Indonesia is a vitally important neighbour. We need to do more to support the study of Indonesian. Great article by Howie Manns and colleagues
melbourneasiareview.edu.au/invigorating-i…

It is finally happening! 'Teacher Development for Content-Based Language Education: International Perspectives', co-edited with Ruth Fielding (Assoc Prof Ruth Fielding ) and Diane Tedick will be available soon!

Victorian language teachers: Call for research participants - Investigating language teacher cognition on education for sustainability, with Shu Ohki and Renata Aliani, University of Melbourne. Link: forms.office.com/r/Em7ybH2jgc?o…

Calling all #academics ! What has been a turning point in how you go about approaching your work? How are you managing the changing and complex aspects of working in higher education? Let us know your views. Find out how to participate. Click the link melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_db…

Fantastic working with crystal yuan & Zhu Yong looking at Chinese as a foreign language teacher mindset.

Seeking to ensure opportunities of a balanced curriculum where Indigenous Knowledge is showcased alongside western knowledge, Ngarrngga connects learners with rich histories and cultures. Click on the link to learn more:

research.unimelb.edu.au/strengths/upda…

We're looking for primary literacy content writers for an exciting new project. Experience teaching in Australian primary schools needed. Work can be undertaken remotely.

jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/916265/…

“ATAR Reform: End of Bonus Points for Advanced Maths and Languages in Western Australia” A step in the wrong direction for languages as usual ⁦AFMLTA Inc.⁩ ⁦LCNAU⁩ bnnbreaking.com/world/australi…

Celebrating UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day- A call to strengthen Community/Heritage language education worldwide menntavisindastofnun.hi.is/is/global-call…

Call for chapters by 30 April 2024, for proposed edited book with Routledge Education.

The focus is on the making academic. Making for/as wellbeing.

Info and online submission details here lnkd.in/gUVbNsf7
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Great opportunity to mentor graduate teachers and for graduate teachers to feel well supported as they start their teaching careers!

**Important research being undertaken on IELTS requirements for overseas and locally trained teachers needing to take an English proficiency test. Any registered teachers in Australia are welcome to participant. tinyurl.com/teacherstandar…

'Yet these waves of urgency – pleas to be heard and included – break impotently against the structural features buttressing the curriculum narrative. Great article by John Quay Blind faith in Australia’s education ‘system’ is failing our kids pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/blind…

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Fantastic resources for language teachers, recognising the important contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures for education. Examples for Japanese CLIL classes but adaptable for all languages. clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/ajf/

Three jobs in language testing/assessment:

Emerging Researcher (British Council) careers.britishcouncil.org/job/London-Eme…

Senior Research Manager (Cambridge University Press & Assessment) careers.cambridge.org/jobs/vacancy/s…

Lecturer in Language and Education (University of Bristol) bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…

Teaching social and emotional learning in schools is certainly worthwhile. But it will not solve problems of structural inequality in #education .
theguardian.com/education/2023…

New chapter - Examining plurilingual repertoires
A focus on policy, practice, and assessment in the Australian context taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/… Message me if you're interested but can't access.

Open access article - Early childhood educators are supportive of cultural diversty but PL needed on supporting multilingual development sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #LanguageLearning #Qmethod Gary Bonar [email protected] Renata Aliani

A group of high school students in Texas somehow heard about the University of Melbourne Neurodivergent Project and reached out to share they are creating a support network within their school and are starting a Lego robotics mentoring program as a first step. The future is going to be okay.