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MLTAV Annual Conference 2010
"Victoria - the State of Languages?"
Friday 14th May
Karstens at CQ, Conference and Training Centre,
123 Queen Street, Melbourne
This professional learning activity has been supported partially through funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Major Conference Themes:
  1. Primary, Middle Years and VCE LOTE
  2. VCE
  3. LOTE in VELS
  4. Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Language Learning
  5. Assessment and Reporting
  6. the use of ICT, especially Web 2.0 technologies
  7. e5 and LOTE
  8. Retention of Students, especially beyond Year 10

Conference Keynote Speakers:
Liz Beattie, MP, Member for Yuroke, Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Premier in Multicultural Affairs, speaking on the new DEECD Languages Strategy
John Firth, Chief Executive Officer, VCAA and Board Member ACARA
Angela Scarino, Lead Writer for Languages in the National Curriculum

CONFERENCE SESSIONS AND PAPERS/HANDOUTS:
Please note that the following conference papers/handouts are made available in good faith. The MLTAV's liability policies with regard to accuracy of the information provided, advice contained in the resources and downloading of the files is published here. The resources are available for use by Languages professionals in a not-for-profit environment. Permission should, though, be sought from the author(s) for further distribution. Reproduction in any form for commercial use is not permitted.

KEYNOTE TRANSCRIPTS:

Morning: Liz Beattie, MP - Member for Yuroke Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Premier in Multicultural Affairs - speaking on: 'the development of the new Victorian Languages Strategy with an emphasis on a number of reform areas'.

Afternoon: Angela Scarino (Lead Writer of the Shape paper for Languages in the Australian Curriculum) and John Firth (CEO VCAA & Board Member ACARA): The National Curriculum - Transcript of this session and Angela Scarino's handout - PowerPoint Presentation

Session 21. Professor Michael Clyne & Romana Baumgartner: Sharing languages & goodwill across generations & cultures - handout

Session 2.2. Jane Orton: The Languages Scene: how thinkgs look from the perspective of wanting to get Chinese moving

Session 2.3. Margaret Gearon: e5 and LOTE Teaching and Learning

Session 2.4. Marlene Dingle & Viviana Golding: Presentation on the DVD 'Talking about Languages'- handout

Sessions 2.5 & 3.5. Adrienne Horrigan & Jennie Oldfield: Effective VCE Examination Preparation - Curriculum & Assessment (100 minute session)- handout

Session 2.6. Eva Andreson & Laurence Brottes: LOTE Science Program - Primary to Middle Years - handout 1What is it bug template - handout 2: PowerPoint Presentation

Session 2.7. Steve Collis: Professional Development Like No Other - Professional Development and the Web

Sessions 2.8 & 3.8. Stuart Miller & Nancy Posterino: Languages Online Game Makers - Including introduction to Cartoon Maker (100 minute session) - handout

Session 2.9. Jaclyn Curnow: ICT and e5 Instructional Model- handout

Session 3.1. Kylie Farmer, Matthew Absalom, Lidia Faranda & Jane Macdonald - CLOSED SESSION

Session 3.2. Anat Wilson: Personal Learning Stretegies Central to the LOTE Learners' Success

Session 3.3. Teresa De Fazio: Learning about human rights in the second language classroom. Introducing a new curriculum resource - handout

Session 3.4. Steve Collis: ICT and Language Teaching

Session 3.5. Adrienne Horrigan & Jennie Oldfield - (See session 2.5 handouts - 100 minutes)

Session 3.6. Eva Anderson & Laurence Brottes - (Repeat session - see session 2.6 handouts)

Session 3.7. Lili Cvetkovic: Small changes make a big difference: How to start making some changes to bring your teaching into the 21st Century - handout

Session 3.8. Stuart Miller & Nancy Posterino (See session 2.8 handouts - 100 minute session)

Session 3.9. Celia Sutterby & Anna Varghese: Web 2.0 'What's New and How to!'- handout 1: Stixy Writing Assessment Task; handout 2: LOTE Web 2.0 Resources; handout 3: voki speaking assessment

Session 4.1. Angela Scarino & Andrew Ferguson: Possible Features of the Naitonal Curriculum, - results of MLTAV survey - handout

Session 4.2. Aasha Murthy (AFS): Long term Impacts of a True Intercultural Learning Experience

Session 4.3. Linton Roe: Immerse Me Twice!

Session 4.4. Anne de Kretser, Dr. Robyn Spence-Brown & Kurt Mullane: The State of Japanese / Indonesian / Korean Language Education in Australian Schools

Session 4.5. Julie Reid: Implementing the New Standards P-10 and Protocols for Aboriginal Languages and Cultures and Reclamation in Victorian Schools - handout

Session 4.6. Rosaria Zarro: Making Languages and VELS hands on!

Session 4.7. Lili Cvetkovic - (Repeat session - see session 3.7 handouts)

Sessions 4.8 & 5.8. Stuart Miller & Nancy Posterino - (Repeat 100 minute session - see session 2.8 for handouts)

Session 4.9. Jaclyn Curnow - (Repeat session - see session 2.9 handouts)

Session 5.1. Maree Dellora: Assessing Intercultural Learning - handout

Session 5.2. Jennifer Brown - CEO, Kylie Farmer - on behalf of Kathy Macfarlane, Independent Schools Victoria & Kristien Sarwo-Rini - DEECD: NALSSP Initiatives across all three Sectors- handout Kristien Sarwo-Rini

Session 5.3. Margaret Gearon - (Repeat session - see session 2.3 handouts)

Session 5.4. Marlene Dingle & Viviana Golding - (Repeat session - see session 2.4 handouts)

Session 5.5. Lynn Pickles & Trudi Blick: Promoting LOTE through the Cultural Diversity Quest

Session 5.6. Angela Scarino: Introduction to the Teaching and Learning Languages: A Guide - handout

Session 5.7. Celia Sutterby & Anna Varghese - (Repeat session - see session 3.9 handouts)

Session 5.8. Stuart Miller & Nancy Posterino - (100 minute session - see 4.8)

Session 5.9. Ana Wilson: ICT in the heart of the LOTE curriculum - Calling for Action

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MLTAV Annual Conference 2009
"Languages within a Changing Landscape"
Friday 15th May
Hemisphere Convention Centre, Moorabbin
This professional learning activity has been supported partially through funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Major Themes:
  1. LOTE in VELS
  2. Assessment for, as and of learning
  3. Intercultural Language Learning
  4. Interdisciplinary Learning in LOTE
  5. VCE LOTE
  6. Professional Standards for Accomplished Teachers
pdf CLICK HERE to download the Conference program.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS AND PAPERS/HANDOUTS:
Please note that the following conference papers/handouts are made available in good faith. The MLTAV's liability policies with regard to accuracy of the information provided, advice contained in the resources and downloading of the files is published here . The resources are available for use by Languages professionals in a not-for-profit environment. Permission should, though, be sought from the author(s) for further distribution. Reproduction in any form for commercial use is not permitted.

Session 21. Sandy Phillips - 'Knowledgebank: Next Generation'

Session 2.2 Kylie Farmer - 'Professional Standards for Accomplished Teaching of Languages and Cultures'

Session 2.3 Sarah Pavy - 'Engaging Activities, Successful Language Learning' - Session Handout

Session 2.4 Marlene Dingle & Robyn Elmi ' Lights! Camera! LOTE Action! Organising a LOTE Student Film Festival.  Session Handouts: Lesson Plan for German Film Making; Crewing Roles for Students; Siobhan's Basic Film Making TipsLMR LOTE Film Festival 2008 DVD Order Form; Conference Presentation - 'The Teachers Perspective' (by Robyn Elmi - LOTE teacher from winning school, Weeroona College); Loddon Mallee Region (LMR) Film Festival Awards Booklet P1LMR Film Festival Awards Booklet P2; LMR Film Festival Awards Booklet P3LMR Film Festival Awards Booklet P4.

Session 2.5 Julie Reid - 'Indigenous Languages of Victoria: Revival and Reclamation'- Session Handout

Session 2.6 Maree Dellora - 'Promoting Thinking Skills in the VELS LOTE Classroom'- Session Handout

Session 2.7 Lisa Dowse & Heather Carver - 'Elluminate'- Session Handout

Session 2.8 Stuart Miller & Nancy Posterino - 'Rubric Maker'

Session 3.1 Claire Teisen (Red Herring) - 'Urashima the Fisherman' - Urashima Flyer

Session 3.2 Kathryn Hill - 'Classroom - Based Assessment'-

Session 3.3 Sarah Pavy & Sharyne Rankine - 'AISV Engaging Boys in Languages Research Project' - Session Handout

Session 3.4 Andrew Ferguson - 'Towards a National Curriculum for Languages - Have your say!' - Session Handouts: Melbourne Declaration Excerpts; Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum_May09 (by the National Curriculum Board).

Session 3.5 Lisa Dowse - 'Differentiating Language Tasks in the LOTE Classroom' - Session Handout

Session 3.6 Adrienne Horrigan - 'Programming for Combined Classes at Senior Secondary Levels' - Session Handouts: Discussion Slides (by Adrienne Horrigan); Programming for Combined Classes at Senior Secondary Level paper (by Adrienne Horrigan); Combined Class Paper (by Inge Cairns); Swinburne Senior Secondary College Dates 2009 (provided by Jackie Love)

Session 3.7 Jaclyn Curnow - '4 fun, fast, free E-learning resources' - Session Handout

Session 3.8 Stuart Miller & Nancy Posterino - 'Gamemaker'

Session 4.1 Madeleine Jenkins - 'Assessment Design' - Assessment Design; Design Guidelines.

Session 4.2 Angela Fletcher: Heather Cirovic, Hong Davies, Prema Devathas & Angela Khan - 'Professional Standards Project (PSP) Investigations' - Session Handouts: Cultural Task Based Approach to Teaching Second Languages (by Prema Devathas); Indonesian Lesson Design (by Prema Devathas); PSP Showcase Presentations (by Hong Davies); PSP Report Summary (by Hong Davies).

Session 4.3 Dr Andrew Blumbergs & Frances Holl - 'Interdisciplinary Language Studies: "The Planet & Natural Disasters" - Session Handout

Session 4.4 Gabriella Bartolissi & Maria Dikaiou - 'Using Assessment Maps to Understand the VELS LOTE Intercultural Knowledge and Language Awareness Dimension' - Session Handout

Session 4.5 Susan Fraser - 'Promoting LOTE' - Session Handout

Session 4.6 Andrea Truckenbrodt - 'LOTE and Numeracy: count on it' - Session Handout

Session 4.7 Jaclyn Curnow - '4 fun, fast, free E-learning resources' - Session Handout

Session 4.8 Gwyn McLelland - 'Podcasting and Web-enriching your VCE study - Session Handout

Session 5.1 Claire Teisen (Red Herring) - 'Urashima the Fisherman' - Session Handout

Session 5.2 Adrienne Horrigan - 'Exploring Assessment in VCE' - LOTE Units 1-4 for Teachers New to VCE (by Adrienne Horrigan); Program Outline Checklist; Sample Module.

Session 5.3 Viviana Golding - 'Characteristics of a LOTE Primary School' - Session Handout; Teaching an Additional Language (LOTE) in the Primary Class (by Viviana Golding).

Session 5.4 Jackie Love - 'Careers Counselling and Languages within a Changing Landscape - working Together': World Opinion Paper - Printed Edition

Session 5.5 Linton Roe - 'Sing My Language - Songs and Musical Games in the Primary LOTE classroom'

Session 5.6 Megan McLaughlin - 'Pockets of Success' - Session Handout

Session 5.7 Russell Blackie - 'Connect has arrived!'

Session 5.8 Julie Reid - 'Usability Trial of the Aboriginal Languages of Victoria Web Resource Portal'


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MLTAV Annual Conference 2008
"Celebrating the International Year of Languages"
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Friday 9th May
Hemisphere Convention Centre, Moorabbin
Highlights of the MLTAV 2008 Annual Conference included presentations by teachers who have taken part in the action-research projects funded through the DEECD Strategic Partnerships Program and the launch of Olympic Resources for Primary Languages Teachers to celebrate the International Year of Languages.

This professional learning activity has been supported partially through funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Major Themes:
  1. LOTE in VELS
  2. Assessment for, as and of learning
  3. Intercultural Language Learning
  4. Interdisciplinary Learning in LOTE
  5. VCE LOTE
  6. Professional Standards for Accomplished Teachers
pdf CLICK HERE to download the Conference program.
CLICK HERE FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS
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MLTAV Annual Conference 2007 "VELS Implementation and So Much More"
27 April - Hemisphere Centre, Moorabbin, Melbourne


CLICK HERE FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS


This professional learning activity has been supported partially through funding from the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
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AFMLTA Biennial National Conference - The Language Connection
11-14 July 2007 - Burswood International Resort, Perth


CLICK HERE FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS

Visiting speakers included:

Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, USA / Professor Anne Pauwels, University of Western Australia / Associate Professor Anthony Liddicoat, University of South Australia / Angela Scarino, University of South Australia / Ian Lillico, National Consultant in Gender Education / Dr Howard Nicholas, La Trobe University

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