Category: Indonesian

Asia Society newsletter

20/5/2020

The Asia Society newsletter has arrived, with information you may find useful.

At-home adventures through Asia
Join adventures through the diverse cultures of Asia via at-home lessons and activities for learners. These adventures assist in building cross-cultural understanding between the East and West, sparking curiosity about Asia and fostering cultural empathy. There are adventures in China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India and Korea. The adventures can be found on the Asia Society website.

Virtual NCLC 2020
The National Chinese Language Conference (US) will be held online from 24-26 June 2020. The conference is accessible globally and is free for all attendees. Registration instructions and conference details are available on the conference website.

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 resources for Stage 6 Language and Literature courses

16/8/2018

The NSW Department of Education has developed support materials for the following Stage 6 courses:
Chinese and Literature
Indonesian and Literature
Japanese and Literature
Korean and Literature.

The materials were developed by practising teachers in NSW public schools, and can be accessed from the education.nsw.gov.au website or via the links above.

EOI - Virtual Head Teacher for Indonesian

10/11/2017

Expressions of interest are invited from teachers of Indonesian 7-12, who would like to be a virtual head teacher for teachers of Indonesian across NSW in 2018.

The Languages and Culture team (Secondary Education – Learning and Teaching Directorate) is running a 12 month pilot program of a virtual Indonesian faculty with a virtual head teacher to support teachers of Indonesian. Support will be delivered through the online curation of resources, providing language-specific advice organising and/or delivering professional learning and networking. The successful candidate will receive $1,500 per term via a grant to their home school.

For more information please see the attached flyer.

Should you wish to apply, please email the completed EOI form attached below together with your application addressing the selection criteria to Elisabeth Robertson, Coordinator, Languages and Culture, Secondary Education elisabeth.robertson@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm on Friday, 1 December 2017.

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Apply for the BRIDGE School Partnership Program 2018

19/10/2017

Applications for the 2018 ASEAN and Indonesia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program close on Monday 30 October, 2017.

The Australia-Asia BRIDGE School Partnerships Program, established in 2008, is an international program that establishes partnerships between students, teachers and school communities. BRIDGE students collaborate on projects, practice language skills and develop life-long friendships with students at partner schools.

Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement (BRIDGE)

The BRIDGE programs helps to develop critical global citizens, and research has shown that of the students who have participated in BRIDGE:

- 67% strengthened their ICT skills
- 90% strengthened intercultural understanding
- 92% expanded their knowledge and awareness of the histories, geographies, literature, arts, and cultures of their partner country
- 68% strengthened their language skills and had real life applications for use and practice.

BRIDGE uses a blended model of teacher professional learning, combining face-to-face and online learning with a partner school home stay program. BRIDGE focuses on building teacher capability in the following areas:

- strengthening intercultural understanding and values
- building new technology skills for teaching and learning
- developing sustainable school partnerships; and
- establishing and supporting a community of learners.

The professional learning element is focused on identifying ways in which BRIDGE collaboration can be built into current teaching practice, and doesn't require extra-curricular commitment.

In 2018 BRIDGE will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Australia-Asia schools' partnerships program. To mark this occasion, the Asia Education Foundation will be working with the Australian Government to host a series of special events and workshops for 2018 BRIDGE participants.

You will find information about the program in the flyer and brochure below, and the Asia Education foundation website has the information that you need to apply. Should you wish to discuss the program or require additional information you can contact Emeline Gillingham via email or on (03) 9035 6766

Don't forget - applications for the 2018 Indonesian (fully funded) and ASEAN (partly funded) programs close on Monday 30 October, 2017.

Read the vignettes to find out more about how schools across Australia have benefited from the BRIDGE School Partnership Program.

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K-10 draft languages syllabuses

30/6/2017

French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean and Spanish teachers in the NSW Department of Education participated in the Adobe Connect webinar on Wednesday 28 June to hear about the K-10 draft syllabuses and have an opportunity to provide feedback.

If you were not able to join the Adobe Connect webinar, the recording (24 minutes) can be accessed via
https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/p2ufx07rdcg/.

The consultation period is the only opportunity for teachers to be part of the department’s feedback to NESA. Teachers are encouraged to download and critically review the content in the language-specific draft K-10 syllabuses.

All information including the draft syllabuses can be accessed on the NESA site.

If you have any concerns with the content in the draft syllabuses, please document the areas of concern and recommendations and return via email to janelle.byrne@det.nsw.edu.au by Monday 10 July 2017. Please include the following details to ensure your concerns can be clearly understood and incorporated in our response:
Language:
Issue:
Content with page numbers as reference: eg. p. 82 First dot point, second dash point (“recognising the importance of the article…”)
Recommendations such as Suggest amending/rewording/deleting to …

We look forward to hearing from teachers to ensure the content of the language-specific syllabuses is relevant and appropriate for the students in all languages classes.

Webinar - Languages K-10 draft syllabuses

21/6/2017

French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean and Spanish 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 syllabuses and have an opportunity to provide feedback.

Teachers are encouraged to download and critically review the content in the language-specific draft K-10 syllabuses 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 language-specific K-10 syllabuses is relevant and appropriate for the students in your languages classes.

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Consultation on K-10 draft languages syllabuses

13/6/2017

NESA has released K-10 draft syllabuses for French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean and Spanish.

The NSW Department of Education is conducting state-wide consultation for DoE teachers on these 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 relevant draft language-specific K-10 syllabus from the NESA website.

2. Carefully read through the draft syllabus which is relevant to you. 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 Language and Literature courses 2019 - 2023

9/6/2017

The new course prescriptions for Stage 6 Language and Literature courses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean 2019-2023 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

NESA Official Notice: Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Continuers exam specifications

15/2/2017

To provide more flexibility in the development of exams, minor amendments to the exam specifications for Stage 6 Languages Continuers: Section I – Listening and Responding have been made in the following courses:

- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Modern Greek
- Spanish.

The following amended exam specifications will be implemented from the 2017 HSC exams:

- maximum text length has been increased from approximately 60 seconds to approximately 80 seconds
- exams will have approximately nine items instead of approximately 10 items.

The revised specifications are in the Stage 6 Continuers Languages Assessment and Reporting document and available to download via the HSC syllabus page.

For more information, contact:
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au