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In collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Canberra, ATESOL ACT is hosting a fantastic virtual tour of the NPG this Thursday 23rd April from 2 – 3pm.
The tour has been specially arranged to suit EALD teachers in the school and adult sectors. It explores the theme of identity through the NPG’s wonderful collection of paintings of Australians from many different walks of life and achievements.
ATESOL ACT invites you and your colleagues to join us. The event is FREE for all ACTA association members, including from interstate (and $30 for non-members). Booking is essential.
To book for this event, please visit: atesolact.org.au/events
Due to COVID-19 uncertainty, the ACTA International Conference has been rescheduled to 2021:
28 – 30 September 2021
Hilton Hotel, Brisbane
For more information, go to https://actaconference.com/
To register please visit: https://actaconference.com/registration/
Thank you to all VicTESOL members for supporting VicTESOL- this enables the association to provide opportunities for professional learning, networking and access to information & resources relating to the TESOL sector. As all 2019 memberships have now expired (on 31 March 2020), we encourage you to renew your membership!
Being a member of VicTESOL is full of advantages. Not only are you supporting English language teaching, learning and multicultural education but you have access to a wide array and network of professional development sessions and industry contacts.
Benefits of VicTESOL Membership–
- Discounted rates to all paid VicTESOL professional learning events- click here for information about upcoming events.
- Access to all of VicTESOL’s Member Resources found on our website.
- Support the ongoing advocacy and development of your local Victorian TESOL/EAL organisation.
- Add your voice to discussions about language teaching and learning.
- Network with colleagues and develop yourself professionally.
- Be a part of placing EAL learning productively across all curricula.
Thank you to members who have already renewed their membership for 2020!
VicTESOL appreciates your ongoing support, especially during these uncertain times.
If you would like to join or renew, but are having financial difficulties, please contact us to discuss.
Click here to renew your VicTESOL membership!
- Automatic membership renewal is now available.
- FREE membership for pre-service & recently graduated teachers is now available- click here for details.
If your need to update your membership details before you renew please click here.
Listening skills are ones we all employ, both passively and actively, but how do we teach and evaluate them as part of VCE EAL assessment?
In this session you will consider how to develop and embed valid EAL listening assessment into every outcome of Units 1-4 through the completion and analysis of an existing assessment tool and subsequent creation of a task based on evidence-based listening assessment practices.
As a passionate EAL, Spanish and 7-12 English teacher as well as an active VicTESOL committee member and second language learner, April is highly experienced in the areas of first and additional languages education. She completed her Masters thesis on VCE listening task assessment at the University of Melbourne and is currently training undergraduate and post graduate teachers at La Trobe University in literacy, secondary EAL pedagogy and curriculum and interdisciplinary education. She recently developed materials for the DET Koorie Outcomes Unit to promote the use of EAL teaching practices for improved social and academic outcomes for Victoria’s Indigenous students.
Read the March VicTESOL eBulletin online now.
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Upcoming event cancelled: VicTESOL Whole-day Adult TESOL Event- Creative pedagogies for teaching adult EAL learners (Friday 20th March 2020).
Unfortunately, due to the current uncertainty around coronavirus, in the interest of public health safety, this event has been cancelled for Friday 20th March 2020.
VicTESOL is planning to reschedule this event. In the meantime, we are exploring options around offering some additional professional learning using an online platform.
In accordance with the VicTESOL Event Refund Policy, we are able to offer you a refund or credit for the rescheduled activity.
The VicTESOL website will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Tuesday 10th March 2020 from 8.30pm AEDT. During this maintenance window, there will be scheduled down time for approximately 2 hours. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Thank you,
VicTESOL
ACTA is holding its annual general meeting on Thursday 2 April 2020, 7pm AEDT. Please contact the ACTA secretary if you wish to participate.
Email: Secretary [at] tesol.org.au
Website: https://tesol.org.au/who-we-are/#about-acta-2
ACTA is the national coordinating body for all associations of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) across Australia. Membership of ACTA comes automatically through membership of one of its constituent associations.
All members of TESOL associations are welcome to attend the AGM.
ACTA is made up of councillors from each state and territory association. Councillors, need to be nominated by state and territory TESOL associations. Only TESOL association councillors or their designated proxies are entitled to vote at the AGM.
ACTA Objectives
- to represent and support the interests of teachers of English to speakers of other languages and dialects and their students
- to ensure access to appropriate English language instruction for speakers of other languages and dialects
- to encourage implementation and delivery of quality professional programs at all levels
- to promote study, research and development of TESOL at local, regional, national and international levels.
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Wednesday 4 March
Functional Multilingualism/Translanguaging are currently popular terms being researched, discussed and adapted to diverse learning settings. This webinar was a practical response to the current interest in Translanguaging, suggesting ways this might look in EALD classrooms and what teachers might consider when developing Translanguaging activities. With the intention of bringing students’ linguistic and cultural knowledge to the fore through redesigning Australian Curriculum and SACE task, four tasks, along with samples of student work, were presented and discussed.
Janet Armitage currently works for the South Australian Department for Education in the role of EAL/D Hub Coach supporting teachers in professional development that recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander EALD learners. Janet undertook action research in a large secondary school in South Australia where she was an EALD teacher and EALD & Languages Coordinator. She is also a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics with the University of South Australia and has been part of a team providing professional development to Languages teachers across the state.
