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Languages

The CESA Languages Team provides professional learning opportunities and support for Principals and other school leaders, teachers of Languages and teachers of all Learning Areas in the fields of:
  • Languages and Cultures education
  • Intercultural Understanding
  • Asia Literacy
For registration enquiries, please contact:
Adeline McLoughlin
Email:  adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au
Phone:  (08) 8301 6641

Upcoming events

    • 14 Mar 2024
    • 22 Aug 2024
    • 2 sessions
    • Catholic Education Office, Conference Centre Room 6 @ 116 George Street, Thebarton
    Registration is closed

    Description

    Do you want to grow your Languages program and have healthy senior enrolments?

    This program is aimed at secondary language teachers who want to inspire, engage and retain senior students, creating lifelong second language learners and users.

    The study of second language becomes an elective in most CESA Schools from year 9 and this transition to senior secondary typically sees a significant drop in Languages enrolments. Silvana Bianchet (previous Italian teacher at Saint Aloysius College) continued to maintain good numbers of senior students and outstanding SACE achievement. Her involvement in the CCQ project and case study ‘Using student feedback about the learning environment as a starting point for co-construction,' fuelled Silvana’s desire to develop and contextualise her own strategies and techniques to boost student engagement and retention. The workshops will explore essential elements and strategies that teachers can incorporate into their own practice and classrooms, as well as the opportunity to hear from Silvana’s past students and their personal experiences and perspectives.

    The topics will revolve around visible student growth and empowerment, engagement and motivation strategies, building capacity, mastery of L1 through L2, data collection, and exploring relevant, limitless themes and concepts whilst having fun.

    Teachers will be encouraged to collect pre and post workshop student surveys and keep a professional practice journal as evidence to discuss and share ideas at online meetings.

    Online meeting times and plan will be sent via email to registered participants.

    Attendance at 2 full day workshops and 2 online meetings (dates TBA) is required, to participate in this professional learning series. Registering for this event signifies your commitment to attend all sessions.

      AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers Include

      Standard 1: Know your students and how they learn

      Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

      Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

      Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

      Intended Audience: Secondary Language Teachers, Years 8-12 (All Languages)

      Facilitator: Kirsty Castillo - Education Advisor, Languages & Cross Curriculum Priorities & Silvana Bianchet, Education Consultant

      Enquiries: kirsty.castillo@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6839

      Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

      Deadline for Registration: COB Thursday 7 March 2024

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      CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop.  If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

      If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

      • 02 May 2024
      • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
      • Online via Microsoft Teams
      • 7
      Register

      Description

      This webinar is a prequel to the Gianfranco Conti Languages workshops and is recommended for teachers new to the work of Gianfranco Conti, or those requiring a short refresher.

      The workshop will be presented by CESA's Languages Advisor and experienced teachers that draw on Conti's Language teaching and learning pedagogies and approaches. It will introduce an overview of Gianfranco's research and approaches, including extensive processing instruction, recycling of material, chunks and patterns of Language, sentence builders and principles of instructed language acquisition. Teachers will share activities and strategies that incorporate the Conti method of Language teaching.

      AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers Include

      Standard 1: Know your students and how they learn

      Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

      Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

      Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

        Intended Audience: All R-12 Languages teachers in CESA schools and SAATI members new to Gianfranco Conti method and approach to languages instruction

        Facilitators: Kirsty Castillo - Education Advisor, Languages & Cross Curriculum Priorities and Language Teachers

        Enquiries: kirsty.castillo@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6839

        Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

        Deadline for Registration: COB Thursday 25 April 2024

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        CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop.  If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

        If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

        • 07 May 2024
        • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
        • Education Development Centre, Room 1.11AB @ 4 Milner Street, Hindmarsh
        • 26
        Register

        Description

        Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) and the South Australian Association for Teachers of Italian (SAATI) are pleased to welcome back Dr Gianfranco Conti, as he delivers a workshop titled 'Becoming an EPI teacher.' The workshop is recommended for those new to the 'Conti method' or starting to explore the work of Gianfranco Conti.

        Topics will include:

        • What is Extensive Processing Instruction? (EPI)
        • Elements of EPI as a usage-based approach
        • Principles of instructed Language Acquisition
        • Curriculum design principles and strategies
        • Modelling through listening and reading
        • Structured production
        • Fluency tasks

        Practical activities, examples, techniques and strategies will be explored, that teachers can take back to the classroom to implement. Participation in this workshops may count towards EPI teacher accreditation.

        This event is open to all Catholic Education SA Language teachers and SAATI members. Please use the password provided in your email to register.

        AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers Include

        Standard 1: Know your students and how they learn

        Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

        Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

        Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

        Intended Audience: All CESA Language Teachers and Current SAATI Members

        Facilitators: Kirsty Castillo - Education Advisor, Languages & Cross Curriculum Priorities & Dr Gianfranco Conti

        Enquiries: kirsty.castillo@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6839

        Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

        Deadline for Registration: COB Tuesday 30 April 2024

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        CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop.  If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

        If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

        • 07 May 2024
        • 08 May 2024
        • 2 sessions
        • Education Development Centre. 4 Milner Street, Hindmarsh
        Registration is closed

        Description

        Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) and the South Australian Association for Teachers of Italian (SAATI) are pleased to welcome back Gianfranco Conti as he delivers two workshops here in Adelaide.

        Day 1: Becoming an EPI Teacher (7 May 2024)

        (For teachers new to 'Conti method' or beginning to explore)

        Topics include:

        • What is Extensive Processing Instruction?
        • Principles of instructed Language Acquisition
        • Curriculum design principles and strategies
        • Modelling through listening and reading
        • Structured production
        • Fluency tasks

        Day 2: Designing the EPI Curriculum (8 May 2024)

        (This workshop is recommended for more ‘experienced users’ of the 'Conti method' that have attended previous professional development with Gianfranco and understand and currently implement and use EPI, MARSEARS framework and sequencing, sentence builders, narrow reading texts, modelling as listening, etc)

        Topics include:

        • Key components of EPI curriculum design
        • The principles underpinning effective short, medium and long-term planning
        • The procedures involved in design, implementation, and evaluation of a course
        • Acquisition-enhancing strategies, for example, recycling, interleaving, universals, fluency training and their application to curriculum design
        • The role of assessment as a means to advance learning and how to embed it in the curriculum in SA context

        This event is open to all Catholic Education SA Language Teachers and SAATI Members. Once expressions of interest have been received, teachers will receive an email confirming their attendance, with a link and password to register for the event.

        Attendance at both days is permitted, but will depend on final numbers and available places.

        AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers Include

        Standard 1: Know your students and how they learn

        Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

        Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

        Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

        Intended Audience: All CESA Language Teachers and current SAATI Members

        Facilitators: Kirsty Castillo - Education Advisor, Languages & Cross Curriculum Priorities & Dr Gianfranco Conti

        Enquiries: kirsty.castillo@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6839

        Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

        Deadline for Registration: COB Monday 12 February 2024

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        CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop.  If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

        If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

        • 08 May 2024
        • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
        • Education Development Centre. 4 Milner Street, Hindmarsh
        • 28
        Register

        Description

        ‘Language teaching is best when (1) we forget being the talented/passionate linguists we are and wear the hat of the average adolescent millennial learner with their interests, motivation and finite cognitive resources and (2) asks ourselves: why should they buy into this?’ – Dr Conti

        Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) and the South Australian Association for Teachers of Italian (SAATI) are pleased to welcome back Dr Gianfranco Conti, as he delivers a workshop titled 'Designing the EPI Curriculum.' This workshop is recommended for ‘experienced users’ of the 'Conti method' who have attended previous professional development with Gianfranco and understand and currently implement and use EPI, MARSEARS framework and sequencing, sentence builders, narrow reading texts, modelling as listening, etc.

        Topics include:

        • Elements of Extensive Processing Instruction(EPI).
        • Key components of EPI curriculum design.
        • The principles underpinning effective short-, medium- and long-term planning.
        • The procedures involved in design, implementation, and evaluation of a course.
        • Acquisition-enhancing strategies, for example, recycling, interleaving, universals, fluency training and their application to curriculum design.
        • The role of assessment as a means to advance learning and how to embed it in the curriculum in SA context.

        Practical activities, examples, techniques and strategies will be explored, that teachers can take back to the classroom to implement. Participation in this workshop may count towards EPI teacher accreditation.

        This event is open to all Catholic Education SA Language teachers and SAATI members. Please use the password provided in your email to register.

        AITSL National Professional Standards for Teachers Include

        Standard 1: Know your students and how they learn

        Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it

        Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

        Standard 6: Engage in professional learning

        Intended Audience: All CESA Language Teachers and Current SAATI Members

        Facilitators: Kirsty Castillo - Education Advisor, Languages & Cross Curriculum Priorities & Dr Gianfranco Conti

        Enquiries: kirsty.castillo@cesa.catholic.edu.au / T: 8301 6839

        Registration Enquiries: adeline.mcloughlin@cesa.catholic.edu.au

        Deadline for Registration: COB Wednesday 1 May 2024

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        CESA Registration Centre Membership is required, to register for this workshop.  If you have changed schools since your last event registration, please update your membership details.

        If you are not a member, please CLICK HERE to sign up for membership.

      Past events

      05 Mar 2024 Languages Standards-based Assessment Task Design and Exemplars
      03 Nov 2023 Australian Curriculum Languages Familiarisation and CESA Performance Standards
      04 Aug 2023 Engage with Asia Network 2023
      15 Jun 2023 Standards-based Assessment Task Design in 1-10 Languages
      23 May 2023 Standards-based Assessment Task Design in 1-10 Languages
      18 May 2023 Australian Curriculum v.9 R-10 Languages Familiarisation Workshop (Including Assessment Mapping)
      23 Mar 2023 Australian Curriculum v.9 R-10 Languages Familiarisation Workshop (Including Assessment Mapping) (Online)
      16 Mar 2023 Australian Curriculum v.9 7-10 Languages Familiarisation Workshop (Including Assessment Mapping)
      15 Mar 2023 Australian Curriculum v.9 R-6 Languages Familiarisation Workshop (Including Assessment Mapping)
      01 Nov 2022 Explore the New Australian Curriculum for Languages
      26 Sep 2022 An Introduction to the New Australian Curriculum for Languages
      15 Sep 2022 Gianfranco Conti: Pedagogies for Teaching and Learning Languages
      14 Sep 2022 Gianfranco Conti: Pedagogies for Teaching and Learning Languages (Refresher)
      17 Jun 2022 Engage with Asia Network 2022
      09 Jun 2022 CLIL - Integrating Italian and Religious Education for Year 9 Students
      22 Nov 2021 CLIL - Integrating Italian and Religious Education for Year 9 Students - A Pilot Project at St Michael’s College
      25 Aug 2021 The Fundamentals of Language Acquisition and Implications for Teaching Languages in the Australian Context
      09 Jun 2021 The Fundamentals of Language Acquisition and Implications for Teaching Languages in the Australian Context
      21 May 2020 Moderation of EAL - Assessment (Levelling) for 2020 Data Collection Process - VOLUNTARY ONLINE SESSION
      20 May 2020 Moderation of EAL - Assessment (Levelling) for 2020 Data Collection Process - VOLUNTARY ONLINE SESSION Option 1
      27 Mar 2020 2020 Innovative Approaches to the learning and teaching of languages and cultures
      16 Mar 2020 2020 Continuity and Transition in Languages and Cultures Learning and Teaching
      10 Mar 2020 2020 Engage with Asia Network
      04 Nov 2019 Maximising Curriculum Time and the Art of Listening in the Languages Classroom
      01 May 2019 Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Course – Professional Development Opportunity
      09 Mar 2018 Engage with Asia: leading innovation and pedagogical change
      16 Feb 2018 Leading Culturally Responsive Pedagogies Project
      06 Dec 2016 The Next Iteration of Schooling: A Conversation with Colleagues
      22 Sep 2016 Vocational Education Professional Learning Community Workshop
      14 Jun 2016 Connecting Quality Teaching Rounds to the Continuous Improvement Framework
      01 Apr 2016 Culturally Responsive Pedagogies Roundtable
      26 Nov 2015 #Yarning Up!: Spirituality & culture in the Arts with Ernie Dingo!
      23 Jul 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Indonesian - Flinders University of South Australia)
      24 Jun 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Japanese - University of Adelaide)
      23 Jun 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Italian - The University of South Australia - Magill Campus)
      23 Jun 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Japanese - The University of South Australia - Magill Campus)
      23 Jun 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (French - University of South Australia - Magill Campus) - CANCELLED
      18 Jun 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (French - Flinders University of South Australia) - CANCELLED
      15 Jun 2015 Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Chinese - University of Adelaide)
      12 Jun 2015 It's a World of Languages (Year 9 Students)
      26 May 2015 Year 9 Opening a Door Into Asia - HAS NOW REACHED THE LIMIT
      01 May 2015 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Learning Design, Scoping the Learning, Pedagogies and Assessment Practices
      25 Mar 2015 Professional Learning for Teachers of Japanese and Indonesian
      17 Nov 2014 Engage with Asia Forum for School Leaders
      24 Sep 2014 2014 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Japanese)
      23 Sep 2014 2014 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (French)
      23 Sep 2014 2014 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Italian)
      31 Jul 2014 EAL - How Language Works: Success in Literacy and Learning 2014 - CANCELLED
      25 Nov 2013 Languages - The Draft Australian Curriculum - Spanish: Integrating it in the School Curriculum
      21 Nov 2013 Languages - Leading the Change with the Australian Curriculum - Languages Teachers F-12
      28 Aug 2013 Languages - Australian Curriculum: Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia (Indonesia)
      01 Jul 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Japanese (Primary)
      28 Jun 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Spanish
      28 Jun 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Japanese (Secondary)
      25 Jun 2013 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Chinese)
      24 Jun 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - German
      21 Jun 2013 Languages - Unpacking the AITSL Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the Certification Process
      18 Jun 2013 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Italian)
      18 Jun 2013 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (French)
      17 Jun 2013 Languages - Australian Curriculum: Languages - Italian - Port Pirie Diocese
      13 Jun 2013 Languages - Australian Curriculum: Languages - Italian
      07 Jun 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Indonesian
      31 May 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - French
      05 Apr 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Italian - Regional Consultation Session at Catholic Education Office, Port Pirie
      26 Mar 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - An Overview
      22 Mar 2013 Languages - Draft F-10 Australian Curriculum: Languages - Italian
      13 Mar 2013 Languages - Technology in the Languages Classroom - Languages Teachers F-12
      01 Mar 2013 Languages - Leading Transformation for Languages Teachers
      31 Oct 2012 Languages - Learning and Leading in a Digital Age - Languages Teachers R - 12
      19 Oct 2012 Languages - Spanish Language & Culture Day
      17 Oct 2012 Languages - Language & Culture Day for Teachers of Italian, R - 12
      12 Oct 2012 Languages - Languages Showcase and Forum
      17 Aug 2012 Languages - Indonesian Language & Culture Day
      26 Jul 2012 Languages - Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages 2012 - Modules 5 & 9
      29 May 2012 Languages - Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages 2012 - Modules 12 & 13
      28 May 2012 Languages - Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages 2012 - Modules 8 & 11
      15 May 2012 Languages - Technology in the Languages Classroom - Languages Teachers R - 12
      11 May 2012 Languages - Japanese Language & Culture Day for Secondary Teachers
      10 May 2012 Languages - Japanese Language & Culture Day for Primary Teachers
      07 May 2012 Languages Professional Learning Project
      03 Apr 2012 Languages - Year 10 Tertiary Languages Program (Chinese)
      26 Mar 2012 Languages - Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages 2012 - Modules 3 - 13
      16 Mar 2012 Languages - Professional Standards for Teachers of Languages 2012 - Introduction to the Professional Standards
      02 Mar 2012 Languages - French Language & Culture Day
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