Indigenous Languages Teacher Training

[John Hobson]

Please forward to anyone who may be interested.


Applications are now open for admission to the Graduate Certificate,
Graduate Diploma and Master of Indigenous Languages Education in 2011.

See  http://sydney.edu.au/koori/studying/postgrad.shtml  for information and
application forms.

See  http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/koori_centre/04_postgrad_study.shtml
for details of individual units of study.

Applications close 30 November 2010.

Please direct any enquiries to John Hobson, (02) 9351 6994/ 1800 622 742,
<john.hobson at sydney.edu.au> or Susan Poetsch, (02) 9351 5202/  1800 622 742,
<susan.poetsch at sydney.edu.au>

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. 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.

The courses are offered on a full-time basis by mixed-mode ('block release')
requiring attendance at three blocks each semester. Teaching staff are drawn
from within the University and Indigenous Australian language programs from
across the state.

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:

* KCIL5610 Sounds & Writing in Indigenous Languages
* KCIL5611 Words & Meanings in Indigenous Languages
* KCIL5612 Sentences & Text in Indigenous Languages
* KCIL5613 Theories & Methods in Language Learning

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, chosen from the following:

* KCIL5622 Learning an Indigenous Language
* KCIL5623 Language Curriculum Development
* KCIL5624 Technology & Language Learning

Entry to the Master of Indigenous Languages Education requires that
candidates have completed either:

* a four-year teaching qualification, that is: a Bachelor of Education, or a
three year degree and a Diploma of Education
* or 
* the Graduate Certificate of Indigenous Languages Education with an average
mark of 70 per cent or higher.

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:

* KCIL5620 Research Methods in Languages Education
* KCIL5621 Research Project in Languages Education (elective)
* KCIL5622 Learning an Indigenous Language (elective)
* KCIL5623 Language Curriculum Development
* KCIL5624 Technology & Language Learning

In some cases it may be possible for candidates with similar but different
qualifications to be granted admission.

Regards,

John

JOHN HOBSON | Lecturer
Academic Coordinator (Acting)
Coordinator, Indigenous Languages Education | Koori Centre
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Rm 214, Old Teacher¹s College A22 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006
T +61 2 9351 6994 | F +61 2 9351 6924
E john.hobson at sydney.edu.au | W
http://sydney.edu.au/koori/staff/jhobson.shtml

"When you lose a language, you lose a culture, intellectual wealth, a work
of art. 
It's like dropping a bomb on a museum, the Louvre."
Comment by the late Kenneth Hale, cited in The Economist (November 3, 2001).

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