Graduate Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2026 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages |
| Deakin course code | E504 |
| Course Credit Points | 4 |
| Course version | 1 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Education |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2021 to 2024 |
| Final Intake | Offered to continuing students only. The final intake to this course was in teaching period 2, 2024. Students should contact Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information |
| Duration | 0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS code | 089292C |
Course sub-headings
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Critically analyse and apply advanced and specialist knowledge of the principles of contemporary curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment practices and their application for the teaching of English across a range of diverse professional learning and educational contexts |
| Communication | Employ a range of oral and written communication skills and standards required of professional educators and learning professionals to be able to transmit complex knowledge in one or more languages to students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and in professional and scholarly contexts. |
| Digital literacy | Apply a range of digital technologies and data sources to create, search, analyse, report, evaluate and communicate within the practice and scholarship of teaching and learning of languages. |
| Critical thinking | Critically review, analyse and synthesise complex ideas and make informed judgements to improve teaching and learning approaches in languages education and applied linguistics. |
| Problem solving | Apply specialist knowledge of relevant learning theories to identify, analyse and evaluate authentic problems of practice, and generate informed and innovative solutions. |
Approved at Faculty Board August 2020
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages you must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in your first study period
- 4 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.
Course structure
Core units
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) |
ETL702 Linguistics for Second Language Teachers [No longer available for enrolment]
ETL703 Intercultural Communication in Language Classrooms [No longer available for enrolment]
ETL708 Language Teaching in Practice [No longer available for enrolment]
ETL715 Internationalising the Curriculum [No longer available for enrolment]
Fees and charges
Tuition fees will vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, your study load and/or unit discipline.
Your tuition fees will increase annually at the start of each calendar year. All fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD) and do not include additional costs such as textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment, mandatory checks, travel, consumables and other costs.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.