EAL Micro-Teaching Vignette – Membership Grids
A lot of professional learning quite rightly focuses on the global, big-picture ideas of teaching and learning, but what about a small, everyday practice of successful teaching. In this series […]
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EAL Micro-Teaching Vignettes – Arrange and Describe
A lot of professional learning quite rightly focuses on the global, big-picture ideas of teaching and learning, but what about a small, everyday practice of successful teaching. In this series […]
EAL Teacher Interviews – pre-service teacher resources now available!
Dr Anne Keary has generously shared a number of recordings used in the education of pre-service primary school teachers at Monash University. They cover topics including advice for planning and […]
VCE EAL Resources – ‘Burial Rites’ by Hannah Kent
These resources have been created as scaffolding tasks to support initial comprehension through to critical analysis via collaborative meaning-making activities for Units 1 and 3, Outcome 1. Students are encouraged […]
ACTA Response: The Department of Home Affairs AMEP Reform Discussion Paper
The Department of Home Affairs has released a Discussion Paper regarding proposed reforms to the AMEP (see below). ACTA has prepared a response to the AMEP Reform Discussion Paper. Based on […]
The Department of Home Affairs is seeking Expressions of Interest to attend their forum on the Reform of the Adult Migrant English Program
Department of Home Affairs Event 16th & 17th June The Department of Home Affairs has opened public consultations on a new business model for the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP). […]
Online Resourcing and Networking session for pre-service, early-career EAL teachers and teachers new to EAL
Thursday 3 June, 2021, 4-5pm Online Event – Presentation and Conversation Rooms This was an opportunity for teachers who are at a similar stage of their careers to share practice […]
Motivating Learners in the Language Classroom
Mairin Hennebry-Leung & Xuesong (Andy) Gao Wednesday 19 May, 4-5:30 pm (AEST) Online Webinar As most language teachers know, motivation is a vital component of effective language learning. Without it, […]
Supporting EAL students in Inquiry-based Learning
Wednesday 5 May, 3:45-4:45pm Online Event Once upon a time, a good learner was one who could just recall and repeat knowledge. However, in contemporary education we expect learners to […]