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Additional support for Stage 6 Extension

15/10/2019

The Association of Independent Schools of NSW has published a range of teacher-created Extension support materials. Teachers can access all the AISNSW Languages resources by clicking on the Resource Centre of the AIS website https://www.aisnsw.edu.au/resource-centre and then clicking on the dropdown menu under Teaching and Learning (in the blue column on left side) and clicking on Languages. Alternatively, the direct links for all languages are below:
Arabic
Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Modern Greek

Updated support for Stage 6 Continuers

15/10/2019

We have updated the language-specific Continuers pages on our website to include:
- links to relevant NESA document
- advice for students
- information on text types, including past HSC questions for each text type for students to practise.

Visit our site at education.nsw.gov.au/languages to learn more.

Language Teacher Network – Sydney North, Term 4 meeting

15/10/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North is holding its Term 4 meeting on Monday 28 October.

The meeting will have 2 parts:
1. The network meeting will run for 2 hours and will focus on the new Extension support materials.
2. For teachers who would like to stay on, the network meeting will be followed by the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course which will contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For detailed information please visit the original post on this page or contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.

Sydney South Language Teacher Network – Dr Conti

10/10/2019

The Language teacher network - Sydney South will hold its Term 4 meeting on Wednesday 30 October. Guest speaker and presenter at the meeting will be Dr Gianfranco Conti, author and founder of the Language Gym. Dr Conti will present and demonstrate his L.A.M. (listening as modelling) approach, a methodology which promotes extensive practice in the bottom-up micro-skills essential for effective listening comprehension. The meeting will contribute towards 2 hours of registered professional learning.

Date: Wednesday 30 October 2019
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Hurstville Club Central
Enrol: via MyPL course code RG05055

All language teachers working and/or living in the area are welcome to attend.

For further information please contact Gaelle Homma.

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Languages and Culture – our commitment to you

30/9/2019

Over the last few weeks, the Languages and Culture team has been redeveloping our commitment statement.

This statement underpins all our work, supporting us to best support you, the teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools.

Sometimes it can seem like we're being a little slow to get our support out to you, but that's because we ensure it's of the highest quality, seeking feedback from teachers across a range of contexts and trialling all our professional learning before we roll it out statewide.

The statement also includes how to stay informed online. We hope it provides a clear summary of how we operate.

Wishing you all a very relaxing, well-deserved break!!

Sydney North Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

23/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North will hold its Term 4 meeting on Monday 28 October. The meeting will have 2 parts:
1. The network meeting will run for 2 hours and will focus on the new Extension support materials.
2. For teachers who would like to stay on, the network meeting will be followed by the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course which will contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning.

Date: Monday 28 October 2019
Times:
1:30-3:30pm network meeting (Extension materials)
4:00-6:00pm Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages
Venue: Willoughby Girls High School
Session names and codes:
Language Teachers' Network Sydney North Term 4 (NR25534) and
Sydney North – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages (RG04979)

Participants will be required to enrol for both courses if they wish to attend both sessions.

For the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course, there are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop
- 2 hour workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
- the post-event evaluation.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. For Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages, DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours if they complete all components; non-DoE teachers can include this session as Teacher Identified hours.

For further details please contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.

Blog subscriber issues – please be patient

19/9/2019

We are currently having issues with emails delivered from our blog. Usually Weebly (the platform which hosts our Languages NSW blog) just sends out one email every 24 hours with anything NEW which has been added in those 24 hours to our pages, but at the moment it’s sending out an email with the last 10 posts for each page, regardless of how old they are!!

We have emailed Weebly in the hope they can fix this glitch soon. Until it's resolved, thank you for your patience.

Lower North Coast Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

17/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network - Lower North Coast will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 24 October. The meeting will run for 2 hours and contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning on Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. To receive the registered hours, participants will need to:
- complete a short pre-task
- attend the meeting
- complete a post-task.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours; non-DoE teachers can include their meeting as Teacher Identified hours.

Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Camden Haven High School
Session name: Lower North Coast – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages

For further details please contact James Rourke or Evia Kyriacou.

New K-10 syllabuses for Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil

16/9/2019

The new Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil K–10 syllabuses and Course Performance Descriptors are now available on the NESA website. The syllabuses are available to download as PDF and Word documents.
Schools will begin implementing the new syllabuses from Term 1 2020. Additional advice about implementation is available on the syllabus pages.
For more information, contact:
Melissa Gould-Drakeley
Inspector, Languages
Melissa.Gould-Drakeley@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152

Registrations open for the Hunter Head Teacher network meeting – 24 October 2019

16/9/2019

Registrations are open for substantive and relieving Head Teachers subscribed to the Hunter Head Teacher learning network to attend the Hunter Head Teacher Professional Learning network meeting. One language teacher from each school may also attend.

Date: Thursday 24 October
Time: 9am-3pm
Venue: Kurri Kurri TAFE – Hunter Valley Hotel Academy McLeod Road, Kurri Kurri NSW 2327

To register, please refer to the attached agenda.

Registrations close at 5pm, 26 September 2019.

For further information, please contact Rebeca Tamas.

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