed.). Pearson. [an e-copy is available through the 黑料吃瓜网 library]

Levis, John. (2018). Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the teaching of pronounciation. Cambridge University Press.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convenor and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of '0' in keeping with 黑料吃瓜网's Assessment Policy. 

Artificial Intelligence

Students are not allowed to use generative artificial inntelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

Special assessment requirements

A. Normally an aggregate mark of 50% is required to pass the unit. Students must complete every assessment item in order to pass the unit. 

B. Students should keep a copy of any assessment item that has been submitted.

C. Moderation is used in TESOL courses to maintain agreed standards in the assessment of student work through a valid, consistent and transparent process, in line with the 黑料吃瓜网 Assessment policy. Sample assignments at different grade levels will be moderated for each assessment item in each unit. All assignments that receive a mark of 45 or more but less than 50 per cent will also be moderated. In addition, when the work of  a student is awarded a mark or grade that leads to a FAIL grade in the unit, the assignment will be moderated by another academic in the field before the final grades are released to students.

D. Special consideration: In the case of illness, misadventure or unavoidable commitments, participants should contact the unit Convenor as soon as possible.

E. If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of the any particular assignment or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the lecturer about the matter.

F. Feedback: in the context of assessment, feedback is information returned to students in a timely manner, on their progress in their course or unit.

Supplementary assessment

Provision of valid documentation

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 黑料吃瓜网. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

黑料吃瓜网 students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

黑料吃瓜网 uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the , , and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The time devoted to the unit would normally consist of:

Class attendance and related engagement (online posts): 36 hours

Reading suggested relevant material: 44 hours

Workshop preparation: 10 hours

Assessment items: 60 hours

Participation requirements

Your participation in both class and online activities will enhance your understanding of the unit content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.

Required IT skills

Students are expected to have word processing and IT skills to allow them to fully engage in the unit through Canvas and to complete their assessment. This includes basic word processing skills, engagement in Canvas activities, posting messages, uploading video and audio files, uploading assignments, and using the library catalogue and library databases. Students should ensure they have access to a computer and a safe workspace to complete the online activities.

Artificial intelligence services must not to be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessement instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline.

In this unit, Artificial Intelligence services are not allowed for any assessment items or for assessment preparation.

In-unit costs

None.

Work placement, internships or practicums

Learning in this unit will be integrally linked to experiences in professional contexts.

Additional information

Instructions for Assignments:

Please respect the word limit as indicated in the unit outline/Canvas site.

When typing assignments, use 1.5 or double spacing and font size 12.

Use page numbering.

Check your work carefully for spelling and grammatical errors.

Appendices should be added at the end of your assignment and should be numbered and linked to the main text.

References should be organised based on the APA referencing style:https://canberra.libguides.com/c.php?g=599301&p=4148716

References should include only works which have been cited in the main text or appendices.

Research-led education

This unit involves research-led education. There are active researchers delivering this unit who are able to engage students in deep and active learning.

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Announcements Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only). Students should ensure they check their student email regularly. The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Use of student email account 

The University Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the University via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the University account for identity verification purposes". Therefore all unit enquiries should be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

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