The 2016 Chinese Language Teachers' Conference will be scheduled on Friday 17 June 2016. This is a state-wide conference which provides professional learning opportunity for teachers of Chinese in government and non-government schools. Register on MyPL@Edu, event ID 128973. Registration closes on Thursday 9 June 2016.
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A professional development afternoon in Sydney Friday 20 May offered by Better Chinese Australia & New Zealand.

Presenter: Belinda Dello-Iacovo
Classroom methodology teaching with Discovering Chinese Pro (iPad/Web based secondary curriculum in Chinese)
 Strategies for differentiation
 Classroom activities to engage and promote learning for all students
 Fostering student independent and group learning skills
 Long term planning for upward learning progression

When: Friday 20 May 12.30 to 3.30 pm 
Where: St Andrews Cathedral School, Sydney Square, Sydney 
A complimentary light lunch is provided.
PD certificates issued to attendees.
One month free access to Discovering Chinese Pro provided to all attendees. Attendees will have practical hands on time with the app/webapp during the PD. 

To register, email: belinda@jialezhongwen.com.au    
It's free!  

The Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) warmly invites you to join them for the launch of a report on Chinese language study in Australia.
The report, 'Building Chinese Language Capacity in Australia', commissioned by ACRI and written by Dr Jane Orton, highlights the gaps in Australia's Chinese language capacity and how these can be bridged, through careful and considered analysis.
Over one million Chinese tourists visited Australia last year yet six times as many Year 12 students are learning Japanese than Chinese as a second language. A mere 4500 students are learning Chinese in Year 12 - that's 0.1 percent of the population.
Dr Jane Orton will present the report's findings and be joined by Chris Minns, NSW Shadow Minister for Water and long-time advocate of Mandarin study, in conversation about the implications of building Chinese language capacity for Australia-China relations. Audience members will also have the chance to participate in a Q&A session with Dr Orton and Mr Minns.

Date: Thursday 21 April 2016
Venue: NSW Trade and Investment Centre, MLC Building, Level 47, 19 Martin Place, Sydney
Time: 5.30 pm for a 6.00 pm start. Concludes at 7.00 pm

Registration is via Eventbrite