VCE Languages: Refresher
Brushing up on your knowledge of VCE Languages Study Designs: Are you keen to refamiliarise yourself with the VCE requirements, and learn useful tips about school-based assessment? Join the VCAA Languages Unit for an overview of the features of the VCE languages study designs. This session is intended to assist teachers to design and deliver […]
Nurturing Heritage Students’ Bilingual and Bicultural Identity in Mainstream Schools
Over the last two years (2024-25), Haileybury has undertaken a major review of its P-6 Languages program. One element of the project was on redefining the goals of the Background Chinese course, which is currently offered to students with Chinese heritage from Years 5-10. When we embarked on the review, it was decided that the […]
Stackers to Assess Language Use in Any Situation
Imitate or create? Which would you choose? Are we teaching Languages so that young people learn how to put it together to say what they want to say? Or are we teaching them to parrot teacher led scripts, with minor variations? This workshop explores a technique for really enabling novel creative language use. It is […]
Adapting Textbooks to Suit Your Learners Using Discover China Newly Revised Edition as a Case Study
In this workshop, Jillian Symons from Intext Book Company will show a recorded webinar hosted by Spring Zhang of the Oxford Brookes Confucius Institute, in collaboration with Macmillan Education and featuring Dr. Zhu Zhu, Katrina Jia and Dr. Wendy Che. The webinar uses the Discover China newly revised edition as a case study to explore […]
Building Student Demand Through Community Engagement
This session showcases Wyndham Central College’s journey in strengthening community partnerships to grow student demand for language learning. We will share the school’s strategic initiatives, events, and collaborations that have successfully promoted languages across the school and wider community, highlighting practical approaches other schools can adapt to enhance engagement and enrolment in their own programs.
Heads of Languages networking and discussion
This session is an opportunity for Heads of Languages to continue the discussion about the opportunities and challenges outlined in Janet’s workshop in Session 3.
Developing Visual Literacy in the Languages Classroom
In a world where we live constantly bombarded by images, visual literacy is an increasing need for the 21st Century learner, as well as a Languages’ curriculum requirement through the viewing macro-skill. This presentation will share strategies for the development of visual literacy in the Languages classroom as well as practical examples which can be […]
TikTok Tokyo
Social media has a major influence on the lives of our students as a means of sharing information and perpetuating trends, especially through short-form videos via the TikTok platform. This presentation demonstrates ways teachers can support language learning through authentic activities that embrace these social media trends for student engagement. Attendees will learn how specific […]
Embedding First Nations Perspectives in Languages Education
In the context of Australian multilingual education, Aboriginal languages and cultures have long been marginalised in secondary school classrooms, limiting students’ understanding of cultural diversity and identity. This workshop focuses on how Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS) and Cultural Juxtaposition (CJ) can be combined to integrate Aboriginal perspectives into Chinese language education, thereby […]
Reimagining Assessment: Equity, Choice & Technology
This workshop will demonstrate how multiple assessment formats – including written, oral, digital, and project-based tasks – can provide students with varied opportunities to demonstrate their learning. It will also outline the benefits of choice-based and scaffolded assessments in promoting student agency while maintaining curriculum alignment. Scaled tasks and structured supports will be presented as […]
