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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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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
Want to learn all about the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus?
The Languages and Culture team has just published the 'Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus – from planning to practice in Years 7–10' course...
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Jun 2, 20231 min read
New CCAFL syllabuses
NESA has just released new Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) Continuers and in Context syllabuses...
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May 25, 20231 min read
Programming guidelines and sample scope and sequences for Stages 4 and 5
To support the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, the Languages and Culture team has published: programming guidelines a sample scope...
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May 23, 20231 min read
New HSC hub resource - reflections and advice from past HSC students
To support you and your students to prepare for the HSC, the Languages and Culture team has created an engaging video resource, in a 'You...
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May 20, 20231 min read
Leading Languages 7-12
Do you lead the Languages KLA in a NSW public school? You may be a head teacher, a faculty coordinator, or even the only language teacher...
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May 20, 20231 min read
Term 2 statewide staff meeting - unpacking support for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus
Did you miss the Term 2 statewide staff meeting? Don't worry - the recording is available on YouTube and the slides are attached.
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May 20, 20231 min read
Cute 'Quirky comics' resources for K-10
The NSW Department of Education has re-released their 'Quirky comics' resources. The comics are available in Chinese, French, German,...
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May 5, 20231 min read
Term 2 statewide staff meeting
On Thursday 18 May, 4-5 pm, the Languages and Culture team will present their Term 2 statewide staff meeting, focusing on the new Modern...
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May 4, 20231 min read
Collaboration day for the new syllabus - Sydney North
The Sydney North Network is holding a full-day meeting in Term 2, on Tuesday 16 May. The focus of the meeting will be on collaboration...
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May 4, 20231 min read
Overview of outcomes - Stages 4 to 6 (modern languages)
One of the aspects of the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus which we really like is that the outcomes and content for Stage 5 allow for...
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May 2, 20231 min read
What does 'developing intercultural capability' look like?
In the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, students develop intercultural capability across all 3 focus areas – interacting,...
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May 2, 20231 min read
Accredited PD for new K-10 syllabuses
NESA has released 3 Accredited PD courses for their new K-10 languages syllabuses (Modern Languages, Classical Languages and Aboriginal...
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May 1, 20231 min read
HSC student days - French, Japanese and Spanish
🥐 The National Association of French Language Teachers is holding a Year 12 study skills day at Sydney University on Saturday 20 May:...
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
Hello and welcome to the new-look Languages NSW blog!
Welcome to our new-look blog, now hosted on Wix. 👋 We had to move over here, as our previous platform was having a few hiccups. The...
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Apr 27, 20231 min read
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