Photo gallery from the 2014 Conference “Review, Revise, Revitalise” held at Murdoch University on 06 September.
Penny
Penny is an Indonesian language teacher.
How we kill languages and fail our cleverest children: Article from The Conversation
TheConversation is an independent publication with many academics and commentators contributing both research-based and opinion articles. This one from 15 July on the topic of supporting bilingulism and acknowledging students’ language backgrounds is of particular interest to MLTAWA members as we develop Australian Curriculum courses with multiple entry points.
Asia Education Foundation Resources
Have you checked out the curriculum resources available on the Asia Education Foundation website for Languages recently? http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/curriculum_resources/languages_cr/ There’s some great new materials for exploring topics of sustainability and cooking in Indonesian, and also learning sequences for Chinese and Japanese. Take a look!
Adventures with gallery critique
Andy Tharby (Twitter: @atharby) is a Teacher of English in the UK who keeps a blog at http://reflectingenglish.wordpress.com. He writes regular posts reflecting on his teaching practice, many of which will resonate with MLTAWA members. Check out his recent post on “gallery feedback” to hear about this effective strategy for guiding peer feedback and assessment. […]
Committee Members
If you’re seeing this post, you’ve probably clicked on the “Committee” title in the top menu and you probably meant to click on a link in the drop-down menu instead such as: Committee Email: http://email.mltawa.asn.au Committee Documents: http://docs.mltawa.asn.au Website Back-end: http://mltawa.asn.au/wp-admin CiviCRM Membership Database: http://mltawa.asn.au/wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM Committee members have access to extra layers of web services. […]
Posters and Printables for the Language Classroom
Here are some great posters for display in Language classrooms. Please contribute others in the comments section below and they’ll be added to this page. [box style=’info’] Tip: The Block Posters website (http://www.blockposters.com/) will help you print posters over multiple A4 pages, or select the option in “print options” (if you have them!).[/box] Posters from […]
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2013 Breakfast & AGM: Photo Gallery
The MLTAWA Annual General Meeting was held over breakfast at Frasers Restaurant in Kings Park on Saturday 23 November. What a fantastic venue! With the view of the city spread out infront of us, we enjoyed a great spread of food whilst participating in the AGM. Read Fulvia’s update to members about the AGM here […]
