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!
Should students learn another language at school?
Cynthia Dodd, president of the Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Queensland, recently spoke with Steve Austin on ABC Radio QLD about her concern for the future of Languages.
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 […]
Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages Launced 06 March
The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages (http://laal.cdu.edu.au/?q=laal) is an open access, online repository comprising digital versions of the materials produced in Literature Production Centres for Northern Territory bilingual education programs in Australian Indigenous languages and English. The site archives endangered literature in Indigenous languages of the Northern Territory.
Languages K-12: Making the move to peer learning in language education
Friday 14 March 2014 1.00pm—3.00pm Willetton Senior High School Theatre This workshop is open to teachers of all languages and will be conducted simultaneously in Japanese and English by: Professor Reiko IKEDA (Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) and Dr Hyogyung KIM, Ph.D (Language Consultant, The Japan […]
Australia in the Asian Century
Although the Australia in the Asian Century website has already been archived (http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/133850/20130914-0122/asiancentury.dpmc.gov.au/index.html) and is no longer updated, it includes very important information about the learning and teaching of Asian Languages in Australia, now and into the future. Most importantly, it provides access to the <i>Australia in the Asian Century</i> White Paper, and the context […]
