The University of Sydney is offering a free webinar to high school students next Wednesday 24 August at 4:00 pm, to give an overview of Area Studies subjects.   

Area Studies is a field of study that allows students to learn about the culture, history, society and politics of a specific region of interest.
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In the webinar, three lecturers from the School of Languages and Cultures will explain what Area Studies is, why it is valuable and how it can build on your students’ interests at the University level. They will also introduce a sample of the Area Studies offerings. 
  
Students can find more info and register themselves via the link below:
Pathways to Global Literacy: What is Area Studies and why should you study it?  

The University of Sydney is seeking internship placements for preservice language teachers.

Master of Teaching Internship 5 October – 15 November 
Chinese and French
Payment: $476/student 

Combined Degree Internship 5 October – 29 November
Chinese or French, Chinese or Japanese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Payment: $680/student 

​Please contact the Secondary Professional Experience Coordinator via email if you are interested.

​Professor Tognolini, the director of the Educational Measurement and Assessment Centre at the University of Sydney. is presenting the core elements of Modern Assessment Theory. The talk is entitled “Assessing languages: Accounting for language in and outside the classroom.” 
 
Date: Thursday 21 November
Time: 5-6pm
Venue: University of Sydney, Level 3 Room 351, Education Building A35 Manning Road
 
Registration is free. For further information, please contact Emily Bai.

Dear language teachers in NSW public schools,
You're invited to participate in the research project: Developing language specific teaching strategies and resources.
 
We want to find out:
How do teachers support students’ understanding of a difficult aspect of the target language, for example gender of nouns, verb conjugation, tone?
 
Who’s running the project?
The research is being conducted by Dr Hongzhi Yang, the coordinator of the Languages methodology courses at the University of Sydney.
 
This information will be used to develop:
Language-specific multimedia, online modules to enhance languages preservice teachers’ learning. The proposed interactive online modules will feature videos of experienced language teachers from both primary and secondary schools and form the basis for student teacher resource development and provide continuing up-to-date support.
 
What will be involved?
Stage 1. You will be asked to complete a short online survey, which takes 5 mins to complete. Please click the link below to do the survey: https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=3R3LF7F9LW
Stage 2. I will visit you school during school terms at a time of your choosing. During this visit, you will take part in a 20-30 minutes interview and a videotaped classroom observation of your language class, which will last about 50 minutes.
Stage 3. You will be asked to provide lesson plans and/or teaching materials relevant to the content of the classroom observation and interview.
 
Who do I contact for further information?
Please email hongzhi.yang@sydney.edu.au or phone 0425-866-777 to let me know you are interested. I will send you further information and answer any questions you have.

​Registrations for Languages at Sydney: Go Global 2018 are closing on 31 January 2018. 
  
This event is an initiative by the University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures and is catered towards students in Years 10–12, whether they are students continuing with a language, or students who want to learn a language from scratch, as the event will give them a taste of the programs and languages that the University of Sydney has to offer. Events on the day will include language-specific immersion, career opportunities for languages students, introduction to languages at SLC and a campus tour.

Languages at Sydney: Go Global is for:
- Year 12 languages students (HSC, IB)
- Year 12 students interested in languages at university
- Year 11 and 12 languages teachers and careers counsellors
- Year 10 and 11 students who are interested in studying languages.

Event details
Date: Friday 2 March 2018, 1:30-4:30pm
Venue: University of Sydney

To register, follow the registration link. Every student and teacher will need to submit an individual registration via the registration link.

For further enquiries, contact languages.admin@sydney.edu.au

Registrations for Languages at Sydney: Go Global 2018 are closing on 31 January 2018. 
  
This event is an initiative by the University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures (SLC) and is catered towards students in Years 10-12, whether they are students continuing with a language, or students who want to learn a language from scratch, as the event will give them a taste of the programs and languages that the University of Sydney has to offer. Events on the day will include language-specific immersion, career opportunities for languages students, introduction to languages at SLC and a campus tour.

Languages at Sydney: Go Global is for:
- Year 12 languages students (HSC, IB, NSW School of Languages)
- Year 12 students interested in languages at university
- Year 11 and 12 languages teachers and careers counsellors
- Year 10 and 11 students who are interested in studying languages.

Event details
Date: Friday 2 March 2018, 1:30-4:30pm
Venue: University of Sydney

To register, follow the registration link. Every student and teacher will need to submit an individual registration via the registration link.
For further enquiries, contact languages.admin@sydney.edu.au

Save the date for this exciting initiative by the University of Sydney’s School of Languages and Cultures (SLC). Whether students are continuing with a language or want to learn one from scratch, this event will give them a taste of the programs and languages that the university has to offer.

When Friday, 2 March 2018 1.30pm-4.30pm
Where The University of Sydney
Registration opens 10 October 2017
Invitation is open to: All Year 11 and 12 students interested in languages at university, languages teachers and careers counselors
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Activities:

• Language-specific immersion
• Introduction to languages at SLC
• Career opportunities for languages students
• Afternoon tea
• Discussions with university languages students

​For further information email languages.admin@sydney.edu.au

Languages offered at the University of Sydney

• Ancient Greek
• Arabic
• Chinese
• French
• German
• Modern and Classical Hebrew
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Latin
• Modern Greek
• Sanskrit

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