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Have you booked your free Year 12 online speaking session at the Tanken Centre?
NSW public schools with Year 12 Japanese classes - did you know this free offering is available from the team at the Tanken Centre? Only for Term 1, so make sure you book your spot now.
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2026 German Teachers Conference in NSW
2026 marks an exciting fresh start for German teachers across NSW. The team at the Goethe-Institut is delighted to bring the community together for the 2026 German Teachers Conference on Friday, 20 March 2026 (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM) at our offices in Woollahra. There is no registration fee, and lunch will be provided. Simply bring yourself, your laptop and any resources you’d like to share. Teachers working in regional NSW are eligible to apply for a travel grant through the Goet
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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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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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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
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
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
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
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
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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