Establishing Linguistics in Secondary Education in Victoria, Australia

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ID4782359
AuthorsJean Mulder (0000-0002-8427-1259, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume1
Issue3
Pages133-154
Publication date2007-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Linguistics Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-818X • E-ISSN: 1749-818X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1749-818x.2007.00010.x
OpenAlexW2049218809
LanguageEN
Citations received8

VCE English Language, a recent addition to the Year 11 and 12 curricula in Victoria, Australia, is informed by the discipline of linguistics and provides a model for bringing the explicit study of language and linguistics into schools. This article focuses on the many issues and challenges of getting English Language established. Beginning with an overview of the subject, it is shown how the content knowledge and the approach taken to it has directly influenced the success of the subject. The second part of the article turns to examine what worked in getting this subject off the ground, along with how and why it worked. The two most important factors in creating this subject are suggested to have been the effective collaboration that evolved between academic linguists and secondary English teachers and the long-term commitment to establishing the subject demonstrated by members of both groups

Applied linguistics · Australian English · Curriculum · English language · Library science · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Systemic functional linguistics · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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