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)
AI for Languages Teaching: Privacy, Policy and Practical Tools
In my workshop I will be touching on current policies, privacy awareness as well as practical examples of tools that I use in my everyday teaching and planning such as LLMs, Text to Speech and Text to Image generators.
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.
Inclusive Pedagogies
This innovative MLTAV sponsored project has seen Languages teachers trialing strategies to better support students with specific learning differences using an action research approach. You will hear about strategies that really worked to ensure that all learners experience success with their languages learning.
Using Language to Learn, not just Learning Language
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an untapped well of potential for Languages education. It offers solutions to many of the challenges faced around student engagement and proficiency, particularly in countries where a monolingual mindset dominates. Despite the well-documented benefits, CLIL also presents many challenges to teachers in terms of workload, resourcing and implementation. […]
Developing Visual Literacy in our Languages Classes
In a world where we live constantly bombarded by images, visual literacy is an increasing need for the 21st Century learner, as well as a Victorian Languages curriculum requirement through the inclusion of the viewing macro-skill both at Foundation to Year 10 and VCE levels. This presentation will share strategies for the development of visual […]
Inclusive Pedagogies
This innovative MLTAV sponsored project has seen Languages teachers trialing strategies to better support students with specific learning differences using an action research approach. You will hear about strategies that really worked to ensure that all learners experience success with their Languages learning.
Embedded Reading for Creating Confident Storytellers
As part of a TPRS conference I learned about embedded reading and have been really wowed with what it has enabled my students to do. I will demonstrate embedded reading by using an example I used last year with great success. The demonstration will use Indonesian but will be accessible to non Indonesian-speakers. In a […]
SLA Collaboration Meeting (Closed Group)
This is a closed session for Single Language Association Presidents or representatives to share highlights from 2024 and collaboration opportunities for 2025.
5 Ideas to Challenge as Language Educators
Languages educators face significant challenges ranging from a lack of support from schools, declining student interest and teacher workload issues, to name but a few. In this presentation, Elio will draw on research on student motivation, language acquisition and teacher workload to provide simple, actionable strategies that focus on maximising student engagement and minimising teacher […]
