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Go Hanyu! is back - ready for your Chinese classes!
The NSW Department of Education has just republished Go Hanyu!, including lots of great new updates. 'Go Hanyu!' is an interactive resource for students learning Chinese in Stage 6 as well as advanced proficiency Stage 5 students. This updated resource features a series of videos with accompanying student activities (digital and print), transcripts, and a teacher guide. Tasks are designed to build language skills while exploring different text types, providing opportunities f
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New support for CCAFL Continuers courses
Are you wondering how to best prepare your students for the CCAFL Continuers oral examination? The NSW Department of Education has just published a new support resource to help you interpret and prepare students for the CCAFL Languages Continuers oral examination. The 'CCAFL Languages Continuers - understanding the oral examination' provides practical guidance to support consistent interpretation of the oral examination across all CCAFL Languages Continuers courses. It clarif
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Effective feedback in preparing for the HSC in Languages
If you teach Stage 6 languages in a NSW public school, please join the Languages and Culture team on the Term 3 School Development Day for 'Effective feedback in preparing for the HSC in Languages'. The session will explore practical feedback strategies that support students preparing for the HSC in Stage 6 Languages courses. 📅 Monday 20 July - School Development Day (Term 3, Week 1) ⌚ 1:00–2:30 pm 📌 Online Register now via MyPL (course code TPL01703).
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Go Hanyu! is back - ready for your Chinese classes!
The NSW Department of Education has just republished Go Hanyu!, including lots of great new updates. 'Go Hanyu!' is an interactive resource for students learning Chinese in Stage 6 as well as advanced proficiency Stage 5 students. This updated resource features a series of videos with accompanying student activities (digital and print), transcripts, and a teacher guide. Tasks are designed to build language skills while exploring different text types, providing opportunities f
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Jul 21 min read
New support for CCAFL Continuers courses
Are you wondering how to best prepare your students for the CCAFL Continuers oral examination? The NSW Department of Education has just published a new support resource to help you interpret and prepare students for the CCAFL Languages Continuers oral examination. The 'CCAFL Languages Continuers - understanding the oral examination' provides practical guidance to support consistent interpretation of the oral examination across all CCAFL Languages Continuers courses. It clarif
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Jul 21 min read
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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May 221 min read
Visit the Tanken Centre without leaving your classroom!
The NSW Department of Education has just released a new resource for Japanese, and we think your students are going to love it!! 妖怪を探せ - A Tanken Centre adventure is an immersive, interactive escape room-style learning experience designed to deepen students’ engagement with Japanese language and culture. Set within the Tanken Centre, students take on the role of a student, Natsuki, to track down hidden yōkai. The aim of the resource is to clear all the yōkai so that tomorrow'
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May 111 min read
Teaching Stage 4 modern languages this year?
The NSW Department of Education offers comprehensive resources for Stage 4 languages. You can get a taste by scrolling through the images below, or access everything at https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/languages/planning-programming-and-assessing-languages-7-10 Support is available for: Auslan K-10 Syllabus Classical Languages K-10 Syllabus (Latin) Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kor
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Feb 131 min read
Is your school offering Auslan in 2026?
The NSW Department of Education has just published comprehensive support for the new Auslan K-10 Syllabus, for implementation from 2026. The fully-resourced Stage 4 unit of work is for Term 1 so you can jump in now in preparation for Term 1 next year. The full suite of support on the Auslan page includes: Stage 4 and Stage 5 sample scope and sequences a fully-resourced Stage 4 sample unit of work – 'Myself and my class', including videos of Auslan 'in action' student-friendly
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Dec 8, 20251 min read
New support from the Languages and Culture team
To support you with the 'Interacting' focus area in the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, particularly with large classes, the Languages...
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Sep 24, 20251 min read
Chinese Extension materials now live!
The NSW Department of Education's support materials for the Chinese Extension prescriptions 2026-2030 are now available to teachers from...
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Aug 26, 20251 min read
Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus - launch of Stage 4 Arabic support
The NSW Department of Education is excited to launch the Arabic Stage 4 resource set to support the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. The...
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Jul 2, 20251 min read
Launch of Modern Greek support
The NSW Department of Education is excited to launch their Modern Greek Stage 4 resource set to support the Modern Languages K-10...
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Jun 6, 20251 min read
Japanese and French Continuers - sample scope and sequences
The department has published Stage 6 scope and sequences for French and Japanese Continuers courses . The link to the materials can be...
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Feb 10, 20251 min read
Brain breaks in languages
The department has recently published their Brain breaks in languages guide. The guide provides sample language-based and...
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Feb 10, 20251 min read
Launch of support for Classical Languages K-10 Syllabus
Next Tuesday, 10 December, the NSW Department of Education will be launching their support for the Classical Languages K-10 Syllabus,...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read
Huge news - Languages Extension support materials are live!
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education is very excited to announce that their Support materials for the...
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Sep 4, 20241 min read
Launch of Korean support!
The NSW Department of Education is launching its support for Korean! The Korean Stage 4 resource set supports the Modern Languages K-10...
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Aug 29, 20241 min read
Explicit teaching in languages
Explicit teaching and effective language teaching go hand in hand. Explicit teaching aligns with how students process, store and retrieve...
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Aug 5, 20241 min read
Units available to consider using in Terms 3 and/or 4
With the aim of helping you with your planning for Semester 2, the department has developed an overview of all of the sample units they...
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Jul 6, 20241 min read
Indonesian support - launch recording
The Indonesian set of resources to support the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus was presented at the Indonesian teachers' workshop in June....
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Jul 4, 20241 min read
New support for Indonesian!
The NSW Department of Education has just published their Indonesian support resources for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus at Languages...
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Jun 23, 20241 min read
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Language teachers in NSW - just a reminder that you can access recordings of past statewide staff meeting and resource launches at the...
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Jun 23, 20241 min read
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