MLTANSW invites languages teachers to register for the upcoming MLTANSW Beginners Languages Teachers' workshop which will be held on 28 October at the University of Sydney. This workshop is targeted for languages teachers who have less than 5 years of teaching experience, however, all languages teachers at any stage of their career are invited to attend. Pending conformation, it is likely that this workshop will be NESA registered for professional standards 2.3.2, 3.4.2, 6.2.6 and 7.4.2.

To register for the event, please follow the link below and follow the instructions.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beginners-languages-teachers-workshop-tickets-38105605893

Further information has been provided on the flyer below

The Modern Language Teachers' Association NSW (MLTANSW) is coordinating a TeachMeet on Friday 15 September from 4.30pm at the Independent Education Union (IEU) Sydney Offices, 485-501 Wattle Street, Ultimo.

​This is a FREE informal gathering of teachers exchanging ideas and learning from each other. The idea is to share good practice, practical innovations and/or personal insights in teaching, and/or to discuss a tool that enhances classroom practice. Each presentation will be followed by discussion time so everyone becomes an active participant in the event. It is expected that it will be NESA-registered for standards 2.1.2, 6.3.2 and 7.4.2. 
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A video conference link may be provided for those who are not able to attend in person.
  
Please complete the registration form so that organisers are aware of numbers for space, light catering and video conferencing requests.

It would be wonderful to have many languages teachers participate on 15 September. 

Students in Years 5-10 are invited to participate in the 2017 MLTA of NSW Inc. Linguafest Competition.

Students need to create and submit a short film, formatted as a AVI or MP4 (no more than 2 minutes in length), using the target language they are studying. Films should be submitted online. The film should be based on the theme ‘A second chance’. Following the format of the Tropfest competition, somewhere in the film students need to have a watch.

Competition entries close 20 September 2017. 

For more details visit the MLTA website.

The Modern Languages Teachers Association of New South Wales (MLTA NSW) would like to invite you to attend their annual conference Building capacity - creativity and collaboration in Languages Education, which will be held at Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College, 17 Comer St Burwood, NSW on Friday 17 March.

The guest speaker will be Dr Ken Cruickshank who will share some of his recent research and address the question “What makes for a successful languages program?”. Current Languages practitioners will present a series of workshops and you will be updated on developments in Languages in NSW and at the national level. There will also be an opportunity to share ideas to enrich our practice as languages teachers.

If you would like to actively participate in the conference, please consider preparing a 2 to 7 minutes presentation for a TeachMeet-style session in the afternoon. It can be anything from an idea you have adapted from someone else, a summary of an interesting and/or relevant article, a strategy or game you have used with success with your students, or any original idea you have tried.

Please contact Kati Varela to express your interest.

For further details about the conference and to register, please see the attached flyer.
Online registration link: https://goo.gl/forms/p89FOU95QYfgJtXr2
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The MLTA Linguafest Film Screening at Event Cinemas George Street Sydney was a wonderful celebration of students' language learning. This short film competition is now in its 10th year, and the finalists' films were creative and entertaining, with technology expertise embedded. They all looked very professional on the big screen!

The two minute films were in the target language studied by students and were based on the theme "A dream". Somewhere in the film, students needed to have a balloon. Languages represented in the films were Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Macedonian.  

Well done to all of the competition entrants and finalists and congratulations to the following Department of Education school winners: 
Asquith Girls High School - Best drama
Manly Selective College - Best animation 
Rose Bay Public School - Stage 3 winner 
Holroyd High School - Stage 4 winner

Carlton Public School, Open High School and Sydney Secondary College, Balmain campus all received Judge's High Commendation awards. 

The MLTA Linguafest Competition is a wonderful event to incorporate project-based learning and technology skills into languages. Stay up-to-date with the MLTA website for more information and be sure to factor it into your planning for next year. 

Students in Year 5 and 6, Years 7 and 8, and Years 9 and 10 are invited to participate in the 2015 MLTA of NSW Inc. Linguafest Competition.

Students need to create and submit a short film, formatted as a AVI or MP4, (no more than 2 minutes in length) using the target language they are studying. Films should be submitted online. The film should be based on the theme ‘An Excuse’. Following the format of the Tropfest competition, somewhere in the film, students need to have an icecream. 

For more details visit the MLTA website at http://afmlta.asn.au/mltansw/?page_id=144

Registrations are now open for the MLTA of NSW Annual Conference on Friday 20 March. Click below to register or visit the MLTA website for more information.

The Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers’ Associations (AFMLTA) is implementing a national Professional Learning program in March 2015 to orientate teachers of Languages across Australia to the Australian Curriculum: Languages. For this program the AFMLTA will develop two interactive units based on the shape and design of the Australian Curriculum: Languages, and working with the language specific curricula across the pathways.

The Modern Languages Teachers’ Association of NSW (MLTA NSW) is now seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and capable members to nominate to:

· Attend a train-the-trainer workshop in Melbourne on Saturday 14 February 2015 (Travel expenses covered by MLTANSW and AFMLTA)

· Co-present with a member of the AFMLTA training team a one day face-to face program for NSW teachers on Saturday 21 March 2015

Please complete and submit the Expression of Interest form attached and return to gillian.cordy@syd.catholic.edu.au by Friday 19 December 2014.

A reminder that the MLTA is holding a Languages TeachMeet at the Y Hotel in the city next Friday13 June. Are you interested in presenting? Click on the flyer below for more details or contact Fiona Boughey at fab@wcc.nsw.edu.au 
Subsidies are available for regional teachers.