Professional Learning
Presentations & Workshops
As a community of educators, we believe that ongoing and evolving professional learning enables us to support each other and share the rich experiences which makes us all better educators. ATESOL NSW schedules regular events, including open forums. We value input from our members and welcome any suggestions for professional learning that you and your colleagues may have, especially if you are in regional NSW.
Would you like to host an ATESOL workshop at your school, TAFE or Early Childhood workplace? Contact us: ATESOL NSW Professional Learning Committee atesolnswinc@gmail.com
EAL/D Action Learning projects - Project information session
Details: This information session shares details on the opportunity for classroom teachers to engage in a year-long action learning, professional development program, aimed to address a specific issue related to teaching EAL/D learners in their school.
Audience: K-12 Teachers who have EAL/D learners in their classes
Presenters: Michael Michell, Margaret Turnbull & Mark Fraser
Where: Online (Zoom)
When: Week 5, Term 2
When: Wednesday 29th May, 2024
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Cost: Free
To register for this information, please click HERE.
Assessing English units of work: differentiating for EAL/D students
Audience: Primary EAL/D Teachers and Primary Teachers who have EAL/D students in their classroom.
Presenters: Kathy Rushton and Joanne Rossbridge
Where: Online (Zoom)
When: Week 8, Term 2,
Tuesday 18th June, 2024
4.00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost: $20 Members, $30 Non-members
To register for this professional learning seminar, please click HERE.
Assessing and teaching Oracy
Audience: TAFE, Adult
Presenters: Glenice Aiken and Marina Pearce
Where: Online (Zoom)
When: Week 8, Term 2
Thursday 20th June, 2024
4.00 -5.30pm
Cost: $20 Members, $30 Non-members
To register for this professional learning seminar, please click HERE
Pronunciation Bites: Stress and Chunks!
Details:
This practical session will provide teachers of adult EAL/D learners with the basic tools to teach word stress, sentence stress and thought groups (chunks) to their learners. This session is suitable for all teachers, but especially for those with limited experience teaching pronunciation to their students (or for those interested in learning more!). Techniques and tips for teaching a range of adult learners, from beginning level to advanced levels of English proficiency, will be demonstrated and discussed. These demonstrates will include an array of visual, audio, and tactile/kinesthetic techniques.
Audience: Secondary, Intensive English Centres, AMEP, ELICOS, TAFE, Adult, University EAP programs
Presenter: Associate professor Amanda Baker, University of Wollongong
Amanda Baker teaches in the TESOL programme at the University of Wollongong. Her research interests focus on the dynamic relationships that exist between L2 teachers’ knowledge, beliefs and teaching practices, especially in the areas of L2 pronunciation, speaking and listening pedagogy. She has published and presented widely on aspects related to L2 learners’ pronunciation development and teachers’ professional growth in relation to teaching pronunciation.
When: Week 1, Term 3 Thursday 25 July 2024
Time: 7:00 pm — 8:00 pm
Where: Online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 Members, $30 Non-members
To register for this professional learning seminar, please click HERE.
Teaching the Sounds
Details:
Integrating pronunciation and the sound system within a course, from beginners to advanced.
In this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify common problems at the phonemic or sound level that affect both listening comprehension and learner intelligibility
- Review materials and techniques that address these problems and promote independent learning
Audience: TAFE, Adult Teachers
Presenters: Glenice Aiken and Marina Pearce
When: Week 9, Term 3 Thursday 19 September 2024
This is a repeat session of the PL presented on the 3 September 2024
Time: 4:00 pm — 5:30 pm
Where: Online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 Members, $30 Non-members
To register for this professional learning seminar, please click HERE.
Parliament field trip
Audience: TAFE, Adult
Session Overview:
In this workshop we will present a project activity, presenting a Bill for debate in Parliament. We have undertaken this project many times with intermediate and advanced-level students, and without fail, they have found it an inspirational and riveting experience.
The language of parliamentary procedure is incorporated in opinion texts. Students AV record their practice using the parliament debate template, taking the roles of members of parliament.
Presenters: Glenice Aiken Marina Pearce
When: Week 7, Term 4 Thursday 28th November 2024 (Please note change in date from the 26th November)
Time: 4:00 pm — 5:30 pm
Where: Online (Zoom)
Cost: $20 Members, $30 Non-members
To register for this professional learning seminar, please click HERE.
Recorded Events
As a member of ATESOL NSW, you are able to participate in professional learning offered by other state and territory associations across Australia associated with ACTA. The professional learning cost is the same for any association member.
Below are links to sessions ran in the last few years which are open to all to view.
Teaching EAL/D Reading Skills
Details:
In this webinar, Dr Misty Adoniou presents EAL/D reading strategies which support students in the Beginning Phase of learning English as an additional language to:
- Build on their oral language – learners’ reading skills progress when they learn how to decode words in their existing vocabulary.
- Learn new vocabulary – understanding the meaning of new words helps students to comprehend and decode what they read.
- Understand English grammar – through listening, reading and responding to rich engaging texts learners develop their understanding of English grammar.
- Draw on their rich life experiences – students are motivated to read texts which reflect their life experiences and identities.
When: 1 August 2024, ATESOL NT
Where: Available via Youtube
Using the EAL/D Learning Progression for initial assessment across K-6
When: 3 November 2021
Presenter: Caitlin Park
Click here.
Revitalisation and maintenance of Aboriginal languages
When: 12 August 2021
Presenter: Aboriginal Teachers from Central Australia & NSW, with Susan Poetsch
Click here.
Multilingual Storyboxes in the EAL/D Classroom
When: 10 August 2021
Presenter: Gill Pennington
Click here.
Shared experiences in teaching and supporting refugee students
When: 17 June 2021
Presenter: Kim Cootes, Gill Pennington, Cindy Valdez-Adams, Vi Nguyen & Nathan Jeffrey
Click here.
Teaching refugees – The way forward
When: 16 June 2021
Presenter: Dorothy Hoddinott AO
Click here.
Developing language through the Arts
When: Monday, 14 June 2021
Presenter: Cindy Valdez-Adams
Click here.
Exploring, thinking, and learning about languages and literacies with young people in Australian classrooms
When: Monday, 15 March
2021
Presenter: Dr Jacqueline D’warte
Click here. The presentation notes for this session are available here.
More resources are available here.
Listening to AMEP Teachers – A forum with Alison Larkins, Commonwealth Coordinator-General for Migrant Services
When: 10 March 2021
Click here.
Other Events
Other Professional Learning
Our partners offer Professional Learning that demonstrates effective pedagogies to support all learners.