• 01Nov

    Internet Event: Esperanto, the First Foreign Language for Global Citizens

    Events, Everyone, International, Parents, Principals, Teachers, Uncategorized Comments Off

    Come to our conference, Friends!
    Tim Morley and Penny VOs are going to present at 6am on the 17th of November Sydney time, around 8pm on the 16th where Tim is in England. You can check the time for you here
    So, from the comfort of wherever you are, you can join in our global exploration of a truly global theme!
    We really hope you will come, and spread the word among your connections so that we can answer lots of curly questions as well as share our success stories.
    Here’s the link to our presentation for the tweeting and the facebooking http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/esperanto-the-first-foreign-language-for-global-citizens#

    Organization:
    Merimbula P.S., Mondeto ( a not for profit social enterprise)
    In: English
    Target Audience: Primary School Teachers and Principals, Curriculum Leaders and Policy Makers
    Short Session Description: The world’s most user-friendly language is also the most multicultural, talk with the world in Esperanto!

     Long Session Description:
    Which foreign language is hardest to master? Your first! So it makes sense to start with the world’s easiest language, Esperanto, to build confidence and make friends in dozens of diverse cultures. Learn as you teach so your students will gain from your example of openness to learning through life. This is a discussion, so the exact content depends on what you are interested to know! Teaching Esperanto as an Apprenticeship Language, and an act of Global Citizenship, is something that an empowered teacher can do even without whole school participation, but it also makes sense as a School-Wide Policy and is scaleable to school districts, states and nations. So, if you have a broader focus than one classroom, we can talk about that too.

    Penny Vos has been teaching Esperanto to children since 1997 and they have loved surprising their parents with real ability to communicate with children all over the world in their shared global language.
    Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

    www.fluentin3months.com/2-weeks-of-esperanto/

    http://apprenticeshiplanguagelearning.weebly.com/index.html

    www.MontessoriEsperanto.org

    www.lernu.net

    www.mondeto.com

    http://mediasiteex.usc.edu.au/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.a…

  • 24Apr

    German Community Language Schools Festival – Victoria

    9. All ages, Carers, Events, Everyone, German, Parents, Principals, Teachers, VIC, Young People Comments Off

     

     

     

     

    Festival at Anakie Fairy Park

    Sunday 20 May 2012, 11 am – 3 pm

     

    Join us in the celebrations of 200 years of Brothers Grimm fairytales on this very special day:

    • Puppet musical “Schneewittchen” (tri-lingual and interactive)
    • Student performances
    • Schnappi the Crocodile
    • Fairy park languages trail
    • Story reading
    • Dance groups
    • Prizes for best Grimm fairytale costumes
    • Delicious food

    Don’t miss this opportunity to introduce your children and grandchildren to this part of cultural heritage.

    Further details www.goethe.de/australien

     

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  • 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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  • 14Sep

    National Tertiary Languages Network

    8. Tertiary, All, Events, Everyone, Networking, Research Comments Off

    The Australian Academy of the Humanities website reports that: The Beyond the Crisis Colloquiumheld at the University of Melbourne (16-18 February 2009) hosted more than 140 delegates, from 30 different institutions, and representing 14 languages. The delegates included teachers, researchers, and planners. The colloquium was comprised of workshops as well as presentations of current research and innovative initiatives. It was agreed that, while different languages face distinctive needs, all languages and the nation will benefit from a more strongly articulated language teaching and learning culture in higher education. Furthermore, the assembly agreed to create a “National Tertiary Languages Network”.

    It is my understanding that Prof. Joe Lo Bianco and others have applied for a NALSSP grant to establish the projected “National Tertiary Languages Network”. News on the current 2010 round of NALSSP grant proposals should follow now that the dust is settling from the recent 2010 federal election. If we want a thoroughly integrated languages education in Australia, with sensible articulation top to bottom, and effective lobbying and promotion, we need to have everyone networking together from AlphaTykes to PhD supervisors. Philip Mahnken, Sunshine Coast Continue reading »

  • 13Sep

    Picture Chinese 1000

    4. Years 1-3, 5. Years 4-6, 6. Years 7-10, Everyone, Mandarin, Resources Comments Off

    		Welcome to a Facebook Page about “I Too Can Speak Mandarin Chinese”    apps.facebook.com/omandarin Free download E-Book to get a lot of COMIC pictures without spending hours poring over lengthy textbooks to learn ESSENTIAL vocabulary for typical situations in Chinese life. Join Facebook to start connecting with ” I Too Can Speak Mandarin Chinese” – Online Chinese sharing Group

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