Language and Culture in TESOL

Postgraduate | 2026

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
EDUC 5090
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Course ID
206271
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus
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Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course owner
Adelaide University
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Course level
5
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
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Single course enrolment
No

Course overview

In this course, students will develop an advanced understanding of core concepts in language and culture, and their relationship and implications for TESOL pedagogy in diverse contexts. Students will develop advanced understandings of constructs of language and culture in local and global settings in relation to how they operate dynamically in social contexts to influence identity, power relations, the negotiation of meanings, and personal and professional discourses. Students will apply these understandings to a range of debates to draw out issues pertaining to pedagogical practice in a specific English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) setting.

Course learning outcomes

  • Develop advanced understandings of language and culture in relation to TESOL
  • Reflect critically on the contextual impact of language and culture on TESOL pedagogy
  • Identify key debates relevant to language and culture in TESOL and elicit issues relevant to a specific community of learners
  • Analyse discursive practices in a TESOL context as they pertain to notions of language and culture

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

  • must not have completed EDUC5111 Neuroscience and Education

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