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Reminder - collaboration day
Registrations for the statewide collaboration day close this Friday! Have you enrolled yet? https://www.languagesnsw.com/post/looking-for-a-day-of-planning-with-your-language-teacher-colleagues-join-the-statewide-collaboratio
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2026 Beginning and Preservice Teachers’ Workshop
Registrations now open! Registrations are now open for the 2026 Beginning and Preservice Teachers’ Workshop. The theme is Building skills for language teaching success. At the workshop there will be a number of presentations including: Support for language teachers and adapting support to your context The power of feedback Classroom management for learning success Playful strategies for powerful learning. The workshop is suitable for all preservice languages teachers and all
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Go Nihongo! is back - ready for your Japanese classes!
The Go Nihongo! resource has been completely refreshed and moved to a new, interactive platform. The resource features a series of scaffolded videos with accompanying student activities (digital and print), transcripts, and a teacher guide. Tasks are designed to build challenge across the stages, providing opportunities for student choice and differentiation, while promoting real communication and cultural understanding. Topics include: introductions pet competition hanging o
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Reminder - collaboration day
Registrations for the statewide collaboration day close this Friday! Have you enrolled yet? https://www.languagesnsw.com/post/looking-for-a-day-of-planning-with-your-language-teacher-colleagues-join-the-statewide-collaboratio
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2026 Beginning and Preservice Teachers’ Workshop
Registrations now open! Registrations are now open for the 2026 Beginning and Preservice Teachers’ Workshop. The theme is Building skills for language teaching success. At the workshop there will be a number of presentations including: Support for language teachers and adapting support to your context The power of feedback Classroom management for learning success Playful strategies for powerful learning. The workshop is suitable for all preservice languages teachers and all
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Jun 91 min read


Looking for a day of planning with your language teacher colleagues? Join the statewide collaboration day!
Registrations are bnow open for the Languages Statewide Collaboration Day on Friday 26 June. This is the day when all language teacher networks meet, across NSW, under the theme 'Building engaging classrooms together'. The goal is to support you by providing a day dedicated to language planning to enhance classroom practices with your colleagues, network leaders and the Languages and Culture team. In regional areas, if you have language colleagues from other sectors, they ar
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May 201 min read


Support for teachers new to Stage 6 language teaching
Early career languages teachers and teachers new to Stage 6, a full day of Stage 6 professional learning is happening on Friday 27 February (Term 1 Week 5) for teachers in NSW public schools. The sessions are designed to build teacher confidence and capability in syllabus implementation, evidence-based teaching strategies and assessment practices. They will include an overview of Stage 6 essentials, KLA support materials and course-specific requirements for Languages Beginn
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Feb 111 min read


Reminder - NSW Japanese Teachers' Conference 2026
NSW Japanese Teachers' Conference 2026 - 'The power to learn, the passion to teach'. 📅 Friday 27 March 2026 📌 Parramatta Education Office 💳 $50 for DoE teachers and $150 for non-DoE teachers. Registrations are now open until Friday 20 March or when places have been filled. Please visit the Japanese Teachers’ Conference 2026 website to register .
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Feb 41 min read


Indonesian Teachers' Workshop
NSW Indonesian Teachers' Workshop 2026 - 'From passion to practice: Indonesian in action'. 📅 Friday 20 March 2026 (8:45 am-3:15 pm) 📌 105 Phillip Street, Parramatta 💳 Cost: $45 Enrol via MyPL, course code TPL01111 by Friday 13 March 2026.
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Feb 41 min read


Seeking presenters - NSW French Teachers' Conference
If you'd like to present at the NSW Department of Education's upcoming French Teachers' Conference, to be held on Friday 8 May, EOIs close this Friday!
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Feb 41 min read


Languages Mentoring Program - support for languages teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools
🎓 Are you new to languages teaching in a NSW public school 7-12? Are you looking for an experienced mentor to support you? 👩🏫 Or are you an experienced languages teacher in a NSW public school 7-12, looking for a leadership opportunity? Please consider joining our Languages Mentoring Program, as a mentee or mentor. You'll experience 12 months of targeted support, supported by the NSW Department of Education. Applications close 11 February 2026.
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Feb 41 min read


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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Nov 3, 20251 min read


2026 - save the dates!
Looking for language-specific professional learning in 2026?
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Sep 25, 20251 min read


Are you, or do you know, a beginning/preservice language teacher?
Registrations are now open for the Beginning and Preservice Teachers' Workshop, designed to support beginning teachers (in their first 5...
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Sep 2, 20251 min read


Save the date - Beginning and Preservice Teachers' Workshop
Save the date for the NSW Department of Education's upcoming Beginning and Preservice Teachers' Workshop, designed to support beginning...
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Aug 26, 20251 min read
Free workshops for Spanish teachers
Junta de Castilla y León: Talleres para profesores innovadores is offering free online workshops on Saturdays in May. Information about...
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May 5, 20251 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 9, 20251 min read


Are you a DoE languages teacher, teaching Stage 6 for the first time?
A professional learning program designed to equip new Stage 6 DoE teachers with essential knowledge to deliver Stage 6 syllabuses will be...
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Mar 5, 20251 min read


DoE languages eCourses now available to all sectors!
To align with the changes to NESA's PD requirements for teachers (from 16.08.24) and the removal of Accredited and Elective PD...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read


Save the date - STATEWIDE NETWORK DAY
In response to teacher feedback, the Languages and Culture team is organising the first-ever statewide languages network day, to be held...
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Nov 1, 20241 min read


Registrations close today for the FREE workshop for beginning language teachers!
The 2024 Beginning Teachers' Workshop is for language teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools in their first 5 years of teaching. The event...
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Oct 23, 20241 min read


Are you a beginning languages teacher?
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education is offering the 2024 Beginning Teachers' Workshop to language teachers...
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Sep 25, 20241 min read


Term 3 statewide staff meeting - recording now available
Yesterday, the Languages and Culture team presented their Term 3 SWS meeting on ‘Listening activities for Stage 4 and 5’. During the...
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Aug 15, 20241 min read
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