Dear Arabic language schools and teachers,

Sydney Institute of Community Language Education (SICLE) invites you to a Zoom workshop on Sunday 28 February, presented by Professor Mahmoud Al-Batal, a world expert on the teaching of Arabic as a community language.  

This workshop will be practical and will be run in Arabic. You will learn about how to keep your students interested and how to develop their written and spoken Arabic. Prof. Al-Batal has been a key person in changing the teaching of Arabic in US schools and universities.

It is free and open to all teachers of Arabic in community languages and day schools.
 
Sunday 28 February, 2 pm to 3:30 pm
Phone onetap: Australia: +61871501149,,83059165316# or +61280156011,,83059165316# 
URL: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83059165316
Meeting ID: 830 5916 5316

For further information, please contact Merryl Wahlin.

Casula PS is seeking an Arabic community language teacher to commence duties at the start of Term 1 2021. The position is for 3 days per week.

Please send a 1 page CV to Kerrie Foord at kerrie.foord@det.nsw.edu.au.

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Kerrie Foord on 9602 3170.

Meetings will take place through Zoom on Tuesday November 3 and Friday November 20. Registration is essential as numbers are limited.

The position is for 2 days per week and there is a possibility of extension beyond 2021. Applicants are required to email a CV that includes Working With Children Check details to the principal Cate Davis at cate.davis@det.nsw.edu.au . For more information, please call the school on 02 9746 9171.

The position is full-time will and commence on 29 January 2021. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong behaviour management and communication skills and be able to integrate ICT into Arabic lessons.
 
Contact the school on 9642 4266 for more information or email your CV to the principal, Bahia Almir, at bahia.almir1@det.nsw.edu.au

The position is for three days per week. For more information contact the Principal, Erika Ortega on (02) 9728 1278 or erika.kardasis@det.nsw.edu.au

The position is for 4 days per week. Email your CV to
kensington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or call 9663 3955 for more information.

We have just published sample questions, organised by topic, for Arabic Continuers. We are so sorry we could not publish these last month, to support students preparing for their oral examination. Publication was delayed due to issues with the font when editing.
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The questions are available on the Arabic Continuers section of our website.

We're super-excited to release our Stage 4 Arabic support –​ an updated scope and sequence, a sample unit starter, together with the related assessment task, with marking criteria. Thank you to our writing team for creating such a fun and engaging set of resources.

The masterclass, which will be held on Friday 17 July 2020 from 11am-12pm, aims to assist community language teachers to gain both practical and specific knowledge offered by Professor Stephen Krashen, a recognised authority in language learning and acquisition.

Professor Krashen is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California. He has published more than 350 papers and books about second language acquisition, bilingual education and reading. Professor Krashen promotes the use of free voluntary reading during second language acquisition, which he says "is the most powerful tool we have in language education, first and second."

You must register for the masterclass, which is organised by the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools Inc. and funded by the Community Languages School Program, NSW Department of Education.

For more information, contact the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools Inc. on 9558 6134.