Category: Modern Greek

Macquarie University seeks placements for preservice language teachers

24/8/2020

Macquarie University is seeking placements for 2 final year students located in the South-West Sydney area in the following languages:
Chinese – 1 x 10 days
Modern Greek – 1 x 10 days

Dates to be negotiated directly between the supervising teacher and the preservice teacher. Remuneration for this placement is $330 per student.

In addition, there are also 4-5 students who need to do minor placements in EAL/D (x 10 days).

Please contact anita.shimmins at the Macquarie University Professional Experience office or ed.pe@mq.edu.au. if you are interested in taking preservice teachers.

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.

Draft syllabuses K-10 consultation – Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese

5/6/2018

NESA has released draft K-10 syllabuses for Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Have your say by completing a survey, attending a consultation meeting and/or submitting a written response to the project manager.

Consultation will be open from 18 June to 12 August 2018.

The syllabus documents and feedback surveys can be accessed via NESA's website.

Draft syllabus consultation meetings will be held between 4-6pm on the following dates:
- Tuesday 3 July Cabra-Vale Diggers Club, Canley Vale
- Tuesday 24 July Bonnie Doon Golf Club, Pagewood
- Thursday 2 August Liverpool Catholic Club, Prestons
- Monday 6 August Bankstown Sports Club, Bankstown.

Draft syllabus consultation meetings contribute to 2 hours of NESA Registered PD. For more information, visit NESA’s syllabus development page.

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

NESA Official Notice: Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Extension exam rubrics

15/2/2017

Minor amendments have been made to the exam rubrics for Stage 6 Languages Extension: Section II – Writing in the following courses:

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

The following amendments to the rubrics will be effective for 2017 HSC exams:

- ‘present and explain or justify a point of view’ has been changed to ‘present and justify a point of view’ to improve clarity
- ‘write text appropriate to context and/or purpose and/or audience’ has been changed to ‘write text appropriate to audience, purpose and context’ to more closely align with the intention and wording of the exam specifications.

The revised exam rubrics can be downloaded from the HSC syllabus page for each of the Stage 6 Languages Extension courses.

For more information, contact:
Tracey McIntosh
Manager, Examining and Testing
tracey.mcintosh@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8233