As many schools in Western Australia prepare to commence planning for the implementation of the Western Australian P-10 Curriculum: Languages, it is important to stop and reflect on the current Languages program within your school and consider ways to strengthen and keep it sustainable. Here’s a tool to help you do so.
Senior Secondary Languages Education Research Project Final Report
“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 addition to English within a decade. Its purpose is to inform all Australian governments on practical, implementable ways to enable this.”
AFMLTA News in Brief: April 2016
Latest news from the AFMLTA.
Introducing University Languages Portal Australia
University Languages Portal Australia (ULPA) is a new resource designed to promote tertiary Languages study and to inform potential students of the many options and locations available.
AFMLTA Response to Labor Media Release
The AFMLTA has recently written a letter to the Honorable Kate Ellis MP in response to Labor’s Media Release announcing the “Your Child. Our Future.” plan.
Learning a Language Videos
Teaching and Learning in South Australia has recently published a video on YouTube designed to help teachers to tune into the grand narrative of Australian Curriculum: Languages.
AFMLTA Australian Curriculum: Languages Webinar 31 May
The AFMLTA will facilitate a webinar on Tuesday 31 May to assist teachers with ways of implementing the Australian Curriculum: Languages if your time allocation and entry points do not directly align with the time suggested by the Australian Curriculum.
National curriculum policy reform in England & Australia: Implications for students, teachers & social justice
A free professional learning event at UWA on Wednesday 06 April.
Update from SCSA on Western Australian Curriculum: Languages
Adriana Douglas provided a written update for participants of the AFMLTA’s Ready? Set? Plan! workshop held on Saturday March 12 at Willetton SHS.
CEWA: Classroom Management and Engagement in Languages PD Day
CEWA is hosting a PD Day, ‘Classroom Management and Engagement in Languages’, on Thursday 07 April from 8:30-3:30 at the Newman Siena Centre. Registrations are open to all Languages teachers.
