What an amazing celebration we had on Saturday, 28 November at the 90th Birthday and Awards Presentation event held after the Annual General Meeting at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle! Over 100 people attended the anniversary, enjoying a delicious high tea, catching up with friends and colleagues, and reminiscing on past MLTAWA events. Many thanks to […]
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2018 MLTAWA State Conference Update – Still time to register!
Go to the MLTAWA Conference page to find out more about what will be on offer and for the link to the conference registration page. Registration closes Friday 13 July. Don’t leave it until the last minute!
ELLA survey for primary school teachers of Languages
There is still time to participate in the The University of Melbourne’s 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 survey is part of important research which will be provided, in the form of a report, to the federal […]
Side by Side: Competition & Workshop for teachers
The Side by Side Competition is on again in 2018! We are running workshops for teachers who wish to integrate it into their existing teaching & learning program.
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 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 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 […]
Western Australian Curriculum and Assessment Outline – Update
The latest Kto10 Circular provides some important information in relation to Languages teaching, assessing and reporting.
Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad
Are you good at problem solving, uncovering patterns and cracking codes? OzCLO, the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad, a state, national and international competition for secondary students (Years 9 – 12) will run again in 2018! To register a school team, go to www.ozclo.org.au. UWA Linguistics will be running a training session for students who have not competed in OzCLO before, and this will […]
