Putting TEAL into Practice

Sunshine Convention Centre, Victoria University 460 Ballarat Rd, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

A whole school approach to improving the assessment of EAL students Tools for Enhancing Assessment Literacy for Teachers of EAL (TEAL) is an online resource that brings together a range of tools, strategies and assessment advice for teachers of EAL learners in P - 10. Putting TEAL into Practice is designed to build on and enhance […]

ALAA & ALS Annual Conferences

Monash University Caulfield Campus 900 Dandenong Rd, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) annual conference 5-7 December 2016 Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) annual conference 7-9 December 2016 Monash University is delighted to host the 2016 annual conferences of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA) and Australian Linguistic Society (ALS). There will be a combined day on Wednesday the 7th of December […]

ACTA International Conference 2018

Adelaide, South Australia , Australia

The ACTA International Conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia from 2 – 5 October, 2018. Driving attention to the reality of local and global mobility for TESOL learners and educators, this conference will contribute to the ongoing examination of the theories and practices underpinning the TESOL field, and will project into future directions, whether […]

Languages in Early Childhood Education: Launch of special TESOL in Context edition

Online Webinar
Virtual Event Virtual Event

We invite you to this special event which is a launch of a special edition of TESOL in Context that focuses on Early Childhood Education. The papers address important questions about the place of home languages in early childhood contexts, and focus on plurilingual pedagogy in early childhood education, mothers as first teachers in remote […]

Free

Moving Forward with the ACTA National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools

Online
Virtual Event Virtual Event

ACTA has launched its National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools, calling for national ‘build back better’ reform of specialist provision for English language learners in schools ahead of the Federal Election. The plan addresses longstanding and now pressing national policy issues that have affected the quality of English language […]

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ACTA Early Childhood Principles – Working Party

Online Webinar
Virtual Event Virtual Event

The ACTA Early Childhood consultancy group has developed a set of six Early Childhood Education Principles as a statement of ACTA's beliefs and values about home-language-based English as an Additional Language and/or dialect (EAL/D) approach in the Early Childhood years. The ECE Principles encompass all EAL/D learners: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, newly arrived, […]

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