A reminder that the next Brekkie with a Tekkie session is running on  at 1 August 7:45am. These sessions are a great opportunity for languages teachers to take advantage of the benefits that Adobe Connect offers for both their teaching and professional learning. There is no need to register for the session. To join the session, simply go to http://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/t4linnovations.

NESA is reviewing the Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean in Context, and Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Literature Stage 6 syllabuses.

Have your say on the draft frameworks by completing a survey, attending a consultation meeting, and/or submitting a written response to the project manager. Consultation will be open from 23 July 2018 to 2 September 2018.

• Language and Literature Stage 6 draft framework (PDF, 48 pages, 1.25MB)
• Language in Context Stage 6 draft framework (PDF, 48 pages, 1.21MB)
  

In March 2018, teachers and key stakeholders had the opportunity to provide feedback via an online survey or written submission. Thank you to everyone who participated. Read the Language and Literature Stage 6 (PDF, 16 pages, 303KB) and Language in Context Stage 6 (PDF, 16 pages, 451KB) Syllabus Review Reports and Broad Directions.

Complete the surveys
Language and Literature Stage 6 survey
Language in Context Stage 6 survey

Register for a consultation meeting
Meetings will be held from 4.00 to 6.00 pm with tea and coffee from 3.30 pm.
Thursday 26 July – Club Burwood RSL, Burwood
Monday 30 July – Kingsgrove RSL, Kingsgrove
Monday 6 August – Pymble Golf Club, St Ives
Completing a draft framework consultation meeting will contribute to 2 hours of NESA Registered PD (addressing 6.2.2 and 7.4.2) from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.

Submit a written response
When submitting a written response, please include your name or organisation’s name and contact details. Submit your response to the project manager – Lyn Sully, lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au, 02 9367 8152

New Languages K-10 syllabuses for 8 languages (Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish) will be implemented from 2019. New syllabuses for 4 other languages are currently in consultation (Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese), with more to follow.

It's essential that all language teachers in NSW get to know the Languages K-10 Frameworks and new syllabuses. The Languages K-10 familiarisation and planning workshops provide an excellent opportunity both to engage deeply with the new syllabuses and work collaboratively with other language teachers.

Registration for Term 3 workshops is open, and places are still available in the following locations:

NSW Department of Education – secondary language teachers
Liverpool, Friday 27 July
Wollongong, Thursday 16 August
Brighton le Sands, Friday 17 August
Newcastle, Tuesday 28 August

Teachers of all Stages from all sectors
Port Macquarie, Tuesday 31 July 
Coffs Harbour, Wednesday 1 August
Lismore, Thursday 2 August
Tamworth, Tuesday 7 August
Moree, Friday 10 August
Narooma, Tuesday 14 August
Muswellbrook, Wednesday 29 August

The workshops are provided free of charge and are fully funded by the NSW Department of Education. 

There are also targeted workshops for primary teachers in the metropolitan area.

​For more information, please email Michelle Walls, Language Officer.