Dear Indonesian Educators Network, I am pleased to announce that this year’s NAILA – National Australia Indonesia Language Awards Competition is now open and you can find our Information Pack enclosed in this email. Our theme for 2022 is… ‘Hubungan/Relationships’, with the core question being: ‘How do you maintain relationships during a pandemic?’ / ‘Bagaimana kamu menjaga hubungan […]
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MLTAQ Conference Call for papers
The Modern Language Teachers’ Association of Queensland (MLTAQ) invites papers for the MLTAQ Biennial Conference 2022. Our hybrid conference is to be held at Griffith University (Nathan campus) and online on 26-27 June 2022. The Conference is designed for teachers and pre-service teachers of Languages at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. The theme of the […]
OzCLO Registration OPEN!
Happy new year! Registrations for OzCLO, the Linguistics Olympiad, are now OPEN! How to register: Teachers should go to https://ozclo.org.au/registration/ to register themselves and their individual teams. Registrations opened on Saturday, Jan 15 and will close on Friday, February 25. Registration costs $10 per student. (Note that the registration page says to contact your local organiser “if you wish […]
Phulwari 2021
The annual gala event “Phulwari 2021” was proudly presented by Paathshala and Hindi Samaj of Western Australia on 27th Nov 2021 at Beasley Theatre, Perth. Our Immediate Past President attended the event in representation of the MLTAWA. Below is a short extra of the event presented by Ms. Rashmi Loyalka, President of the Hindi Samaj […]
PTCWA Outstanding Professional Service Awards
Last Tuesday we got to celebrate the Outstanding Professional Service Awards, presented by PTCWA. Our very own Treasurer extraordinaire Susan Croker was one of the worthy recipients. Congratulations also to the following languages teachers, who received this prestigious award: Jia Liao (Professional learning coordinator of CLTAWA), Rosanne Jacobs (President of JLTAWA), Laura Bava (President of […]
2021 Languages Competitions – Registrations closing soon!
Don’t forget to submit your registration for our traditional competitions and/or Expression of Interest for the new Languages Live Competition by this Friday, October 15th! For further information and to access submission forms, please visit our competitions page HERE.
Congratulations Mr. Benjamin Lomas – 2021 Principal’s Award Winner
“As an educator, I value the importance of learning a second language. Studies have clearly shown how it benefits a student’s education and cognitive function, and I personally believe language learning fosters a deeper appreciation and understanding of diverse cultures and communities.”
Congratulations Dr. Hua Li – 2021 Principal’s Award Winner
“As a principal of community schools over 20 years, I am fully aware of the positive influence that language schools have on the community at large and this should not be understated. All community language schools substantially contribute to Australia’s highly multicultural and multilingual society, making this country and our communities diverse and beautiful.”
Good Luck, Claire!
We wish Claire Leong, Head of Languages at Wesley College and former MLTAWA Committee member, all the best for the Australian Education Awards night on 16th August in Sydney. Claire is a finalist in the category for the Department Head of the Year Award. Claire is one of 10 finalists in the category, and the only […]
UWA Korean Studies Workshop for Teachers
The Korean Studies Department of UWA is holding a Professional Learning Workshop for Language and HASS teachers at UWA on June 27-28. The workshop, funded by the Korea Foundation, is completely free for participants and will feature presenters from Australian universities, NSW, DoE and ACT schools. The workshop focuses on Korean society, history, language, traditional […]
