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09Mar

LEARNING VIETNAMESE: LANGUAGE and TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

2. Pre-schoolers, 3. Kindergarten, 4. Years 1-3, 5. Years 4-6, 6. Years 7-10, Parents, Resources, VIC, Vietnamese No Comments

The THE-HE Vietnamese Language Centre (90 - BUCKLEY Street, Noble Park, VIC 3174) accepts students from Kinder to year Nine for 2011.

Beginning level is for THREE-year old children, but parents let much younger kids play with our Descriptive Matching Game.

Apart from PC system, our Interactive Whiteboard & Motive Board offer interesting learning with modern technology.

We provide distance learning material and software to help families in remote areas.

Parent having children with Learning Difficulty can have our Early Intervention Therapy software and material for free.

The THE-HE Vietnamese School also teaches Vietnamese Traditional Musical Instruments such as TRANH, B?U and T RUNG.

Please contact 613-95465024 or thehe.school@gmail.com for more information.

Youtube videos show our Solution For Disabled Children and Community Based Approaching instruction.

Just search for truongthehe channel.

Pictured below are some Vietnamese traditional musical instruments: Tranh, Bau, Trung

Tags: Distance Learning, Early Language Learning, Vietnamese
17Feb

National Network for University Languages

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The ALTC has awarded funding to a project Leadership for future generations: a national network for university languages. The ALTC Project Information page states that the University of Melbourne will be lead institution. Monash University, RMIT University, The Australian National University and University of Wollongong are also partners and a reference group from all over Australia is listed at the new website of the National Network for University Languages.

A second meeting of Indonesian language teachers will be held in Brisbane on Saturday 26 Feb 10 am LOTE Library Montague Road, West End and the diehards and new enthusiasts will establish a Queensland Indonesian Language Teachers Association. Please contact Kerry O’Connor if interested: kocon4 at eq.edu.au

This follows the research project on Indonesian in Australian Universities and National Colloquium on Tertiary Indonesian convened on 9-11 February 2011 by Professor David Hill. His draft discussion paper is available online. Participants included Australian academics, teachers, DFAT and DEEWR representatives, Indonesian Embassy and Consulate officials, one state parliamentarian, business spokespersons, visitors from Germany, Japan and Indonesia, plus inspiring young Australian students of Indonesian working as volunteers at the Colloquium. Many of our long-term worries were aired, strategies considered and the closure of the ALTC lamented. The agreement to work on a National Indonesian Resources Bank was one positive outcome which may dovetail nicely with work of Education Services Australia’s National Digital Learning Resources Network. There are now three Balai Bahasa in WA, ACT and Victoria. A concerted promotion campaign to counter years of negative coverage of Indonesia would be helpful and discussions centred on reinvigorating the Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE) as an ongoing active promotional body, not just organiser of biennial conferences.

Australia Indonesian Business Council (AIBC) vice president Ross Taylor demonstrated the brilliant opportunities for Australians in so many fields of business, if only they will equip themselves with the knowledge to cope with the challenges and if Indonesia continues its recent record in reforming business practice and regulations.
24Jan

French preschool taking enrolments

1. Babies, 2. Pre-schoolers, 3. Kindergarten, 4. Years 1-3, 5. Years 4-6, 9. All ages, Carers, French, Parents, Uncategorized, VIC No Comments

Hi all,

We are a new French preschool centre in North Balwyn. We offer licensed childcare as well as short sessions in Art and Craft, music etc, all with immersion French (for novices as well as fluent French speakers). We are currently taking enrolments for Term 1, which starts next week. Please take a look at www.lepetitparis.com.au N.B: We also offer classes for primary school children and adults.
14Nov

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GERMAN-SPEAKERS AT THE GOETHE-INSTITUT AUSTRALIEN

8. Tertiary, German, Job Ad, VIC No Comments
THE GERMAN CULTURAL CENTRE IN MELBOURNE REQUIRES A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT

You should be self-motivated, willing to acquire new skills and work reliably in a small team.

Responsibilities include:
- Processing of enrolments for language courses, conferences and seminars
- Invoicing and controlling
- Assistance with event and language class organisation
- Administration of intern program
- Administration of scholarship and language assistant program
- Management of database
- Answering general enquiries
- Advising clients on language courses in Australia and overseas
What you need to fulfill to qualify for this role:
- Minimum 3 years experience in administration
- Fluency in spoken and written English and German
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong customer focus
Note on Residency: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have an appropriate Australian work visa (no work & holiday visa please!)

Hours: 4 days with a total of 26 hours per week

Salary: in accordance with experience

Starting date: 11 January 2011

Contract period: 12 months

Applications close: 25 November 2010

For further information and application please contact

Petra Franz petra.franz@melbourne.goethe.org

Applications and enquiries by email only please

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institution, operational worldwide. We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. We also foster knowledge of Germany by providing comprehensive information on its culture, society and politics. www.goethe.de
Tags: administrative assistant with German, German speakers, Goethe Institut
21Sep

Planning Meeting for Bilingual Education Day Conference

1. Babies, 2. Pre-schoolers, 3. Kindergarten, 4. Years 1-3, 5. Years 4-6, 6. Years 7-10, 7. Years 11-12, Events, Everyone, Indigenous, National 1 Comment

Please come to the planning meeting for the Bilingual Education Day Conference this Thursday 23rd September at 6:30 pm

To build on the success of a union anti-intervention speaking tour of Steve Patrick and Peter Inverway earlier this year, Melbourne Anti Intervention Collective is planning a bilingual education day conference on a Saturday in November.

In holding the conference we aim to raise awareness about the ban on Aboriginal languages for the first four hours of school days, and associated measures like welfare quarantining that punish students, families and Aboriginal culture for problems created by chronic under-resourcing. On a more local level, we would address questions of the place- or lack of space- for Aboriginal culture and history in the National Curriculum.

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