Join us online for a session with presenters from Foundation House and the Refugee Minor Program. Within the first part of this event, Foundation House, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, will address how we can support newly-arrived Afghan students and families as they settle in Victoria and enrol in language, primary […]
Following on from the highly popular session EAL Frameworks 101 in Term 1, VicTESOL is pleased to schedule a second session for teachers and managers new to using the Victorian EAL Framework curriculum. This event will include a speakers who will share how they plan for, design, deliver and assess a cluster of units. Speakers will represent organisations experienced in […]
ACTA has launched its National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools, calling for national ‘build back better’ reform of specialist provision for English language learners in schools ahead of the Federal Election. The plan addresses longstanding and now pressing national policy issues that have affected the quality of English language […]
ACTA has launched its National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools, calling for national ‘build back better’ reform of specialist provision for English language learners in schools ahead of the Federal Election. The plan addresses longstanding and now pressing national policy issues that have affected the quality of English language […]
Experience teaching and learning in the Gallery through NGV’s Colony to Nation resources for English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners. Connect virtually with an NGV Educator at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia to view and discuss some of the artworks that appear in the resources, and practice strategies for engaging your students with art at the Gallery […]
Your manager has just allocated you a unit of competency from the Victorian EAL Framework. What do you do next? Following on from Session 1 on unpacking the curriculum and the structure of a unit and Session 2 on designing a whole program, this session will focus on what happens in the classroom. Come and learn from your […]
Looking for ways to connect with fellow EAL teachers and make art more accessible and enriching for your students? Join an NGV Educator for a virtual and interactive exploration of works in the Gallery’s International Collection. Participate in a range of Gallery based teaching and learning activities, share your expertise and collaborate with other EAL […]
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 […]
