Students at Iowa State University's Polyglot Club share why #multilingualism is important! “I think studying and speaking other languages contributes to greater understanding among people, which is vitally important as we live together and share the planet." bit.ly/383Awwa

Teachers of all languages in schools or community language centres are encouraged to participate in Teacher Survey 2 to contribute data about language teacher qualifications and experience. nlps.afmlta.asn.au

Not only is #multilingualism critical skill in today's globalized society, the ability to speak another #language also offers more opportunities to connect with others and form lasting friendships! bit.ly/3mU9bB2

Effective Questioning During Virtual Learning middleweb.com/44050/effectiv…

Scouts can show their language skills with pride! The interpreter strip shows which languages a Scout can speak, signifying their ability to help interpret in that language. bit.ly/2TWZOEa

Make sure you register for this event! Joe’s recorded talk and the Online Q&A Forum will be captioned

Free ALAA event Prof. Emeritus Joe Lo Bianco: What kind of political activity is applied linguistics? What kind of political community are applied linguists? What are the language problems we aim to solve?MLTAACT @MLTAV @MLTASA MLTAWA MLTAQ trading as LTQ MLTA NSW NZALT New Zealand FIPLV LCNAU

Excellent point Greg Whitby AM. KSG.

Looks like a lot of learning and fun! Rebecca Glynn

Good question!

How very sad for the people of Tasmania that the potential pipeline of languages teachers and opportunities for students to pursue their languages learning into university will now need to come from/happen on mainland Australia. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/… via The Daily Telegraph

Greater Brisbane will go into a hard three-day lockdown after one local case of COVID was recorded on Thursday. 7news.com.au/news/qld/great…

Three-day lockdown imposed on Greater Brisbane to stop spread of mutant COVID strain abc.net.au/news/2021-01-0…

An interesting article on why #language #learning has increased during the #pandemic despite being in a closed world? bbc.com/worklife/artic… via BBC Worklife

Is it possible to set up a PowerPoint slide to show students while they wait in the lobby in Microsoft teams? Please retweet!

Axing protection for national strategic languages is no way to build ties with Asia via The Conversation Africa theconversation.com/axing-protecti…

Australian Children's Television Foundation have languages versions of their TV series available in their shop, with more to be made available shortly: actf.com.au/news/view/1811…

#afmlta23 has begun! President Gillian Cordy welcomes delegates

#afmlta23 keynote begins with Joanna McPake, Reader in Education, University of Strathclyde, about languages education policy in Scotland ⁦MLTAQ trading as LTQ⁩ ⁦@MLTAV⁩ ⁦MLTA NSW⁩ ⁦MLTAWA⁩ ⁦MLTAACT⁩ ⁦NZALT New Zealand⁩ ⁦LCNAU⁩

#afmlta23 McPake shares the Scotland context ⁦MLTAQ trading as LTQ⁩ ⁦@MLTAV⁩ ⁦MLTA NSW⁩ ⁦MLTAWA⁩ ⁦MLTAACT⁩ ⁦NZALT New Zealand⁩ ⁦LCNAU⁩