Bilingual Schools 2024-2026: Trends, Horizons & Opportunities (Part 2)
This workshop explores examples of how teachers and schools outside Australia are strengthening bilingual programs through curricula innovation, collaboration and communication. Note: this is a 90-minute session (Workshop 4 & 5)
Fostering Curiosity and Engagement in the Middle Years through the MYP Curriculum
This workshop will share with non-IB educators how the MYP (Middle Years Program) curriculum is structured, with a special focus on how the inquiry approach stimulates the learners’ curiosity, driving greater engagement. While the IB “terminology” may initially appear complex (concept-based curriculum, global context, phases, Approaches to Learning, assessment types/rubrics…) Julia and Emilie will show […]
Unpacking the Victorian Curriculum F-10 Version 2 for Phase 1 and Phase 2 Languages
In this session, we will “unpack” the key changes that have been made in Version 2 of the Victorian Curriculum F-10 for Phase 1 and Phase 2 Languages (Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek and Spanish). We will explain structural changes, some new features and explain what looks different and what has […]
Bilingual Schools 2024-2026: Trends, Horizons & Opportunities (Part 1)
This workshop explores examples of how teachers and schools outside Australia are strengthening bilingual programs through curricula innovation, collaboration and communication. Note: this is a 90-minute session (Workshop 4 & 5)
Students’ Agency Towards New Pedagogical Horizons for Their Linguistic Journey
Language learning is a personal and empowering linguistic journey, where students are the drivers navigating through new territories of language acquisition. In my language classroom, I love using travel metaphors to engage students, inviting them to take control of their own high-speed train, cars or planes. This journey is self-directed, with students becoming more responsible […]
Introducing Victorian Curriculum F-10 Version 2
In this session, the VCAA Languages Unit will provide a high-level overview of the changes that have been made in the Victorian Curriculum F-10 for the 9 Phase 1 and 2 languages (Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek and Spanish). This will include a summary of the structure of the revised Curriculum.
Enhancing Student Engagement through PBL and Agency in Language Learning
This presentation focuses on increasing student engagement and improving learning outcomes in the language classroom by fostering greater autonomy through a Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit. The 6-week unit, Un Viaggio in Italia, designed for Year 9/10 Italian students, allows learners to take ownership of their education by creating a personalised folio based on an imagined […]
Designing “integrated” SAC tasks for VCE that comply with the Study Design
In this session, the VCAA Languages Unit will provide guidance to VCE Languages teachers about how to design effective SAC tasks that require students to respond to combinations of listening, reading and viewing texts. This session will be useful for teachers of all VCE Language studies. Teachers will be given tips and ideas to help […]
Towards a holistic approach to student exam readiness
Yoshie Burrows, Nathalie Marchand and Nathan Lane, authors of the iiTomo and Quoi de neuf? series and teachers in secondary schools across Victoria, will talk about a holistic approach to student exam readiness. The session will focus on: exam preparation and core skill building strategies for learners and teachers in senior years and earlier; exam […]
Empowering Language Learners: Integrating AI for Enhanced Autonomy and Growth
This presentation explores how AI can empower students in the second language learning classroom, from Foundation to VCE, by offering personalised feedback, tailored learning experiences, and tools for self-directed improvement, giving them greater authority over their academic progress. By harnessing AI, language learners at various levels can engage in more targeted practice, receiving immediate feedback […]