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 […]

$10.00

*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 […]

$10.00

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 […]

$10.00

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 […]

Free

*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 […]

$10.00 – $20.00

VicTESOL Symposium 2018

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

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.  

$130.00 – $200.00

Teaching Refugee Students – A Unique Perspective

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

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 […]

$10.00 – $20.00

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 […]

TEAL Webinar – Tools to Enhance Assessment Literacy for Teachers of English as an Additional Language (TEAL)

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 […]

Free

Meet the Chief Assessor (2018 VCE EAL Exam) *SOLD OUT*

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

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 […]

$10.00 – $20.00