Languages NSW
  • Home
  • News
  • Community Languages
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Spanish

Videos to support literacy and numeracy in languages

25/11/2020

0 Comments

 
The Languages and Culture team is thrilled to announce the launch of our 2 new videos: Literacy in languages and Numeracy in languages.

These short (approximately 7 minutes each) videos unpack the importance of these critical general capabilities within the context of the Languages KLA. 

Each video includes Stage-appropriate examples for explicitly teaching each skill, in order to support students' literacy and numeracy development.

Thank you to our 'actors' – Brindha Punneyalingam, Will Simpson and Julia Zhu, as well as the incredible students at Baulkham Hills High School and Kirrawee High School.

To view the videos, click on 'Learning across the curriculum' at the top of our Stages 4 and 5 landing page, and then scroll to the relevant heading. 

We hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed making them.
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

New sample scope and sequence documents for Stage 5 French, German and Italian

27/10/2020

0 Comments

 
We have just published sample Stage 5 scope and sequences for French, German and Italian on our website. We recommend you take a look at what's available for all languages, for both Stage 4 and Stage 5, to gather ideas which best suit your context and your students' needs.
0 Comments

Assessment and reporting in languages 7-10 – registered PL available in Term 4

12/10/2020

0 Comments

 
In Term 4, the Languages and Culture team is delivering Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses workshops.
 
The workshops are for language teachers of Stages 4 and 5 from NSW public schools, and are NESA registered for 5 hours. They will be delivered through Microsoft Teams.
 
This course leads you through the changes you'll need to make to assessment and reporting in order to align with the new K-10 syllabuses.
 
There are 4 workshops planned for Term 4:
  • Monday 26 October
  • Friday 6 November
  • Thursday 12 November
  • Tuesday 24 November.

More events, both through Teams and face-to-face workshops, will be available in 2021.

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 the Common Grade Scale and the newly released Course Performance Descriptors for languages and understand their application in determining student achievement of course outcomes
- explore sample marking guidelines and draft marking guidelines differentiated across 5 grades (A-E) for one task
- write quality assessment tasks and design marking criteria that clearly describe student achievement
- understand how to report on student achievement in line with the new syllabus and tailored for the school context.
 
Enrol via MyPL, course code RG09900. Places are limited.
0 Comments

Website updates – new resources and professional learning options (TIPD)

12/10/2020

0 Comments

 
Welcome to Term 4. We hope everyone had a relaxing break – most likely the first genuine break many of you have had all year! We’ve been busy taking the holiday period to add more content to our website, and even though we’ve been updating the blog and our virtual statewide staffroom in Yammer, we’re actually hoping you weren’t reading anything because you were so busy relaxing! So here it is again – all in one place, just in case you missed it.

Class party unit – Stage 4
Just in time for Term 4, we have developed a generic 10-week Stage 4 party unit. The unit has been especially designed to support you in differentiating and adjusting teaching, learning and assessment activities to support a range of students. You can find the unit on the Stages 4 and 5 section of our website, or we also added it to each of the language-specific Stages 4 and 5 pages.

Stage 4 Indonesian – Dining with Indonesian friends!
We have just published a unit starter (unit of work) and matching assessment task on "Dining out with Indonesian friends!", and updated the Stage 4 scope and sequence to align with these new resources.
The unit starter is fully resourced with everything you need to pick up and teach!
Access our support via the Stages 4 and 5 Indonesian page.

Stage 5 – new sample scope and sequences
New Stage 5 sample scope and sequences for Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian, Modern Greek and Spanish are now live. The Arabic sample is for students with prior learning and/or experience, so is a good example to view if you have this learner group in Stage 5.

Online collaboration – professional learning module (TIPD)
This TIPD module has been developed by teachers, for teachers. Set aside approximately 45 minutes to read the content and complete the reflection questions.
The module supports you to:
  • - select relevant online collaboration tools to support syllabus outcomes in the languages classroom
  • - connect students to other language learners
  • - connect with teaching colleagues to enhance language learning opportunities and outcomes through collaboration.
It can be accessed from our professional learning page.
​
We're on YouTube!
Languages NSW has set up a new YouTube channel, with recordings of our past statewide staff meetings, including:
  • - our top 10 favourite assessment tasks
  • - language learning games
  • - blended learning
  • - assessment for learning.
Please subscribe – we will add more recordings each year.
0 Comments

Term 4 workshops – save the date – assessment and reporting in 7-10

25/9/2020

0 Comments

 
In Term 4, the Languages and Culture team is delivering Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses workshops.
 
The workshops are for language teachers of Stages 4 and 5 in NSW public schools, and are NESA registered for 5 hours. 
 
This workshop leads language teachers through the changes they will need to make to assessment and reporting in order to align with the new K-10 syllabuses.
 
There are 4 workshops planned for Term 4:
  • Monday 26 October
  • Friday 6 November
  • Thursday 12 November
  • Tuesday 24 November.

Full details, including enrolment details will be published Week 1, Term 4.​
0 Comments

New support for Stage 5

22/9/2020

0 Comments

 
We have just published sample Stage 5 scope and sequences for Arabic, Chinese and Spanish on our website. The Arabic sample is for students with prior learning and/or experience, so is a good example to view for teachers of any language who have this learner group in Stage 5.
0 Comments

New support for Stages 4 and 5

30/4/2020

0 Comments

 
We have just published the following resources to support the K-10 syllabuses:
- Chinese sample Stage 4 assessment task (with marking criteria) and unit starter (sample unit of work)
- Italian sample Stage 4 assessment task (with marking criteria) and unit starter (sample unit of work)
- Spanish sample Stage 4 assessment task (with marking criteria) and unit starter (sample unit of work)
- a sample Stage 5 generic unit starter on food trucks, which can be adapted for any language.

We apologise that these resources having taken so long to get published – the curriculum website is now hosted on a new platform, and there were unavoidable delays in getting new materials published. 
Picture
0 Comments

Update on "Assessment and reporting in 7-10 – new languages syllabuses" workshops

17/3/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments

Languages K-10 syllabus familiarisation and planning eCourse

9/3/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments

Assessment and reporting 7-10 – new languages syllabuses (workshops for teachers)

4/3/2020

0 Comments

 
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.
0 Comments
<<Previous

    RSS Feed

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Note: The non-DoE events and products mentioned on this site are included at the reader's discretion. The inclusion of this information is not an endorsement by the DoE.

    Categories

    All
    7 10
    7-10
    Aboriginal Languages
    Accreditation
    Adjustments
    Adobe Connect
    Advocacy
    AFMLTA
    ALC
    Arabic
    Armidale
    Asia Education Foundation
    Assessment
    Assyrian
    Australian Curriculum
    Beginners
    Beginning Teachers
    Bilingual
    Brekkie With A Tekkie
    BRIDGE Program
    CCAFL
    Central Coast
    Central West NSW
    Chinese
    Competition
    Conference
    Consultation
    Continuers
    Croatian
    Curriculum Review
    Differentiation
    Digital Tools
    Disability
    ELTF
    EOI
    Event
    Exchange Programs
    Excursion
    Extension
    FAQs
    Far North Coast
    Far South Coast
    French
    German
    Grant
    Hindi
    HPGE Policy
    HSC
    Hunter/Newcastle
    Illawarra
    Incursion
    Indonesian
    Italian
    IWB
    Japanese
    K-10
    K-6
    Korean
    LANG
    Language And Literature
    Languages And Literature
    Language Teacher Networks
    Latin
    Learning Across The Curriculum
    Learning From Home
    Life Skills
    Literacy
    Lower North Coast
    Macarthur
    Macedonian
    Mentees
    Mentors
    Mid North Coast
    MLTA
    Modern Greek
    Modern Hebrew
    NESA
    Network Meeting
    News
    NSL
    Numeracy
    Persian
    Portuguese
    Position Available
    Preservice Teachers
    Professional Learning
    Programming
    Punjabi
    Queanbeyan
    Reporting
    Resources
    Riverina
    Rural And Remote
    Russian
    Saturday School Of Community Languages
    Scholarship
    Seeking Practicum Placement
    SICLE
    Sister Schools
    Spanish
    Staffing-update
    Stage 4
    Stage 5
    Stage 6
    Statewide Meeting
    Statewide Staff Meeting
    Statewide Staffroom
    Study-tours
    Support
    Sydney Cbdeast
    Sydney Greater West
    Sydney North
    Sydney South
    Sydney South West
    Sydney University
    Syllabus
    Syllabus Support
    Tamil
    Turkish
    University-of-sydney
    University-of-wollongong
    Vietnamese
    Virtual
    Virtual Languages Mentoring Network
    Virtual Network
    Virtual Staff Meeting
    VLMN
    Wellbeing
    Western-sydney-university
    Work-samples
    Workshop
    Yammer
    Zoom

Proudly powered by Weebly
Photos used under Creative Commons from Double--M, Oloremo, El coleccionista de instantes, andertoons, Patrick Bombaert