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Stage 6 support continues

2/4/2020

In order to support teachers with more learning from home content, we have just add sample speaking questions for French Continuers, Japanese Continuers and Spanish Continuers to our website.

This adds to what we've already added over the last 2 weeks:
*Arabic – sample reading and listening activities for Continuers
*Chinese – sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers, and sample speaking questions for Beginners
*French – sample speaking questions and sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers
*German – sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers, and sample speaking questions for Beginners
*Indonesian – sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers, and sample speaking questions for Beginners (please access the Continuers link from the left-hand menu - the link on the page is down at the moment)
*Italian – sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers, and sample speaking questions for Beginners
*Japanese – sample speaking questions and sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers
*Korean – sample reading and listening activities for Continuers
*Modern Greek – sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers, and sample speaking questions for Beginners
*Spanish – sample speaking questions and sample reading and listening activities for Beginners and Continuers

Thank you to NSW School of Languages teachers for sharing some of their Continuers speaking questions with us.

If other teachers would like to share their resources, for any Stage (4, 5 or 6), please email elisabeth.robertson@det.nsw.edu.au

We have set up a dedicated sharing space in our virtual staffroom on Yammer and we will add your resources there.

Stage 6 school-based assessment in [Language] and Literature – professional learning

13/2/2020

The Languages and Culture team, in collaboration with Shirley Cai from Killarney Heights High School, is offering a Stage 6 school-based assessment in [Language] and Literature workshop. This is TIPL for 2 hours.

This course builds teachers’ capacity to understand and apply mandatory Stage 6 school-based assessment in [Language] and Literature courses. It unpacks NESA’s current school-based assessment requirements including examples of best practices. Provision of sample tasks based on syllabus outcomes, combined with collaborative discussions, support teachers in developing their own non-HSC style assessment tasks.

This course will enable participants to:
- understand the requirements of school-based assessment in Stage 6 [Language] and Literature courses
- implement a range of assessment strategies in Stage 6 [Language] and Literature courses
- design an effective assessment task for Stage 6 [Language] and Literature courses.

The workshop will be held at Ashfield Boys High School on 5 March from 1:00-3:00pm. Afternoon tea will be provided. To enrol, browse for course code NR27707.

For further information, please email Marcela Ayas or call on 7814 3448. Alternatively, you may also contact Shirley Cai on 9451 7005.

HSC Languages oral examinations

3/2/2020

The HSC Languages oral examinations timetable for 2020 will be released in March. Important information for schools scheduling students' oral examinations is now available on the NESA website.

Planning Stage 6 school-based assessment programs

18/11/2019

NESA has published information on preparing Year 11 assessment programs for 2020. You can find advice on:
- developing school-based assessment programs in Stage 6, including checklists for teachers
- formal assessment schedules
- adjustments for students with a disability.

Check your syllabus "Assessment and Reporting" documents available on syllabus pages for course specific requirements.

Stage 6 school-based assessment – [Language] and Literature courses

30/10/2019

The Languages and Culture team is currently running workshops and network meetings focused on Stage 6 school-based assessment for Beginners, Continuers and Extension courses.

If anyone is interested in collaborating in an afternoon sharing session for [Language] and Literature courses, please contact SHIRLEY.CAI@det.nsw.edu.au from Killarney Heights HS.

If enough teachers are interested, the Languages and Culture will arrange a venue for the sharing session.

Please email Shirley by Friday 8 November 2019.

Additional support for Stage 6 Extension

15/10/2019

The Association of Independent Schools of NSW has published a range of teacher-created Extension support materials. Teachers can access all the AISNSW Languages resources by clicking on the Resource Centre of the AIS website https://www.aisnsw.edu.au/resource-centre and then clicking on the dropdown menu under Teaching and Learning (in the blue column on left side) and clicking on Languages. Alternatively, the direct links for all languages are below:
Arabic
Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Modern Greek

Updated support for Stage 6 Continuers

15/10/2019

We have updated the language-specific Continuers pages on our website to include:
- links to relevant NESA document
- advice for students
- information on text types, including past HSC questions for each text type for students to practise.

Visit our site at education.nsw.gov.au/languages to learn more.

Sydney North Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

23/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North will hold its Term 4 meeting on Monday 28 October. The meeting will have 2 parts:
1. The network meeting will run for 2 hours and will focus on the new Extension support materials.
2. For teachers who would like to stay on, the network meeting will be followed by the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course which will contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning.

Date: Monday 28 October 2019
Times:
1:30-3:30pm network meeting (Extension materials)
4:00-6:00pm Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages
Venue: Willoughby Girls High School
Session names and codes:
Language Teachers' Network Sydney North Term 4 (NR25534) and
Sydney North – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages (RG04979)

Participants will be required to enrol for both courses if they wish to attend both sessions.

For the Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages course, there are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop
- 2 hour workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
- the post-event evaluation.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. For Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages, DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours if they complete all components; non-DoE teachers can include this session as Teacher Identified hours.

For further details please contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.

Lower North Coast Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

17/9/2019

The Language Teacher Network - Lower North Coast will hold its Term 4 meeting on Thursday 24 October. The meeting will run for 2 hours and contribute to 2.5 hours of registered professional learning on Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. To receive the registered hours, participants will need to:
- complete a short pre-task
- attend the meeting
- complete a post-task.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend. DoE teachers are eligible to receive the registered hours; non-DoE teachers can include their meeting as Teacher Identified hours.

Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Venue: Camden Haven High School
Session name: Lower North Coast – Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages

For further details please contact James Rourke or Evia Kyriacou.

Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages – professional learning

9/9/2019

The Languages and Culture team is offering Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages professional learning, NESA accredited for 2.5 hours.

This course builds teachers’ capacity to understand and apply mandatory Stage 6 school-based assessment in languages. It unpacks NESA’s current school-based assessment requirements including examples of best practices. Provision of sample tasks based on syllabus outcomes, combined with collaborative discussions, support teachers in developing their own non-exam based assessment tasks.

This course will enable participants to:
- understand the requirements of school-based assessment in Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses
- implement a range of assessment strategies in Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses
- design an effective assessment task for Stage 6 Beginners, Continuers and Extension language courses.

There are 4 components that will need to be completed in order to receive the registered hours of professional learning:
- pre-task – identifying and demonstrating the mandatory weightings and components of assessment tasks, which will be emailed to you one week prior to the workshop participation in
- webinar/workshop – developing an understanding of the legislative and syllabus requirements
- post-task – designing an effective assessment task to be used with their Stage 6 language class(es) which will be assessed using the post-task marking criteria
-the post-event evaluation.

You may select to attend any of the following sessions:
- Thursday 17 October – 4:00-6:00pm - Sydney CBD
- Saturday 30 November – 2:00-4:00pm - Parramatta
- Tuesday 3 December – 3:30-5:30pm – Adobe session

To enrol, browse for course code RG04979 and select the session you wish to attend.

The course is for NSW public school teachers only.

For further information, please email Evia Kyriacou or call on 9244 5573.