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The Languages and Culture team at the NSW Department of Education is very excited to announce that their Support materials for the Languages Extension prescriptions 2025-2030  have been published. The materials are designed to guide the teaching of the prescribed issues and prescribed texts for  Arabic , French , German , Indonesian , Italian , Japanese , Modern Greek  and Spanish .   These materials were produced with the assistance of teacher expert writers, whose contributions were significant and are much appreciated.    The team will be launching these materials shortly. The launch session will include: an overview of the Extension course a detailed walk through of the support materials and how they can assist you to teach the Extension course. Please enrol via MyPL: Course code: NR29242 Date:  Thursday 12 September Time: 4:00-4:45 pm Venue:   Extension launch   All sectors welcome! Please note: The Chinese Extension Stage 6 Course Prescriptions 2020-2024 have been  extended for an additional year . They will be used for the HSC examinations in 2025. Teachers of Chinese Extension Stage 6 should continue to use ‘Young Style’ (2013) for examination in the HSC 2025. Access our support via the  Chinese Extension page . Important note : As the support includes extracts, transcripts and lyrics from the prescribed texts, for copyright reasons the resources are behind a password protected firewall that only Extension teachers can access. These support materials are intended for teacher use only. Please do not share the materials in their entirety with students, including sharing on school digital platforms. Instead, teachers use the activities and information as a basis to guide the design of their own teaching and learning activities .

The NSW Department of Education is launching its support for Korean! The Korean Stage 4 resource set  supports the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, and includes a 3-year scope and sequence for Stages 4 and 5, a fully-resourced Stage 4 unit of work on going to the market (including 39 resources!), and an assessment task with marking guidelines. At the launch, the team will: explore how the resources align with the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, in terms of content and pedagogy discuss how you can use them in implementing the new syllabus answer questions you may have. Enrol via MyPL. Date:  Wednesday 11 September 2024 Time:  4-5 pm Course code:  NR44209 Session name:  Launch of Korean resources

Yesterday, the Languages and Culture team presented their Term 3 SWS meeting on ‘Listening activities for Stage 4 and 5’. During the meeting, the team shared ideas for pre-listening, during-listening and post-listening tasks, aligned with the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. We also explored the theoretical foundation as to why students may experience cognitive overload and ‘listening anxiety’ when completing listening activities in the classroom. And we even got to participate in some of the activities, which served as a great reminder of what our students must feel like a lot of the time! 😬 Here is the recording  of the meeting. In the video description there are links to the different sections which can help you navigate to your point of interest.

The department is holding an explicit teaching statewide staff meeting to unpack what explicit teaching looks like in languages, as outlined in their recently-released 'Explicit teaching in languages' infographic.  Explicit teaching aligns with how students process, store and retrieve information.  Every student should experience explicit teaching when it is new or complex. This allows students to gain foundational skills and knowledge that they then can apply with greater independence.   To enrol, please go to MyPL and search for course code NR44207 , then select the session Explicit teaching in Languages .    Course code: NR44207 Session name: Explicit teaching in languages Date: Wednesday 16 October Time: 4-5.30 pm (to allow for Q and A) Venue: MS Teams - the link to the meeting will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL

The Languages and Culture team’s Term 3 statewide staff meeting is coming up soon, on Wednesday  14 August, 4-5 pm.  The topic of the meeting is Listening activities for Stages 4 and 5.   Have your students ever experienced ‘listening anxiety’? Are you looking for new strategies to teach this challenging skill?   This session will include ideas for pre-listening, during-listening and post-listening tasks to engage all learners and reduce 'listening anxiety'. All activities are linked to the outcomes and content points of the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus.   To enrol, please go to MyPL  and search for course code NR29242 , then select the session Languages statewide staff meeting, Term 3 2024 .    Remember, if you have attended a SWS meeting before, it will say 'Completed'. Ignore that and click on the course, then select the upcoming meeting by clicking the circle next to its name. Then click the red 'Re-enrol' button at the top of the screen.   Course code: NR29242 Session name: Term 3 statewide staff meeting Date: Wednesday 14 August Time: 4-5 pm Venue: MS Teams - the link to the meeting will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL   Teachers from all sectors are welcome!

The Greek Orthodox Community of NSW (GOC) is organising a free workshop for ALL drama and community language teachers and students , as part of the Community Language Schools Specific Grant.   The workshop will be held on Saturday 17 August 2024 at the Novotel Sydney Brighton. The workshop will be split into 2 sessions. The teacher session is in the morning (8:30am-12:30pm) and the student session is in the afternoon (1-4pm). Teachers are encouraged to join their students in the student session.   Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker or simply looking to help students on their journey to making a film of their own, the workshop aims to support teachers and guide students to create short films, and provide students with practical filmmaking experiences. You'll gain insights into writing, storyboarding, filming, and editing with guidance from industry professionals.   Attached please find a poster and invitation letter.   Spots are limited, so please register as soon as possible. To secure your spot, please email education@goc.com.au  by 14 August.

Explicit teaching and effective language teaching go hand in hand. Explicit teaching aligns with how students process, store and retrieve information. Every student should experience explicit teaching when it is new or complex. This allows students to gain foundational skills and knowledge that they then can apply with greater independence. As part of the department's deepened focus on explicit teaching, the Languages and Culture team has developed this infographic to show what explicit teaching looks like in their support for modern languages K-10, as well as what happens in languages classrooms. What can you see in here that is already evident in teaching practices?

The Indonesian Government is offering the Wonderful Indonesia Education Explorer Award for Indonesian teachers to visit Indonesia and immerse themselves in the language and culture. Details are included on the flyer. Applications are due 9 August 2024 .

On Wednesday  14 August, 4-5 pm, the Languages and Culture team is hosting their Term 3 statewide staff meeting. The topic of the meeting is Listening activities for Stages 4 and 5 , including ideas for pre-listening, during-listening and post-listening tasks to engage all learners and reduce 'listening anxiety' . All activities are linked to the outcomes and content points of the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. We've been given a sneak peek of the content, and we think this is a topic which will really resonate with a lot of language teachers.   To enrol, please go to MyPL and search for course code NR29242 , then select the session Languages statewide staff meeting, Term 3 2024 .    Remember, if you have attended a SWS meeting before, it will say 'Completed'. Ignore that and click on the course, then select the upcoming meeting by clicking the circle next to its name. Then click the red 'Re-enrol' button at the top of the screen.   Course code: NR29242 Session name: Term 3 statewide staff meeting Date: Wednesday 14 August Time: 4-5 pm Venue: MS Teams - the link to the meeting will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL   Everyone is welcome, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Registrations are now open for the NSW Department of Education's Preservice language teachers' workshop . Date : Friday 4 October 2024, 8:30am - 3:30pm Venue : Department of Education, Level 1,105 Phillip St, Parramatta Sessions : Engagement strategies for the languages classroom A backward-mapping approach to programming Learning routines to support classroom management Advocacy strategies to build the profile of languages Q&A panel to answer questions and discuss scenarios for beginning teachers (we would love preservice teachers to submit questions for this session, which can be done via the registration form) Register with this form  by Friday 27 September. There is no cost to attend. What a great opportunity to meet your future language-teaching colleagues and connect with the department!

With the aim of helping you with your planning for Semester 2, the department has developed an overview of all of the sample units they have developed for the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus which are available on their languages website .  The attached overview allows you to see what is available across languages so that you can see what is of interest to you, find the unit(s) on the website and adapt them to the language you are teaching to suit you and your students.  This overview shows the language, stage, term, assessment task and skills that are suggested for each unit, and includes direct website links for each unit. Refer to the attached snapshots, for an even quicker look, before you explore the attached document.

The Indonesian set of resources to support the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus was presented at the Indonesian teachers' workshop in June. For those who could not attend, or who would like to recap the information covered, you can access a recording  on our YouTube channel, presented by Indonesian teachers and Languages Advisors, Lauren Dwyer and Jess Holliday. The resources can be found on the department's Languages website  and include: Stages 4 and 5 sample scope and sequences Stage 4 sample unit of work - What do you want to buy? ( Mau beli apa? ) student-friendly infographics for each scope and sequence and the unit of work 47 ready-to-go activities with resources and answer sheets.