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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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3-year language-specific scope and sequence documents, with grammar vocabulary and structures
The NSW Department of Education has just published sample scope and sequences for Stages 4 and 5 in 8 languages, which summarise...
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Mar 5, 20251 min read
National Australia Indonesia Language Awards (NAILA) 2025 Competition
The NAILA team is pleased to officially announce that the 2025 NAILA competition questions are now available for anyone interested in...
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Mar 5, 20251 min read
2025 Alliance Française French Film Festival
The Alliance Française French Film Festival is back! Lighting up the Australian silver screen from 4 March to 9 April, the AF FFF proudly...
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Feb 24, 20251 min read
Save the date! Modern Languages Conference and network events
The NSW Department of Education is hosting a conference for modern languages teachers 7-12 from NSW public schools on 9 May at 105...
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Feb 19, 20251 min read
Term 1 statewide staff meeting - engaging ICT tools
The Languages and Culture team is running their Term 1 statewide staff meeting on Wednesday 26 February. Everyone is welcome! The meeting...
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Feb 19, 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
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
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
Strategies for HSC success - statewide staff meeting recording now available
At the department's Term 4 statewide staff meeting on Strategies for HSC success –developing speaking, writing, listening and reading...
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Nov 18, 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
Strategies for HSC success - Term 4 statewide staff meeting
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education has just published details of their Term 4 statewide staff meeting. ...
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Oct 23, 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
Explicit teaching in languages - did you miss the SWS meeting?
Did you miss the recent statewide staff meeting on 'Explicit teaching in languages'? Don't panic - the Languages and Culture team have...
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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
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 - statewide staff meeting
The department is holding an explicit teaching statewide staff meeting to unpack what explicit teaching looks like in languages, as...
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Aug 23, 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
Reminder - Term 3 statewide staff meeting (all welcome!)
The Languages and Culture team’s Term 3 statewide staff meeting is coming up soon, on Wednesday 14 August, 4-5 pm. The topic of the...
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Aug 9, 20241 min read
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