From: <b class="gmail_sendername">John Hobson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.hobson@sydney.edu.au">john.hobson@sydney.edu.au</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">Date: 22 October 2012 11:52<br>Subject: Last chance for one-year language masters<br>
To: John Hobson <<a href="mailto:john.hobson@sydney.edu.au">john.hobson@sydney.edu.au</a>><br><br><br>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">Please forward to anyone who may be interested.</span><font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><br>
</font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">The University of Sydney provides a suite of block release courses that train Indigenous Australian teachers to teach their own languages. </font><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><b>Applications to commence study in 2013 close on 30 November 2012.</b></font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><br>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">Further</font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"> information and application forms are available at</font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"> </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><a href="http://sydney.edu.au/koori/studying/postgrad.shtml" target="_blank">http://sydney.edu.au/koori/studying/postgrad.shtml</a></font></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"> </span></div>
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</font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">Further</font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"> information and </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><b>online applications</b></font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"> </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">are
available at</font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"> <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/courses/programs/master-of-indigenous-languages-education/Master-of-Indigenous-Languages-Education" target="_blank">http://sydney.edu.au/courses/programs/master-of-indigenous-languages-education/Master-of-Indigenous-Languages-Education</a></font></font></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">In line with changes expected to the Australian Qualifications Framework requiring professional
development masters to be a minimum of 18 months study, it is currently anticipated that
<b>2013 will be the last time the Master of Indigenous Languages Education is offered as a one-year degree</b>.</font></font></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">John Hobson, (02) 9351 6994/ </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">1800 622 742, <<a href="mailto:john.hobson@sydney.edu.au" target="_blank">john.hobson@sydney.edu.au</a>></font></font></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">Susan Poetsch, (02) 9351 5202/ 1800 622 742, <<a href="mailto:susan.poetsch@sydney.edu.au" target="_blank">susan.poetsch@sydney.edu.au</a>></font></font></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Sherrie Connors, (02) 9351 7008/ 1800 622 742, <<a href="mailto:sherrie.connors@sydney.edu.au" target="_blank">sherrie.connors@sydney.edu.au</a>></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Indigenous Languages Education equip Indigenous educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to implement the NSW Aboriginal Languages K-10 Syllabus and syllabi
from other states. They are the only graduate qualifications offered in the field nationally.</font></font></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">While these courses do not substitute for a standard teaching qualification, they provide relevant training to allow practising teachers and education
officers to add Indigenous languages as a teaching subject. The Master of Indigenous Languages Education is the only qualification recognised by the NSW Department of Education & Communities for appointment to a designated languages teacher position in NSW
schools.</font></font></div>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Course content is arranged into linguistics, theory and practice strands and is applicable to all Indigenous Australian languages. Students do not
need to be fluent in an Indigenous Australian language to enter the courses and may undertake external study in one as part of the Graduate Diploma or Master.</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
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</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The courses are offered on a full-time basis by mixed-mode ('block release') requiring attendance at three blocks each semester. All travel, accommodation and meal costs are covered by the Commonwealth. Teaching staff
are drawn from within the University and Indigenous language programs from across the country.</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
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Entry to the Graduate Certificate of Indigenous Languages Education requires that candidates have successfully completed two years towards a teaching qualification, that is: a Diploma in Education (Aboriginal), or equivalent. The Graduate Certificate is completed
in one semester full-time and consists of four units of study:</font></font></div>
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<li>KCIL5610 Sounds & Writing in Indigenous Languages</li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5611 Words & Meanings in Indigenous Languages</font></font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5612 Sentences & Text in Indigenous Languages</font></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5613 Theories & Methods in Language Learning </font></font></li></ul>
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Students who complete the requirements for the Graduate Certificate may extend their study and qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Languages Education by undertaking a further two units of study in the second semester,
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<li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5622 Learning an Indigenous Language</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5623 Language Curriculum Development</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5624 Technology & Language Learning </font></li>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Entry to the Master of Indigenous Languages Education requires that candidates have completed either:</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">a four-year teaching qualification, that is: a Bachelor of Education, or a three year degree and a Diploma of Education, </font><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">or</font></font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">the Graduate Certificate of Indigenous Languages Education with an average mark of 70 per cent or higher. </font></font></li></ul>
<font face="Calibri,sans-serif">To qualify for the award of the Master of Indigenous Languages Education students must complete four units of study chosen from the following, in addition to completing all four offered in the first semester:</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>
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<li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5620 Research Methods in Languages Education</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5621 Research Project in Languages Education (elective)</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5622 Learning an Indigenous Language (elective)</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5623 Language Curriculum Development</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">KCIL5624 Technology & Language Learning </font></li>
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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">In some cases it may be possible for candidates with similar but different qualifications to be granted admission.</font></div>
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<div>John</div>
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