James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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LC1010:03

Communicative English

Townsville

Flexible delivery, including up to 12 teleconferences. First semester.

This subject will focus on communicative English skills needed in the classroom with particular attention to the demands of utilising Standard Australian English in cross-cultural contexts. This subject will address a range of the elements of communication including grammar, vocabulary and communicative skills and functions as they apply in teaching across cultures.

Learning Objectives:

  1. develop confidence and autonomy in students’ classroom language use;
  2. acquire understandings and communicative skills necessary for teaching in cross-cultural contexts;
  3. integrate language skills in a communicative framework appropriate for cross-cultural teaching.

Assessment by written and spoken tasks. The tasks will be weighted equally.


Mathematics (MA) subjects are listed in the Student Handbook for Faculty of Science and Engineering and Faculty of Health, Life and Molecular Sciences.


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