Due to the impact of COVID-19, the Languages and Culture team is postponing all Term 1 workshops, with the exception of Wollongong (18 March).

New dates for the Term 1 venues will be published later in the year.

At this stage, Term 2 events are proceeding as planned.

​A reminder, tomorrow's Wollongong event is still going ahead.

Our Languages K-10 syllabus familiarisation and planning eCourse is been made available again on MyPL. We have restructured the course in to make enrolling and accessing the course content simpler – the new course code is RG08902.

This registered eCourse supports language teachers 7-10 in NSW public schools to implement the K-10 language syllabuses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

The eCourse's objective is for participants to develop their understanding of the new Languages K-10 Framework and related syllabuses and to consider the implications for programming. The eCourse has been co-designed with practising teachers.

There are 7 online parts to complete, and a post-course assignment to submit. The post-task assignment must be submitted and marked as 'achieved' for participants to receive the registered hours.

If you are a language teacher 7-10, you need to successfully complete all components (Parts 1-7 and the assignment) to receive the NESA registered professional development hours. Alternatively, you can complete Parts 1-7 only and add this as Teacher Identified Professional Development (TIPD) on eTAMS.

If you are a language teacher K-6, you may complete Parts 1-7 only and add this as Teacher Identified Professional Development (TIPD) on eTAMS.
 
With our Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses workshops rolling out statewide from next week, we strongly recommend you revisit this important learning to maximise your participation in the assessment workshops.

The Languages and Culture team is ready to deliver a new workshop to support teachers of Stages 4 and 5:
Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses.

The workshop will be rolled out statewide and is NESA-registered for 5 hours.

This course has been developed as a 1-day face-to-face workshop and leads language teachers through the changes they will need to make to assessment and reporting in order to align with the new syllabuses.

The learning intentions of the course are:
- understand the difference between assessment as, for and of learning, and a task-based approach to assessment of learning
- understand Common Grade Scale and the newly released Course Performance Descriptors for languages and understand their application in determining student achievement of course outcomes
- understand how to report on student achievement in line with the new syllabus and tailored for the school context
- write better quality assessment tasks and design marking criteria that clearly describe student achievement
- explore sample marking guidelines and draft marking guidelines differentiated across 5 grades (A-E) for one task.

The course is for languages teachers 7-10 from NSW public schools.

Enrol via MyPL, course code RG09900.

Upcoming event dates and venues are:
Monday 16 March – Parramatta
Wednesday 18 March – Wollongong
Monday 23 March – Sydney CBD
Tuesday 24 March – Sydney CBD
Wednesday 25 March – Queanbeyan
Wednesday 25 March – Terrigal
Friday 27 March – Newcastle
Tuesday 31 March – Coffs Harbour
Wednesday 1 April – Ballina
Friday 1 May – Parramatta
Thursday 7 May – Armidale
Tuesday 12 May – Port Macquarie
Thursday 14 May – Wagga
Thursday 21 May – Dubbo
Friday 22 May – Bathurst

Separate sessions will be held for teachers from Saturday School of Community Languages and NSW School of Languages. Teachers from these two schools are to await advice for dates and venues from their schools.

If you have further questions, contact Evia Kyriacou or call 7814 2820.

The Languages and Culture team has published new resources to support teachers of Stages 4 and 5 in implementing the new syllabuses.
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We have published the following resources:

• - sample assessment tasks which showcase how to assess a range of outcomes and macro skills through authentic tasks
• - information and resources to support intercultural understanding and communication
• - sample scope and sequences for Stage 4 Indonesian and Modern Greek.

Remember, all K-10 language syllabuses (2017 and later) are underpinned by the Languages K-10 Framework so it's worth looking at materials for all languages, not just the one/s you teach.

Our support continues and we will add more materials as they become available.

All our resources are housed on our website.

The Language Teacher Network – Queanbeyan will hold its Term 4 meeting on Wednesday 27 November. The meeting will take the form of a 2-hour meeting, and will include 1.5 hours of registered professional learning on "Shifting thinking – new K-10 language syllabuses". 
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2019
Time: 3:30pm-5:30pm
Venue: Finigan School of Distance Education, 77 Agnes Avenue, Queanbeyan
Enrol: MyPL – course code RG04794

Please enrol via MyPL course code RG04974 and select session "Shifting thinking – Finigan School of Distance Education".

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

For further information please contact Amanda Rowe or call 02 6210 5286.

The Languages and Culture team has published new resources to support teachers of Stage 4 in implementing the new syllabuses.

All our resources are housed on our website: education.nsw.gov.au/languages 

We have published the following resources.

French

• - Stage 4 scope and sequence
• - Stage 4 sample assessment task
• - Sample assessment schedule
• - Stage 4 unit starter

Japanese

• - Stage 4 scope and sequence
• - Stage 4 sample assessment task
• - Sample assessment schedule
• - Stage 4 unit starter

Korean

• - Stage 4 scope and sequence
• - Sample assessment schedule

Spanish

• - Stage 4 scope and sequence
• - Sample assessment schedule

Remember, all K-10 language syllabuses (2017 and later) are underpinned by the Languages K-10 Framework so it's worth looking at materials for all languages, not just the one/s you teach.

We also have sample unit of work templates, programming guidelines and a planning tool available on our Stages 4 and 5 landing page, under the heading 'Programming'.

Our support continues and we will add more materials as they become available.