ImmerseMe uses virtual reality-based (VR) software as a way to introduce learners to authentic and interactive language learning! ImmerseMe has been proven to improve listening, speaking, reading, fluency and confidence of second language learners. As a follow up to Jeremy Snyder’s MLTAWA Pop-Up PL presentation on ImmerseMe on 27 March, there are two big updates […]
AFMLTA News in Brief: May 2019
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Survey – Language Teachers
MLTAWA members, Francesca Candaten, Joanne Bell and Erica Letizia are working together on a project for the Key Language Leaders’ Initiative 2019 and, to support their research, they are seeking the assistance of other language teachers. Language teachers in both public and private schools are encouraged to complete a short survey (approximately four minutes). The […]
MLTAWA Pop-up PL 5 ‘Let Me Tell You a Story’ competition workshop
ZOOM PL – Repeat of Pop-Up #4 For those who missed the face-to face PL workshop on April 24, we are running a repeat via ZOOM (online) so you do not need to travel, and you can get the same information about the competition. Click here for details and registration
March 2019 AFMLTA NIB
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Reflections on Task-Based Languages Teaching a Classroom Perspective
MLTAWA committee member Nicky Griffin-Appadoo writes about how the Keynote address by Professor Rod Ellis at the MLTAWA Biennial Conference July 2018 led her to implement one of the tasks he suggested in her classroom. Click here to view the paper 6 Easy tips to improve students’ recall As teachers we are not only responsible […]
Ideas for Languages Week
Ideas from teachers for teachers Did you do something to celebrate Languages Week with your students in 2017 or 2018 that worked really well? Would you like to share your idea with your MLTAWA colleagues? Then this is your chance. Send your ideas to [email protected] and we will share it for you. Please send your […]
Curtin University: Language, Identity and Culture Colloquium – 25 May 2019
The Curtin University School of Education Professional Learning Hub is presenting the Language, Identity and Culture Colloquium on Saturday 25 May. The colloquium seeks to address the importance of understanding language users’ cultural, social and linguistic backgrounds and will bring together leading and emerging applied linguists to discuss different linguistic rationales for opportunities and challenges for […]
MLTAWA Pop-Up PL 4 – Let Me Tell You a Story Competition Workshop
To support the 2019 Languages in the Mainstream competitions, particularly the Let Me Tell You a Story, Let Me Tell You in My Language competition for background speakers, the MLTAWA is holding a workshop at the Newman Siena Centre, Doubleview, on Wednesday, 24 April (10.00-11.30am) to support teachers/parents to assist students/children in entering the competition. […]
Professional Learning : Dr Gianfranco Conti
The MLTAWA is proud to host Dr Gianfranco Conti for a day of professional learning on Saturday 11 May 2019. Dr Conti is the co-author of the best-selling guide for language teachers ‘The Language Teacher Toolkit’ and is internationally renowned for his popular award-winning blog ‘The Language Gym’ whose mission is the dissemination of current research […]
