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 […]
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.
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 […]
Foreign Language Education – From Lived Experience to the Classroom and Back
Based on interview data collected during the doctoral thesis I completed in 2023, this workshops presents several examples of motivational trajectories of high school learners of French in Melbourne. I discuss motivational factors that can be controlled by teachers to some extent as well as other factors which may not. I also discuss the significance […]
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 […]
Ctrl + ALT + Teach: Upgrading Your Language Lessons with Technology
Ready to elevate your language teaching with technology? Whether you’re a tech novice or a digital pro, “Ctrl + ALT + Teach” is the workshop for you!In this session, you’ll be introduced to a range of user-friendly platforms like Google Suite, Plickers, Classroomscreen, Magicschool.ai, and Diffit. We’ll focus on how these tools can boost student […]
Inclusion in Foreign Languages: Put Simply
This presentation is for Languages teachers who want to improve their understanding and practice in inclusivity but are unsure of what this might look like in the classroom. It aims to clarify what constitutes differentiation, accommodation, and modification of work, and it looks at ways to foster students’ independent learning while enriching the curriculum by […]
