Month: March 2018

Have your say! – an invitation for primary school Languages teachers

The University of Melbourne is seeking Primary School teachers, including of Languages, who may be willing to complete an anonymous online survey, and also potentially an interview, about the Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) Program and the use of technology in the classroom. The focus of the survey is twofold: to gain insight into teacher […]

Save the date! Friday 20 and Saturday 21 July – 2018 MLTAWA State Conference

Save the date! Friday 20 and Saturday 21 July – 2018 MLTAWA State Conference

Save the date! Friday 20 and Saturday 21 July – 2018 MLTAWA State Conference The MLTAWA is excited to announce that for our 2018 State Conference we will be collaborating with Curtin University to bring you a world-class conference on Making Task Based Learning Work in the Classroom and including keynote presentations by Dr Rod […]

Translanguaging: Recognising, valuing and celebrating Aboriginal students’ language backgrounds in teaching and learning

Translanguaging: Recognising, valuing and celebrating Aboriginal students’ language backgrounds in teaching and learning

Translanguaging is currently one of the hottest topics in Applied Linguistics around the world, and arguably a key issue in developing meaningful, respectful and effective improvements in cross-cultural classrooms. But what is it? How do researchers understand it? What does it look like in the classroom? But most importantly, how can it help improve Aboriginal […]

AFMLTA Free Professional Learning Webinars

The next AFMLTA free webinar is: An introduction to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Presenter: Kylie Farmer, AFMLTA Executive Member Tuesday 6 March 2018, 4 – 4.45pm AWST (7 – 7.45pm AEDT) To participate live in the webinar just copy and paste the link below into your internet browser or access it via your tablet/phone, you don’t need to register in […]