2022 VicTESOL Symposium Unpacking of Keynote and panel sessions Facilitated by various VicTESOL Committee Members Summary Following the keynote video presentation and panel discussion, symposium participants broke into four groups to […]
2022 VicTESOL Symposium Panel of Experts: Finding the Common Ground Chair: Assoc. Prof. Russell Cross (Melbourne Graduate School of Education) Panelists: Rebecca Paic (Catholic Education Commission Victoria), Angela DiSciascio (Gordon Institute of TAFE), Mairead Hannan (Collingwood […]
2022 VicTESOL Symposium Learning Through Languages: Plurilingual Pedagogy in the English Classroom Michelle Andrews (Preston North East Primary school), Hien Webb (Collingwood English Language School), and Assoc. Prof. Marianne Turner […]
2022 VicTESOL Symposium Impacts of Traumatic Refugee Experiences on Learning and Behaviour Allison Green and Matt Roger (Foundation House) Summary In their session “Impacts of Trauma on Learning and Behaviour”, […]
Developing English through an understanding of how languages work Summary On 17 November, presenters from Lexis Education showcased how they use a Systemic Functional Linguistics approach in their classrooms. Payal […]
Challenges and possibilities in using The Victorian Curriculum F-10: EAL in a Year 7 science unit: A focus on word knowledge. Summary Dr Anna Filipi, Dr Minh Hue Nguyen, Angie […]
Teaching Resource – Language Portraits Developed by Kimberley Smith, Blackburn English Language School, in collaboration with Julie Choi, Senior Lecturer in Education (Additional Languages) in the Melbourne Graduate School of […]
NGV Resourcing Events Summary Two professional learning events for EAL teachers were held with a focus on works in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. These were on […]
Summary ACTA has been undertaking a series of briefings on the release of the ACTA National Roadmap for EAL/D Education in Schools. ACTA has been concerned for some years at the erosion […]
Summary The VicTESOL professional learning event ‘Supporting young people from a refugee background in the education system’ offered participants valuable insights into working with refugee-background students. Allison Greene and Madeleine […]
