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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!

Looking for language-specific professional learning in 2026?

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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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2026 - save the dates!

Looking for language-specific professional learning in 2026?

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Sep 251 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 21 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 261 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 51 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

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 51 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

Are you a preservice language teacher?

Registrations are now open for the NSW Department of Education's Preservice language teachers' workshop . Date : Friday 4 October 2024,...

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Jul 24, 20241 min read

NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop 2024 - register now!

Registration is now open for the NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop 2024. The theme of the workshop is Connection, collaboration and...

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May 1, 20241 min read

Term 1 network meeting dates - all welcome!

The Languages and Culture team runs 18 language teacher networks acoss NSW. Networks are cross-sectoral, so teachers from all sectors are...

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Mar 8, 20241 min read

Indonesian teachers' workshop - call for presenters

The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education is seeking teachers to present at the NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop...

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Feb 28, 20241 min read

2023 Workshop of the Australian Association of Teachers of Korean

The will be held at the Korea Education Centre in Sydney on 16 December. The workshop will feature a series of presentations on practical...

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Aug 25, 20231 min read

Free SICLE professional development opportunity

Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education (SICLE) is offering a free, 60-contact-hour professional development program for...

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Jul 3, 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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