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Language Teacher Network – Sydney North, Term 4 meeting

15/10/2019

The Language Teacher Network – Sydney North is holding 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.

All languages teachers living and/or working in the area are welcome to attend.

For detailed information please visit the original post on this page or contact Margaret Wajs or Evia Kyriacou.

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Sydney North Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

23/9/2019

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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.

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FREE afternoon workshop with Dr Gianfranco Conti – Sydney North Language Teacher Network

19/11/2018

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Dr Gianfranco Conti, in collaboration with the Language Teacher Network – Sydney North, will hold a half day workshop for language teachers.

This workshop is a 4 hour registered professional development event.
To register, search for course code RG04139 on MyPL.

For further information please contact MARGARET.WAJS@det.nsw.edu.au

Date: Thursday 22 November
Time: 1:30-5:30pm
Venue: Willoughby Legions Club
Cost: NIL
Content:
Session 1 – maximising learning and dealing with “forgetting rates” in language learning.
Participants will learn about how brain function affects language learning and engage in reflection on the teaching and learning experience. Participants will learn new strategies that can enhance better student retention of new vocabulary.

Session 2 – lexico-grammar and writing strategies for the language classroom.
Lexico-grammar is a term specific to systemic functional linguistics. Participants will learn about methods of teaching lexico-grammar to embed the pedagogy into programs and practice.

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Language Teacher Network – Sydney North, Term 4 meeting

Sydney North Language Teacher Network – Term 4 meeting

FREE afternoon workshop with Dr Gianfranco Conti – Sydney North Language Teacher Network

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