The AFMLTA hosts a biennial international conference for teachers of languages.
This event regularly sees international, national and local speakers present on topics relevant to teachers of languages at all levels.
AFMLTA Conference
23rd AFMLTA International Languages Conference
Date: 5 - 6 July 2021
Online event via Zoom across 2 full days
Queries? Email: [email protected]
Conference Presentations
Thank you to the following presenters who have kindly shared their conference presentations:
Martin Westwell, Shaping Education so Students Thrive
Ken Cruickshank, Aligning Community Languages
Karen Ashton, Understanding diversity in secondary school language classrooms
Colleen Barclay, Incorporating Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures in Languages and resource
Sarah Burrows, Staying connected through Online Exchange
Hingor Chung, Approaching diversity through differentiation
Amy Collins, Innovation in assessment: engagement, feedback and documentation
Gillian Cordy, Updated AFMLTA Professional Standards: Development and Application
Celinda Corsini, Inquiry Based Learning: A Change Management Experience
Marc Favre, Teacher’s role in improving participation in Language learning
Marnie Foster, Facilitating greater student choice and autonomy in language learning
Nathan Harvey, Teachers as Resources – further advancing ourselves and the profession
Jia-QI Jin, Enhancing language learning using ICT
Nathan Lane, Developing viewing skills in building intercultural competence
Claire Leong, Developing Intercultural understanding
Ellen Moffatt, The virtues of Rubric-Writing: High-Impact Assessment and Clinical Rubrics
Fusae Nojima, Assessment for learning in language education
Gwenaelle Peyret, Developing a cross-cultural approach in a French-Australian school
Kate Reitzenstein & Marisa Schiavi, Developing global citizenship through Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning
Tanya Siebert, CLIL in the Languages Classroom using Kinder and Junior Uni
Melissa Wickins, Programming, planning and assessing in the early years
Any queries, please email [email protected]
Keynote speakers
Janice Aubry - Former President of the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers, Director of the Institute for Innovation in Second Language Education and the Director of Curriculum at Edmonton Public Schools, Canada
David de Carvalho - Chief Executive Officer, ACARA
Professor Ken Cruickshank - University of Sydney -
Professor Anne-Marie Morgan - James Cook University
Professor Martin Westwell - Chief Executive, SACE Board
Dr Sam Obsorne - Senior Lecturer Uni SA Education Futures