High-Challenge Teaching for Senior English as an Additional Language Learners in Times of Change

Autor/inn/en	Alford, Jennifer; Jetnikoff, Anita
Titel	High-Challenge Teaching for Senior English as an Additional Language Learners in Times of Change
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 46 (2011) 1, S.11-20 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Teaching Methods; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Nonstandard Dialects; Foreign Countries; Mainstreaming; National Curriculum; Course Descriptions; Literacy; Critical Theory; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Kursstrukturplan; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Kritische Theorie; Australien
Abstract	This paper will present a brief overview of the recent shifts within English and EAL/D (English as an additional language/dialect) curriculum documents and their focus on critical literacy, using the Queensland context as a case in point. The English syllabus landscape in Queensland has continued to morph in recent years. From 2002 to 2009, teachers of senior English and English as an Additional Language (EAL/D) have witnessed no less than four separate syllabus documents that impact on their daily work. The Australian Curriculum, when finally implemented, will also require teachers to navigate through and grapple with its particular obligations and affordances. The combined effect of the shifts and tensions between recent policy documents has led to confusion about exactly how to cater for EAL/D learners in mainstream English. We discuss the possible effects of this on teachers as the agents of policy implementation and argue that in spite of such contradictions, EAL/D teachers can productively use syllabus frameworks to craft pedagogy to cater for their EAL/D learners' language and literacy needs. Following this, we present aspects of the teaching practice of four teachers of senior EAL/D, who provide intellectually-engaging, critical literacy pedagogy that takes into account the language proficiency level of their learners, within the required curriculum. Such practice provides teachers with valuable pedagogic possibilities to meet EAL/D learners' needs within continually varying policy terrain. (Contains 1 figure and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Teaching of English. English House, 416 Magill Road, Kensington Gardens, SA 5068 Australia. Tel: +61-8-8332-2845; Fax: +61-8-8333-0394; e-mail: aate@aate.org.au; Web site: http://www.aate.org.au
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Update	2017/4/10