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Struggling to engage students in language learning?

The Languages and Culture team is very excited to announce that their new eLearning course, Practical strategies to enhance student engagement in the language classroom , is now live! The course is divided into 10 sequential modules and focuses on addressing the challenges of student disengagement, specifically within the languages context in Stages 4 and 5. Throughout the modules, you will explore what student disengagement looks like, examine factors that may impact stude

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Would you like to present at the NSW Department of Education's Japanese Teachers' Conference 2026?

Are you a teacher of Japanese, or a stakeholder in Japanese education? The NSW Department of Education is currently seeking expressions of interest (EOIs) to present at their Japanese Language Teachers' Conference 2026. The conference will be held on Friday 27 March 2026 at Parramatta, with the theme 'The power to learn, the passion to teach'. If you are successful in the EOI process, you will have your conference fees waived. For NSW public school teachers, you will also rec

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2026 - save the dates!

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Would you like to present at the NSW Department of Education's Japanese Teachers' Conference 2026?

Are you a teacher of Japanese, or a stakeholder in Japanese education? The NSW Department of Education is currently seeking expressions of interest (EOIs) to present at their Japanese Language Teachers' Conference 2026. The conference will be held on Friday 27 March 2026 at Parramatta, with the theme 'The power to learn, the passion to teach'. If you are successful in the EOI process, you will have your conference fees waived. For NSW public school teachers, you will also rec

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2026 - save the dates!

Looking for language-specific professional learning in 2026?

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Sep 251 min read

2026 CI Down Under Languages Conference - EOI to present

CI (Comprehensible Input) is an innovative language teaching strategy that has been gaining success Australia wide over the past 15 years...

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Aug 11 min read

Are you a languages teacher 7-12 at a NSW public school?

Have you registered yet for the department's upcoming Modern Languages Conference - Time to thrive: Empowering teachers and engaging...

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Apr 91 min read

Modern Languages Conference 2025 and network events - registrations now open

Time to thrive: Empowering teachers and engaging students Are you a languages teacher 7-12 at a NSW public school? The Languages and...

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Mar 271 min read

Save the date! Modern Languages Conference and network events

The NSW Department of Education is hosting a conference for modern languages teachers 7-12 from NSW public schools on 9 May at 105...

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Feb 191 min read

2024 NSW Japanese Teachers’ Conference

The Languages and Culture team is looking forward to hosting the 2024 NSW Japanese Teachers’ Conference and bringing together teaching...

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Apr 2, 20241 min read

NSW Japanese Teachers' Conference 2024 - registrations open

Registrations are now open for the Japanese Teachers' Conference which will be held on Friday 3 May at the Novotel Parramatta. The theme...

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Feb 28, 20241 min read

NSW Japanese Teachers' Conference 2024 - call for presenters

The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education has started planning their 2024 Japanese conference, to be held on...

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Dec 6, 20231 min read

CI Down Under Conference

CI Down Under is holding their 5th language teachers' conference on comprehensible input (CI) over 5 days in January 2024. Enrolment...

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Aug 25, 20231 min read

8th National Conference of Italian Teachers

Registrations are now open for the 8th National Conference of Italian Teachers in Australia. The conference will be held on Saturday 21...

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Aug 25, 20231 min read

16th meeting of Spanish Teachers of NSW

The Spanish Education Office, in collaboration with the STANSW and Languages and Culture, is holding the 16th meeting of Spanish Teachers...

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Jul 21, 20231 min read

National conference for teachers of Italian

Italian teachers, save the date for the 8th national conference for teachers of Italian which will be held in Brisbane on 21 October. The...

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Jul 3, 20231 min read

XVI meeting of Spanish teachers of NSW 2023

The Spanish Education Office, in collaboration with STANSW and the NSW Department of Education, is holding its 16th Spanish Teachers'...

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Jun 28, 20231 min read