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Term 3 statewide staff meeting - Life Skills in modern languages
Registrations are now open for the Term 3 statewide staff meeting on Life Skills outcomes and content in the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus. This session will build your understanding of the Modern Languages K–10 Life Skills outcomes and content, with practical guidance on programming, teaching, assessment and reporting to support students accessing Life Skills outcomes. All languages teachers are encouraged to attend, regardless of whether they are currently teaching stude
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New Stage 6 support for Extension, in Context and CCAFL!
The NSW Department of Education has recently published the following support documents: A guide to support teachers with the Languages Extension course, including approaches to programming and strategies for developing students’ responses in the target language. Guides to supports the Personal Investigation module in the Stage 6 Chinese in Context; Japanese in Context and Korean in Context courses. They include sample inquiry questions, text suggestions, marking guidelines, a
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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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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
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


Term 2 statewide staffroom
The Languages and Culture team's Term 2 statewide staffroom is coming up soon, on Wednesday 22 May, 4-5 pm. The team will be sharing...
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May 2, 20241 min read


Language-specific examples and grammar guides - Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus
Did you know NESA has published language-specific examples (K-6 and 7-10) and grammar guides for 19 modern languages, to accompany the...
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May 1, 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


NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop 2024 - register now!
Registration is now open for the NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop 2024. The theme of the workshop is Connection, collaboration and...
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May 1, 20241 min read


2024 NSW Japanese Teachers’ Conference
The Languages and Culture team is looking forward to hosting the 2024 NSW Japanese Teachers’ Conference and bringing together teaching...
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Apr 2, 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


Carrousel Theatre - incursions
Carrousel Theatre are touring NSW in May this year and still have availability for schools. These bilingual puppet shows are interactive,...
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Mar 18, 20241 min read


Term 1 network meeting dates - all welcome!
The Languages and Culture team runs 18 language teacher networks acoss NSW. Networks are cross-sectoral, so teachers from all sectors are...
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Mar 8, 20241 min read


Transforming classrooms through the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus - downloadable staffroom posters
The NSW Department of Education has just published downloadable posters to support language teachers and faculties to articulate what’s...
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Feb 28, 20241 min read


NSW Japanese Teachers' Conference 2024 - registrations open
Registrations are now open for the Japanese Teachers' Conference which will be held on Friday 3 May at the Novotel Parramatta. The theme...
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Feb 28, 20241 min read


Indonesian teachers' workshop - call for presenters
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education is seeking teachers to present at the NSW Indonesian teachers' workshop...
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Feb 28, 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


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


Term 1 statewide staff meeting
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education warmly invites all language teachers to their first statewide staff...
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Feb 12, 20241 min read
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