Many thanks to Moya McLauchlan for guiding us brilliantly through techniques for managing the Languages classroom. (Members only, login to view)
PL Report 27 May: iPad Apps for Language Learning
In this workshop teachers explored a range of iPad apps that are designed predominantly for creating content in the target language.
Australian Curriculum: Languages Draft Auslan curriculum
ACARA has released the draft Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum: Languages for Auslan for public consultation. Click for more information.
Raising Children in More Than One Language
As part of OMI’s Community Languages Program a free session has been arranged for parents on raising children multi-lingual and is open to all parents on Saturday 28 May.
Social capital: A vital ingredient for retaining foreign language teachers
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 schools and the important role that professional teacher associations play in providing social capital and professional pathways
Implementing / improving your Languages program
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.
