Presentation: Professor David Beckett & Dr Mahtab Janfada

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 […]

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Presentation: Patsy M. Lightbown

La Trobe University City Campus Rooms 2.15/2.16, Level 2, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

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’ […]

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VicTESOL Annual General Meeting & End or Year Celebration

The Lithuanian Club 44 Errol St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

Workshop: New to EAL Teaching (Secondary)

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 […]

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Workshop: VCE English EAL Exam Preparation

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 […]

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Workshop: VCE EAL Reading & Comparing Texts – Unit 4 Area of Study 1

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 […]

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*Sold Out* Workshop: Improving EAL students’ writing using functional grammar

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 […]

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Seminar: VCE EAL Listening

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Area of Study 3: Listening to Texts – This seminar will explore the key knowledge and skills students need to demonstrate when completing the Listening Comprehension SAC and section of the examination. It will also discuss the types of questions students may be asked, and present various teaching strategies and resources teachers may utilise to […]

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Pronunciation Webinar

Online Webinar

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 […]

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*SOLD OUT* Teaching Digital Literacy to Adult EAL Learners

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership 603-615 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 […]

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