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Postgraduate Course: Bilingual Learners and Other Additional Support Needs (EDUA11102)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryA child's language and cultural background must be taken into account when assessing for special educational needs and when interpreting these assessments. Frequently, a child's development in the first language (when s/he is being brought up as a simultaneous bilingual), and in the second language reveal features which can be misinterpreted as a language disorder or delay, as indicators of a hearing impairment or a specific learning difficulty. Similarly, difficulties experienced when accessing the curriculum through a second language can be mistaken for a general or specific learning difficulty. Such misinterpretations are most likely to occur in contexts where bilingualism is viewed in deficit terms. This module explores these issues critically and provides students with the opportunity to analyse, adapt and add to, professional practice so that assessment, diagnosis and support practices and the principles underlying them do not discriminate against bilingual learners. The module is a core requirement for the Diploma in Educational Support (Bilingual Learners), but will also be of interest to class and subject teachers, school managers, other educational support personnel (in mainstream and special provision) and educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and audiologists.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students are required to demonstrate that they are able to:
- Conduct and interpret formal and informal assessments of bilingual learners, taking into account their language and cultural background
- Employ a hypothesis-testing approach to the analysis of evidence regarding a bilingual learner's language development, learning and behaviour
- Evaluate current approaches to the support of children with special educational needs with reference to different cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Make policy recommendations for the assessment and support of bilingual learners.
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Contacts
Course organiserMr Andy Hancock
Tel: (0131 6)51 6635
Email: Andy.Hancock@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk
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