Category: Advocacy

University of Sydney – Area Studies webinar

19/8/2022

The University of Sydney is offering a free webinar to high school students next Wednesday 24 August at 4:00 pm, to give an overview of Area Studies subjects.

Area Studies is a field of study that allows students to learn about the culture, history, society and politics of a specific region of interest.

In the webinar, three lecturers from the School of Languages and Cultures will explain what Area Studies is, why it is valuable and how it can build on your students’ interests at the University level. They will also introduce a sample of the Area Studies offerings.

Students can find more info and register themselves via the link below:
Pathways to Global Literacy: What is Area Studies and why should you study it?

University of Wollongong: Language Ambassador Program

13/3/2017

The University of Wollongong has made a series of videos as part of their Language Ambassador Program. In the videos, university students talk about their language learning experiences and how languages have impacted their tertiary study and career options.
Videos are available for:
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Mandarin.
View the videos at https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=In2Uni+UOW+Language+Ambassadors - they are a great discussion starter for students wishing to continue their study of language.

Important information about study tours - a message from DE International

20/7/2016

Study tours and sister schools
All study tours into NSW government schools are centrally booked through DE International. Learn more by visiting www.studytours.nsw.edu.au

If you are contacted directly by an agent, organisation or overseas group (student or adult) wishing to visit your school (unless through your school's sister school relationship), please forward the request to the Study Tours team.

Sister school visits are reciprocal and non-commercial, and do not need to go through DE International. However, if your school is offered payment for hosting a group, contact the Study Tours team. Where the sister-school relationship includes mostly hosting the overseas school, then the visit by the overseas group should also be arranged as a study tour through DE International.

The policy and guidelines for overseas student and group visits, as well as a sample MOU for sister schools can be found at:
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/student_admin/enrolment/overseas-student-prog/implementation_1_PD20130457_i.shtml?query=overseas+groups

Hosting
DE International is always looking for new schools to host overseas groups, particularly homestay programs. Please contact the Study Tours team if you'd like to be involved.

Contact
Senior Study Tours Officer (Melissa Ong)
ph. 8293 6910
email melissa.ong@det.nsw.edu.au

FREE WEBINAR SERIES FOR THE LANGUAGE LEARNING SPACE

11/8/2015

DISCOVER THE FREE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE LANGUAGE LEARNING SPACE THROUGH THE AFMLTA/ESA WEBINAR SERIES. PUT THESE DATES IN YOUR DIARIES NOW!

18 August 2015 Primary Language Teachers
21 October 2015 Pre-service Language Teachers
23 February 2016 Secondary Language Teachers

All webinars will be held 4-5pm EST and will be FREE, conducted using Adobe Connect. To log-in, go to http://connect.vic.edu.au/afmltalls/

You don’t need to register just log in for your preferred session. For more information, go to www.afmlta.asn.au

Recordings of all webinars will be made available via www.lls.edu.au and afmlta.asn.au

The webinars will be focusing on the student resources available at lls.edu.au for Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese.

See the flyer for more details.

2015-2016-afmlta-lls-webinars.pdf
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The Perfect Language Learner

6/8/2014

This infographic provides six answers to the question 'What does the perfect language learner do to excel in acquiring a foreign language?'. Do you agree? Would you add anything to this list?

Find us on Facebook and Twitter!

4/7/2014

Did you know that we have a Facebook page and that you can follow us on Twitter?
Click on the icons below to find us!

Why Language Learning is Important

30/6/2014

A great infographic from grammarcheck.net. Why not make a copy for your classroom?

The 5 Golden Secrets Of Hyper-Fast Language Learning (Infographic)

Source: www.grammarcheck.net

Languages NSW on Facebook and Twitter

1/4/2014

Languages NSW now has a Facebook page and Twitter account.

To follow us on Facebook go to www.facebook.com/languages.nsw and click 'Like'

Follow us on Twitter @languagesnsw

Please share with your Languages colleagues!

'Let it Go' sung in 25 languages

31/3/2014

Disney recently released a compilation of the song 'Let it Go' from the movie Frozen, sung in 25 languages. Apart from being a simple but effective promotion for languages, this short clip is also a great motivational learning tool for students, even if the language they are learning is not one of the 25 covered in the song.

Do you use songs with your students? Why did you choose a song? How did your students respond?

Advocacy for Languages

14/11/2013

As teachers of languages, we all know the importance and relevance of learning a language, but sometimes it can be a little trickier convincing members of our wider school communities. The Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World website provides a range of information and promotional materials that you may find useful in promoting your languages programs.

http://languagesopenthedoor.afmlta.asn.au/

Home - Languages Open the Door to a Bigger World Promotional website via kwout