Category: Arabic

Term 4 Primary Languages Networks meetings

2/11/2022

In Term 4, primary languages teachers are invited to join one of 8 network meetings.

Enrol in a meeting through MyPL using the course code NR36349. You will need to then select the session or meeting that is relevant for you.

South Asian Languages – 14 November 2022 – Girraween PS
Vietnamese – 16 November 2022 – Lansvale PS
Greek – 18 November 2022 – Earlwood PS
Chinese – 23 November 2022 – Hurstville PS
Italian – 24 November 2022 – Five Dock PS
Arabic – 29 November 2022 – Auburn West PS
Community Languages – 30 November 2022 – Curran PS
Korean – 30 November 2022 – Campsie PS

All primary language teachers in department schools are encouraged to join the Primary Languages Network on MS Teams by completing this short entry survey. You will find more information about the meetings in the team. It should take 4 minutes to complete.

If you have any questions about the meetings, please contact the primary languages team at primlang@det.nsw.edu.au

University of Sydney seeks internship placements for preservice language teachers

10/11/2021

Sydney University is seeking internship placements from 15 November to 3 December (15 days) for the Master of Teaching, year 1 preservice teachers in the following languages:

- French/Spanish x 1
- French/Arabic x 1
- Modern Hebrew x 1
- Chinese x 3
- Japanese 3
- Korean x 1

Remuneration for this placement is $510 per preservice teacher.
Please contact the Office Secondary Professional Experience Coordinator at Sydney University if you are interested.

Resources and professional learning for all languages from SICLE

29/7/2021

SICLE is organising a number of language specific PL events, focusing on strategies for online language learning. All events will be advertised on the Open Language Portal under the Resources for All Languages button and all teachers are welcome. Currently on the Portal there is information about free online workshops, for Greek, Arabic, Chinese and Hindi. More will be added in the coming weeks.
You can also explore sample programming resources, as well as generic resources that may be useful for the teaching and learning of all languages.

Chinese, Arabic and Armenian teaching placements needed – Western Sydney University

12/5/2021

Western Sydney University is seeking placements for preservice teachers in the following languages:
Chinese – 4
Arabic – 2
Armenian – 1
The placements period is from 24 May to 11 June 2021 but can be flexible as per school’s needs.
For further information and details on the placement description, please email Kay Carroll.

2021 Arabic writing competition – “Arabic and me”

19/2/2021

Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education (SICLE) is running an Arabic writing competition for students of Arabic K-10. The competition, entitled “Arabic and me” closes on 9 April 2021.

To subscribe and for more information, visit the “Arabic and me” webpage.

New Arabic resources released by ACARA

30/4/2020

ACARA has published work sample portfolios for Arabic for Foundation-Year 10. Each portfolio contains annotated student work samples in relation to 3 achievement standards – satisfactory, above satisfactory and below satisfactory. The samples have been drawn from a range of assessment tasks and are authentic samples of student work.

To access the work samples click here.

Expressions of interest – language-specific writing groups for Stages 4 and 5

30/5/2019

Expressions of interest are invited from teachers/head teachers of languages who would like to be part of language-specific writing teams to develop language-specific resources for the NSW Department of Education’s curriculum website, including sample scope and sequences, units of work and assessment tasks for Stages 4 and 5.

Each language-specific writing team will consist of up to 3 teachers for each of the following languages:
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Modern Greek.

Language-specific writers are required to have expertise in the target language and to be experienced in programming the new K-10 syllabuses for Stages 4 and 5. Applicants must have successfully completed the Languages K-10 syllabus familiarisation and planning workshop in 2018 (RG03190 or RG03191).

Successful applicants will be required to attend 1 full-day of training at our offices at Oxford St, Darlinghurst, followed by 4 writing days, at a location and on dates negotiated by each writing team. Successful applicants will also be required to complete Languages K-10 syllabus familiarisation and planning eCourse (RG04277), as part of their training.

The training day will be held on Monday 29 July 2019.

The Languages and Culture team will provide release for the training day and subsequent writing days. Travel and accommodation costs may also be reimbursed, if required.

To apply, please complete the attached EOI form and email as a PDF to Marcela Ayas by 5pm Friday 29 June 2019.

For further information contact Marcela Ayas, A/Language Officer on 9266 8540.

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New Languages K-10 syllabuses

25/2/2019

NESA has released new K-10 syllabuses for the following languages which are now available for familiarisation. They can be downloaded as PDF and Word documents from the NESA website:

Arabic
Modern Greek
Turkish
Vietnamese

In 2019 schools will continue to deliver the current (2003) syllabuses.

Timeline:
2019 – familiarisation and planning
2020 – implementation K-6 (if a school has a languages program), Year 7 and Year 9
2021 – implementation Year 8 and Year 10

Implementation of the new syllabuses will commence from Term 1 2020. See syllabus pages for more information.

Have your say on syllabus development – K-10 Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese

23/7/2018

NESA is currently consulting on the draft K-10 syllabuses for Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Attending a syllabus development consultation meeting will contribute 2 hours of NESA Registered Professional Development (PD).

Consultation meetings are happening in Term 3:
Tuesday 24 July 2018 – Bonnie-Doon Pagewood – 4-6pm
Thursday 2 August 2018 - Liverpool Catholic Club – 4-6pm
Monday 6 August 2016 – Bankstown Sports Club – 4-6pm

Please click on the link below for detailed information.
Languages K-10 (Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese)

Your feedback is a vital part of the syllabus review process.

Have your say! NESA is seeking feedback on the new K-10 draft syllabuses for Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese

2/7/2018

NESA is currently consulting on the draft K-10 syllabuses for Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese.

If you teach one of these courses, please take some time to provide NESA with feedback by completing a survey.

The surveys are available on NESA’s syllabus development web page and close on 12 August 2018. Please set aside some time to send your feedback – you can send a written submission or complete the online survey.

Your feedback is a vital part of the syllabus review process.