Presenter: Dr Jenny Miller Although there is a growing awareness of the difficulties faced by EAL students in the mainstream, pedagogical and curriculum reforms have been based primarily on monolingual perspectives. The presenter makes a case for a closer understanding of aspects of second language acquisition (SLA) principles, and particularly vocabulary in context. Although the […]

Resourcing, Stimulating and Supporting EAL in Victoria Thank you to all those who have already booked your tickets, we are now officially sold out! Click here for detailed information regarding the VicTESOL Symposium 2017. For detailed session information and presenter biographies, click here.

Minding the Gaps in Adult Learning within TESOL Contexts: Implications for Pedagogy in a Globalizing World In this presentation, David & Mahtab share with the TESOL educators their insights into Adult Learning principles and how those ideas might unfold within TESOL pedagogical contexts in the current globalising world. Grounded in their teaching and research expertise […]

Presentation: Time. And time again. Co-hosted with the School of Education, La Trobe University Students learn and teachers teach additional language in many different contexts, and the learning expectations and outcomes vary greatly. Language learning outcomes in primary and secondary school classrooms are influenced by the availability of materials and resources, teachers’ skill and preparation, students’ […]

VicTESOL will be holding our 2017 Annual General Meeting and End of Year Celebration on Thursday, December the 7th, 2017.   The running order will be: 6pm - VicTESOL Annual General Meeting 6:30pm - Drinks and networking   To RSVP please email victesol@victesol.vic.edu.au.

New to EAL Teaching - Secondary This event will provide information, support and networking for teachers who are new to teaching Secondary EAL students. It will be facilitated by David Kezilas, EAL Learning Leader at Dandenong High School, and Mark Melican, Principal at Blackburn English Language School. Whether you are new to teaching altogether as a recent […]

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 […]