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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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Student-friendly infographics
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education has created 2 student-facing infographics for display in your...
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Sep 1, 20231 min read
2023 Workshop of the Australian Association of Teachers of Korean
The will be held at the Korea Education Centre in Sydney on 16 December. The workshop will feature a series of presentations on practical...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read
CI Down Under Conference
CI Down Under is holding their 5th language teachers' conference on comprehensible input (CI) over 5 days in January 2024. Enrolment...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read


8th National Conference of Italian Teachers
Registrations are now open for the 8th National Conference of Italian Teachers in Australia. The conference will be held on Saturday 21...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read


Assessment and the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus
The Languages and Culture team have shared the recording of their Term 3 statewide staff meeting, which focuses on assessment in the new...
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Aug 18, 20231 min read


Upcoming network meetings to support new syllabus
The local Language Teacher Networks run by the NSW Department of Education are cross-sectoral - any teacher, regardless of the sector...
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Aug 18, 20231 min read


Launch of French resources
Each time the Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education publishes a set of language-specific resources to support the...
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Aug 7, 20231 min read


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


Looking for support for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus?
The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education is currently rolling out support for the new Modern Languages K-10...
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Jul 31, 20231 min read


AoYama Japanese Camp now offering incursions
AoYama Japanese Camp (AYJC) is offering incursion workshops for students to use their Japanese language skills in new and dynamic ways...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
16th meeting of Spanish Teachers of NSW
The Spanish Education Office, in collaboration with the STANSW and Languages and Culture, is holding the 16th meeting of Spanish Teachers...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Need help preparing your students for Trial and HSC speaking exams?
As Term 3 starts, Stage 6 teachers will be preparing students for their upcoming Trial and HSC speaking exams. Did you know the NSW...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read


Launch of Japanese resources for Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus
The Languages and Culture team is excited to launch the Japanese set of language-specific resources to support the Modern Languages K-10...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read


New Japanese 7-10 support for Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus
The Languages and Culture team at the department has published its first set of language-specific resources to support the Modern...
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Jul 17, 20232 min read
Greek and Me - 2023 SICLE Greek language student competition
Open to all students in NSW from Kindergarten to Year 10 who study the Greek Community Language (at afternoon/Saturday schools, Secondary...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
Free SICLE professional development opportunity
Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education (SICLE) is offering a free, 60-contact-hour professional development program for...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
National conference for teachers of Italian
Italian teachers, save the date for the 8th national conference for teachers of Italian which will be held in Brisbane on 21 October. The...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read


German day at University of Sydney
Teachers and students of Stages 5 and 6 German are invited to University of Sydney on Friday 25 August 2023, to attend a day of...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
XVI meeting of Spanish teachers of NSW 2023
The Spanish Education Office, in collaboration with STANSW and the NSW Department of Education, is holding its 16th Spanish Teachers'...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
Teachers with a proficiency in another language can now gain approval to teach languages
In very exciting news, primary and secondary teachers with a proficiency in another language can gain approval to teach languages as an...
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Jun 14, 20231 min read
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