Advice and Video for HSC oral examinations
NEW! The Board of Studies has produced information to answer all teachers and students' questions regarding the conduct of the examination. Watch the video.
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Eligibility Criteria for Stage 6 Language Courses
Eligibility criteria apply to all Beginners and all Heritage courses as well as to Continuers' courses in Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian and Korean.
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2010 - Conduct of HSC Oral Examinations
The Board of Studies advice on the conduct of Languages Oral Examinations has been updated on 6 July 10.
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Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships - 2011
The Endeavour Language Teacher Fellowships (ELTF) are a part of the broader Australian Government‟s Endeavour Awards which offer opportunities to practising languages teachers and trainee (pre-service) languages teachers to improve their language proficiency and cultural knowledge through intensive short-term study programs. Awardees both prior to and part of the 2006 ELTF study program are eligible to apply again. The closing date for applications is Tues 3 Aug 10.
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HSC Languages Course descriptions
This Board of Studies document summarises the course descriptions for ALL language courses including the new Heritage Courses.
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Australian Curriculum for Languages - update
• Shaping paper - September 2010
• National forum on languages – September 2010
• Release of paper for consultation – October/November 2010
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Australian Curriculum - Languages
The development of the initial advice paper for Languages has commenced. This paper provides advice on curriculum design and will be the subject of consultation at a national forum to be held in August. The initial advice will inform the Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Languages that, following a broad-based consultation, will be used to guide curriculum writers in the languages learning area.
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HSC Language courses - 2010 exam rubrics
Please note that new HSC examination rubrics apply to the Writing Parts A and B in all of the following HSC courses from 2010: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish.There are also changes to the Oral examination in the Extension course for all of those languages. For details, click on documents dated 19 March 2010 for each relevant course.
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MLTA NSW
Membership to the Modern Language Teachers' Association is open to all teachers of Languages in NSW. Members have access to Babel magazine, conferences and competitions for their students, newsletters and a political voice for Languages. Your opinion as a member is very important t a time when decisions are being made for Languages in the National Curriculum. Click here for a 2010 application / renewal form.
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Eligibility of Language students - Stage 6
Every student wishing to enrol in a Continuers course in a language that has a Background Speakers course, and every student wishing to enrol in a Beginners language course must complete the relevant Languages Eligibility Declaration form.
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HSC Languages Courses - changes from 2010
In December 2008, the Board of Studies of NSW has approved changes to the examination specifications and assessment requirements for the Beginners, Continuers and Extension courses in Languages.
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The State and Nature of Languages
Where are we at with Languages in our schools in Australia? Find the hard facts in this significant document.
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The Language You Teach
Find a vast amount of information you may not know about the language you teach from the Schools Wikipedia website. Send your students there, too!
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Teaching and Learning Languages: A Guide
Resources funded by DEEWR including (1) a Guide, (2) Companion documents that provide examples of the key ideas of the Guide as applied in the six most commonly taught languages: Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese (3) a handbook to facilitate the use of the Guide and the companion documents.
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Missed a Language program on TV?
Tape Services is a unique operation which produces, under Part VA of the Copyright Act, off air VHS master copies of all educationally relevant programs broadcast. The service maintains a collection of approximately 20,000 educational programs which provides an outstanding curriculum resource for use in teaching and learning programs for all educational institutions.
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Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians
The Goals were developed by Education Ministers in collaboration with the Catholic and independent school sectors, following public consultation on the draft declaration. They set the direction for Australian schooling for the next 10 years. Several references are made to the goal of making our students responsible global citizens.
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Study in Europe
Help your students focus on Europe as they consider their entry into tertiary studies with up-to-date information on twenty-seven European countries, their universities and what it takes to live and study in them.
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Professional Standards for Accomplished Teaching of Languages and Cultures
The AFMLTA Standards form an essential part of professional enquiry for all language teachers. It is recommended they are consulted regularly by practitioners keen to improve their own standard or that of their teaching environment.
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HSC Languages – Use of Dictionaries
The use of monolingual and/or bilingual print dictionaries (but NOT electronic dictionaries) is permitted in the Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Beginners written examinations and in the Continuers, Extension, Background Speakers and CCAFL written languages examinations.
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