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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.

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K-10 draft languages syllabuses

30/6/2017

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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.

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Webinar - Languages K-10 draft syllabuses

21/6/2017

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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

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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

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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

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

15/2/2017

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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

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Korean Plant-A-School Agreement

6/4/2016

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The Korean Plant-A-School program is funded by the Korean Education Centre and assists NSW public schools to seed and sustain the teaching and learning of the Korean language. Last week, the Department of Education was delighted to sign a new agreement with the Korean Education Centre to ensure this highly valued program is funded until 2019. We are grateful to the Korean Education Centre for their invaluable support.

Mr Soo Hwan Kang (Director, Korean Education Centre) and Mr Mike Tom (A/Director, Secondary Education)

From left: Jason Miezis (A/Director, Early Learning and Primary Education), Amanda Davis (Languages Advisor, Primary), Soo Hwan Kang (Director, KEC), Nina Conomos (Coordinator, Community Languages Schools Program), Elisabeth Robertson (A/Coordinator, Languages and Culture) and Mike Tom (A/Director, Secondary Education)

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Stage 6 Korean Beginners - Workshop

20/2/2016

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Workshop date: 11 March 2016 (registrations close 4 March 2016)
Venue: Oxford Street, Darlinghurst

BOSTES has released a new Stage 6 Korean Beginners syllabus, for implementation in 2016. This workshop is designed to support teachers in implementing the syllabus, including:

- an exploration of the syllabus, and content overview
- an overview of assessment practices
- pedagogy in teaching a scripted language within the context of a Beginners course
- information about support materials, sample units and sample assessment tasks.

For full workshop details, including how to register, please see flyer below.
Contact details: Enri Parolin, 02 9266 8536 or enri.parolin@det.nsw.edu.au

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New resources for Stage 6 Language and Literature courses

K-10 draft languages syllabuses

Webinar - Languages K-10 draft syllabuses

Consultation on K-10 draft languages syllabuses

New course prescriptions for Stage 6 Language and Literature courses 2019 - 2023

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

Korean Plant-A-School Agreement

Stage 6 Korean Beginners - Workshop

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