Julia Lippold, Rebecca Gillies & Debra Icely Monday 17 February, 5:00-630pm with pre-session exhibition viewing from 4pm The Immigration Museum, Melbourne *This session is aimed at teachers who have not taught VCE EAL before, however teachers in the early years of teaching VCE EAL are also welcome to attend.* Have you been allocated VCE EAL […]
Janet Armitage Wednesday 4 March, 3:45-4:45pm Free Webinar Functional Multilingualism/Translanguaging are currently popular terms being researched, discussed and adapted to diverse learning settings. This paper is 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 […]
Carringbush Adult Education, 415 Church St, Richmond 8:30 am - 4:00 pm * This event has sold out. Please email victesol victesol.vic.edu.au if you would like to be placed on the waiting list. You will be notified if there is a cancellation. This full-day forum will bring together researchers and practitioners in the adult EAL […]
April Edwards, La Trobe University Wednesday 25 March, 5:00-6:30pm ***This event will now be offered as an online webinar in the interest of public health safety. Date and time remain unchanged.*** Listening skills are ones we all employ, both passively and actively, but how do we teach and evaluate them as part of VCE EAL […]
Victoria Butterfield, Voula MacKenzie, Heena Sharma, Panayiota Kai The Virtual EAL New Arrivals Program of the Victorian School of Languages (VSL) Tuesday 28 April, 4-5pm Online Webinar Are you faced with the challenge of teaching your EAL students online during the Covid-19 crisis? This session will provide practical strategies for teaching EAL online, followed by […]
Online discussion forum and mini-presentations Tuesday 5 May, 4-5:30pm VicTESOL is providing an online space for teachers to come together to discuss their experience of teaching and supporting EAL students remotely during the COVID-19 crisis. The session will begin with a number of mini-presentations with presenters sharing what they have implemented so far and their […]
Online discussion forum and mini-presentations Thursday 7 May, 4-5:30pm *Due to popular demand, VicTESOL is running a second session of this professional learning event.* VicTESOL is providing an online space for teachers to come together to discuss their experience of teaching and supporting EAL students remotely during the COVID-19 crisis. The session will begin with […]
Skye Playsted Thursday 14 May, 4-5pm Online Webinar When we think of the term ‘culture’, it can be easy to focus on concrete elements such as art, music, clothing or food. However, these visible aspects are only the tip of the cultural iceberg (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2011). Deeper cultural assumptions are hidden from view and […]
Tuesday June 2, 4:00 - 5:30pm Free online event Are you a Unit 3&4 VCE EAL teacher? Do you want to swap teaching ideas with teachers from other schools on the upcoming Reading and Comparing Texts unit? VicTESOL is offering the opportunity for teachers to meet and discuss this unit online! In this session, you […]
Ruth Hibburt and Geelong English Language Centre (GELC) teachers Tuesday 23 June, 3:45-4:45pm Online Event This session is a practical workshop to assist teachers to modify programs and scaffold learning to assist EAL students to access the Victorian Curriculum across all subject areas. Participants will learn about engaging EAL learners, scaffolding essential vocabulary and making […]
