Category Archives: Essential Reading

Have you visited the MLTAWA Languages in the Mainstream facebook page?...

February 15, 2019 no comments

The Modern Language Teachers Association of Western Australia has partnered with the State Government, through the Office of Multicultural Interests, to bring home the message tha...

November 2018 AFMLTA NIB now available

November 29, 2018 no comments

Read the November 2018 issue of the AFMLTA’s News in Brief (NIB) to find out more about: Call for Papers, Registration and Keynote speakers  – 2019 AFMLTA Conference (...

September 2018 AFMLTA NIB now available

September 21, 2018 no comments

Read the September 2018 issue of the AFMLTA’s News in Brief (NIB) to find out more about: Call for Papers – 2019 AFMLTA Conference (7-9 July 2019) BABEL…Going Di...

The coding versus language debate

December 3, 2017 no comments

Both coding and languages have been affirmed in Australian education, each with their own curricula. There should be no debate about one or the other.

Social capital: A vital ingredient for retaining foreign language teac...

May 12, 2016 no comments

Co-authors Shannon Mason and Cristina Poyatos Matas have revealed six key findings from research conducted in 2012 concerning the retention and attrition of Languages teachers in ...

Senior Secondary Languages Education Research Project Final Report

April 30, 2016 no comments

"This report is part of the Australian Government’s efforts to revive the teaching of languages to ensure that at least 40 per cent of Year 12 students study a language in additio...

Seeking early issues of the MLTAWA Newsletter

October 1, 2015 no comments

Seeking early issues of the MLTAWA newsletter to archive on the website and make available to members.

The State of Play: Languages Education in WA – Report by SCSA Re...

March 14, 2015 1 comment

SCSA has released a report on the "State of Play" of Languages education in Western Australia. This is important reading for all members and school leaders.

Latest issue of Babel (Vol 49, No. 1)

November 5, 2014 no comments

A new issue of Babel has recently been sent to members. If you are a current member of MLTAWA and have not received your copy, please contact [email protected]

Link roundup: Interesting reading from around the interwebs

November 5, 2014 no comments

A round-up of Languages (and edu!) in the news and online.