Blog Posts

Immersion experience for students at the Korean Hana Centre

8/2/2018

The Korean Hana Centre at NSW School of Languages provides language students in NSW schools with stimulating and authentic cultural experiences and develops their language skills and cultural understanding.

Students and teachers who visit the Korean Hana Centre are immersed in Korean language and culture through engaging learning programs.

The Korean Hana Centre offers a range of Korean immersion programs to suit your specific needs and learning outcomes. More information is available on our website. Please contact us, if you are interested in a Korean immersion program at the centre.

http://www.nswschoollang.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/korean-hana-centre

Seeking teacher of Stage 6 Korean Beginners at Aurora College

24/8/2017

Aurora College is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from suitable candidates to teach Stage 6 Japanese Beginners and/or Korean Beginners courses. The positions are available from 29 January 2018 until 20 December 2019, with the possibility of extension (with the agreement of the home school principal).

Aurora College is the state's virtual secondary school and supports students in rural and remote NSW to access courses not available in their local secondary school. Aurora College offers a mix of online and residential school classes. Students connect with their teachers and classmates in timetabled lessons through a virtual learning environment, which comprises web conferencing software, a learning management system, and a range of cutting-edge online communication and collaboration tools. Aurora teachers also remain in their 'home school'.

Each successful applicant will be required to teach face-to-face classes in a five-day residential school program, held twice each year, as well as teaching timetabled lessons through the virtual learning environment.

Only permanent NSW teachers working with NSW Department of Education (including teachers working in Educational Services teams and state office directorates) are eligible to apply. Temporary and casual teachers, and contractors working for the Department are not eligible to apply.

Below you will find information about the college, information for applicants and the EOI application form.

If you would like more information about this opportunity, please contact Chris Robertson (Principal) on 1300 287 629.

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Reminder to subscribe to Languages NSW - don't miss out

19/7/2017

If you are not subscribed to the News page of Languages NSW, you may be missing out on important news for languages teachers.

As we no longer have language-specific consultants, most content is posted on the News page. This includes information for professional learning, state-wide webinars and NESA updates.

To ensure you are subscribed to our News page; simply add your email address to the RSS feed box on the side-bar (highlighted in yellow below).

You will receive an email when Languages NSW News page has been updated.

Seeking teacher of Korean - Denistone East Public School

28/6/2017

Denistone East Public School is seeking a teacher of Korean for one day a week (Wednesday preferred).

The position is scheduled to commence in Term 3 and will continue until the end of the year.

Korean Community Language lessons would be delivered to Kindergarten and Year 1 students via RFF sessions.

If you would like to express your interest in this position please contact R/Deputy Principal, Christine Dundas, via email christine.dundas@det.nsw.edu.au or phone 9874 6678.

Webinar - Languages K-10 draft syllabuses

23/6/2017

Korean teachers in the NSW Department of Education are invited to join the Adobe Connect webinar on Wednesday 28 June (3:30-4:30pm) to hear about the draft K-10 syllabus and have an opportunity to provide feedback.

Teachers are encouraged to download and critically review the content in the draft K-10 syllabus which can be accessed on the NESA site. This consultation period is the only opportunity for teachers to be part of the department’s feedback to NESA.

If you haven't participated in an Adobe Connect session before, please download the 'how-to' guide below and follow the instructions. It's easy!
Log into https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/secondarylanguages using your Department user name and password.

We look forward to meeting virtually with teachers to ensure the content of the K-10 syllabus is relevant and appropriate for the students in your languages classes.

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Consultation on the draft Korean K-10 syllabus

13/6/2017

NESA has released the draft Korean K-10 syllabus. The NSW Department of Education is conducting state-wide consultation for DoE teachers on the draft syllabuses from 13-29 June 2017. This consultation period is the only opportunity for teachers to be part of the department’s feedback to NESA.
(Note: Other education sectors run their own consultation).

As a DoE teacher, if you'd like to be part of our consultation, here's what you need to do:
1. Download the draft language-specific K-10 syllabus from the NESA website.

2. Carefully read through the draft syllabus. If you have any areas of concern or strength within any of the draft languages syllabuses, please submit via email to Janelle Byrne by Thursday 29 June 2017.

3. Attend the Adobe Connect session on Wednesday 28 June (3:30-4:30pm) by logging into https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/secondarylanguages.
If you haven't participated in an Adobe Connect session before, please download the 'how-to' guide below and follow the instructions. It's easy!

4. Complete the NESA online survey by 7 August 2017.

Teachers are encouraged to participate in the NESA-led consultation opportunities in addition to departmental consultation. Full details including the NESA consultation meetings are available on the NESA website.

Contact details: Janelle Byrne on 9266 8540 or janelle.byrne@det.nsw.edu.au

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New course prescriptions for Stage 6 Korean and Literature course 2019-2023

9/6/2017

The new course prescriptions 2019-2023 for the Stage 6 Korean and Literature course are now available.

Implementation of the new course prescriptions will commence from Term 1, 2018.

Schools are reminded that study of the texts prescribed for the Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film of a novel.

For more information, contact:
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152
@LanguagesNESA

Arirang is back online!

23/5/2017

Arirang was developed by the NSW Department of Education under the National Asian Language and Studies in Schools Program. It is for the first 100 to 200 hours of learning Korean in Years 7 to 10.

It was previously hosted on the Curriculum K-12 website, which was decommissioned last year. It is now available to all Korean teachers on the Korean section of the NSW Department of Education's new curriculum website.

Don't miss out on important Languages NSW news

12/5/2017

We've noticed that many subscribers to our Korean page are missing out on important news for languages teachers.

Important information, for example, about our professional learning, state-wide updates, NESA news and collaboration with teachers, is normally posted on the News page, and not on the language-specific pages.

Please ensure you are subscribed to our News page by adding your email to our RSS feed on the side-bar (highlighted in yellow below).

This means your will receive a daily email message when Languages NSW News has new content. You can receive similar updates for the Korean language page by following the same step on this page.

Reminder: State-wide Adobe Connect - 17 May 2017

12/5/2017

All secondary languages teachers are invited to participate in the Term 2 Adobe Connect webinar. This will include an update from state office, information regarding NESA reforms as well as strategies to strengthen professional connections.

The webinar can contribute to 30 minutes of teacher-identified professional learning addressing Standard 7.4.2 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Join us online via the Secondary Languages Adobe Connect room on Wednesday 17 May 2017 from 3.30-4.00pm.

If you're new to Adobe Connect, please refer to our how-to guide in our original post.