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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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Student choice in the languages classroom

When designing assessment for your language classes, incorporating structured student choice, linked to syllabus outcomes and with clear...

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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

Free film-making workshop

The Greek Orthodox Community of NSW (GOC) is organising a free workshop for ALL drama and community language teachers and students, as...

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Aug 8, 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

Wonderful Indonesia Education Explorer Award

The Indonesian Government is offering the Wonderful Indonesia Education Explorer Award for Indonesian teachers to visit Indonesia and...

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Aug 1, 20241 min read

Do your students shy away from engaging in listening activities?

On Wednesday 14 August, 4-5 pm, the Languages and Culture team is hosting their Term 3 statewide staff meeting. The topic of the meeting...

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Jul 26, 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

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

Games Boy JP

Sean Murphy (M.C., educator and one-time Tokyo resident (website link) has gotten together with Japanese stand-up Takashi Wakasugi to...

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Jun 5, 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 statewide staff meeting - recording now available

At their Term 2 statewide staff meeting on 22 May, the Languages and Culture team looked at 'Assessment ideas for various contexts'. Here...

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Jun 5, 20241 min read