VicTESOL Professional Learning

Presenter: Glynis Rose Glynis Rose is an experienced teacher and coordinator of English as an Additional Language. She also has a wide range of experience over 25 years in curriculum development and assessment for EAL students in VCE years, including as Chief Assessor for English EAL. She also has experience as a second language learner […]

Presenter: Marcellene D’Menzie English, EAL and Humanities Teacher, Princes Hill Secondary College This session will focus on Comparative Text Study. Marcellene will offer some strategies and ideas that can work for any set of texts, however will especially focus on 'The Longest Memory' and 'Black Diggers', and 'The Crucible' and 'Year of Wonders'. Specific worksheets will […]

This event is sold out In this Twilight Session, we will consider how a functional approach to grammar can help inform teachers’ decision-making in relation to planning lessons, selecting model texts, teaching sentence structure, assessing students’ writing and providing feedback. We will analyze student texts to identify those features that can be celebrated and those […]

Presenters Shem Macdonald, Margaret Corrigan & Elizabeth Keenan In this hour-long webinar we will facilitate discussion around strategies for introducing, recycling, and assessing pronunciation including with learners at the very initial stages of their language learning. We will explore some options for addressing the challenging nature of pronunciation learning and teaching such as addressing different needs […]

This event is sold out. Please email victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au to be put on the waiting list. Manalini Kane Tribhashi Consultant and VicTESOL Professional Learning Committee Member Technological advancements to date have revolutionised the education sector worldwide to such an extent that the plethora of digital technology at our fingertips seems complex, challenging and mind-boggling to many […]

This event is now SOLD OUT. To join the waiting list, email victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au. Click here for detailed information regarding the VicTESOL Symposium 2018. For detailed session information and presenter biographies, click here.  

Dr Judith Thomas University of Adelaide Dr Judith Thomas will present the findings from her recent doctoral study. She investigated the prior learning experiences and perspectives of nineteen South Sudanese refugee secondary students and two teachers. In open-ended interviews, they talked about learning in their homeland, compared to their mainstream schooling experiences in Adelaide. Understanding […]

Anna-Lise Wallis Senior Project Officer (EAL Unit), Department of Education and Training Tuesday 30 October, 3:45 – 4:30 pm Cost: Free Location: Online The TEAL project, launched in 2015, is an online resource for teachers of primary and secondary level students who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Australia. It brings together […]

Glynis Rose, VCAA Chief Assessor (VCE EAL Exam) Glynis Rose is the chief assessor of the 2018 VCE EAL Examination. In this session, she will provide feedback on student performance in the exam, including analysis of student performance in each section and examples of student responses. There will be opportunities for you to ask questions […]

Teaching EAL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (Foundation – Yr. 4) Developed by: Lexis Education-  https://lexised.com Facilitator: Margaret Nutbean * This event has now sold out.  Please contact victesol victesol.vic.edu.au to go on our waiting list or to register your interest in possibly attending this course in the future. Many mainstream teachers are now primarily responsible for their […]