What are you planning to do? Some ideas from the MLTAWA committee. organise lunchtime karaoke in different languages have students create posters (either in English or target language or both) to celebrate their language learning by encouraging them to complete one of the following statements – Send your favourites to us and we will publish […]
Term 3 Professional Learning Day
Planning is underway for a motivating and interesting day of professional learning on Saturday 24th August. The workshops will be followed by an opportunity to network, socialise and catch up with colleagues. More details will follow soon.
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 […]
A day with Dr Gianfranco Conti
Saturday, 11 May 2019 Thank you Gianfranco for an inspiring day. Members, we will shortly be making available handouts and participant reviews.
Successful recipients – MLTAWA Grants to attend the 2019 AFMLTA Conference
It gives us great pleasure to announce the recipients of the MLTAWA grants. First timer grant – Yue Zhao New graduate grant – Megan Delport Open grant – Moya McLauchlan Presenter grant – Laura Bava Each grant recipient will receive $1000. The selection panel for the Presenter grant based their decision on three criteria: Clarity of […]
AFMLTA Conference Update
250 people, including a large group from WA, have already registered for the AFMLTA 2019 Conference: Languages – Breaking through Walls. However, there is still time to register. Keynote speakers: – Dr Jane Simpson (Australian National University) – Professor Joseph Lo Bianco (The University of Melbourne) – Professor John Hajek (The University of Melbourne) – […]
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 […]
ImmerseMe Resource
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 […]
