The future-oriented seventh biennial ACTA Conference, Pushing the Boundaries, being held in Brisbane in 2022 (date to be confirmed), in the heart of Brisbane at the Hilton Hotel. Conference presentations will focus on the theme, Pushing the Boundaries, and speakers will highlight innovations in the theory and practice of teaching English to speakers of other languages […]
LWA will showcase with VicTESOL, a suite of newly developed resources, funded by the Department of Home Affairs and aligned to the new AMEP national curriculum, featuring a pre-launch look at: a new suite of multi-modal booklets for EAL learners with emerging literacies who have little or no prior educational experience; the new AMEPOnline website; a publicly […]
In this webinar we present the results of an investigation of linguistically responsive vocabulary teaching in a Year 7 science class. We discuss how an EAL and science teacher worked together to apply the whole school’s Three Tiers approach to literacy across the curriculum with reference to the sub-strand word knowledge as one feature of […]
2022 VicTESOL Symposium: Professional Identity in TESOL-Finding the Common Ground Friday 11 November 2022 from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm How much do language educators working in schools, Further Education (FE), not-for-profit organisations and universities really have in common? Can we really talk about the professional identity of teachers and their freedom for manoeuvre without […]
The ACTA Early Childhood consultancy group has developed a set of six Early Childhood Education Principles as a statement of ACTA's beliefs and values about home-language-based English as an Additional Language and/or dialect (EAL/D) approach in the Early Childhood years. The ECE Principles encompass all EAL/D learners: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, newly arrived, […]
In this presentation, presenters from Lexis Education will explore ways of speeding up our EAL students’ learning of English and learning in English through a focus on how languages work to make meaning. This approach draws on a metalanguage (a language for talking about language) for English, which can be equally drawn on to contrast […]
Our upcoming event with Kellie Heintz from the VCAA will address many of the questions about the new VCE EAL study design asked in the recent VicTESOL survey of teachers. This presentation will focus on the implementation of VCE units 1 and 2 EAL in 2023. New aspects of the study will be unpacked, with […]
EAL Writing Strategies in a Primary Setting Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Online ‘Writing is central to EAL/D students’ learning at school. Learning writing is a platform for understanding and development of language structure, text and academic content. It gives students the opportunity to express themselves, and also to analyse and understand texts […]
In this session, Glynis, Michael and Jenna will provide feedback on student performance in the 2022 VCE EAL exam, including analysis of student performance in each section and examples of student responses. There will be opportunities for you to ask questions and gain valuable insight into how the exam is assessed. They will also suggest […]
Effective implementation of translanguaging pedagogy in TESOL classrooms Thursday, 9 March 2023 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm Translanguaging strategies and pedagogies are growing in popularity within a variety of TESOL contexts. Translanguaging refers to the unique linguistic repertoire of an individual in which there are no clear-cut boundaries to separate languages. Translanguaging pedagogy, therefore, provides opportunities for learners […]
