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Intensive seminar for Japanese teachers
The Japan Foundation, Sydney is running an intensive seminar from 29 September to 2 October. The seminar will assist teachers to develop...
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HSC speaking day - Indonesian
A free Indonesian HSC Speaking Practice Day is being held on Saturday 2 August at Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney. All...
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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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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 61 min read
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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 101 min read
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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 101 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Are you subscribed to our YouTube?
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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Continuers text types - support documents
The NSW Department of Education has updated its Stage 6 Continuers text types support documents. By using these guides, you can support...
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Jun 5, 20241 min read
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Term 2 - full unit of work for Stage 4 Italian
The NSW Department of Education has just published a full unit of work for Stage 4 Italian - 'Do you like school?'. The unit is aligned...
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May 1, 20241 min read
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Term 2 - full unit of work for Stage 4 German
The NSW Department of Education has just published a full unit of work for Stage 4 German, aligned to new syllabus outcomes and content....
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Mar 25, 20241 min read
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Term 1 SWS meeting - 10 engaging activities for the languages classroom
Did you miss the Languages and Culture team's statewide staff meeting on Wednesday? No need to stress - the recording of the meeting is...
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Feb 23, 20241 min read
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Fortnightly support in the Languages statewide staffroom
Do you teach languages 7-12 in a NSW public school? If you're not already a member, the best place to access support from the NSW...
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Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel!
The Languages NSW YouTube channel hosts recordings of all statewide staff meetings led by the Languages and Culture team. You'll also...
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Dec 13, 20231 min read
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Are you subscribed to our YouTube channel?
Did you know we also have a YouTube channel? You can subscribe to see our range of videos and playlists, including: statewide staff...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Did you miss the launch of the Stages 4 and 5 Japanese sets?
Last week, the Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education launched their Japanese set of resources to support the...
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Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Cute 'Quirky comics' resources for K-10
The NSW Department of Education has re-released their 'Quirky comics' resources. The comics are available in Chinese, French, German,...
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May 5, 20231 min read
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