Media Release Released Thursday 27 March, 2025 An Opportunity Lost- Adult Migrant English Teachers ask: “When Will The Truth Be Told? “We are sadly disappointed”, said Emeritus Professor Chris Davison, President of the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA), the peak association for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, responding to the report […]
AGM NEWS: Thanks to all who attended ACTA’s AGM last night. We’re pleased to announce the names of the ACTA executive committee for 2025: President: Chris Davison Vice-president: Ronan Kelly. Thanks to Dr Helen Moore for her tireless work in the VP role in the previous year(s), and welcome and congratulations to Ronan! Secretary: Marg
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We are thrilled to start publishing articles for the 2025 Special Issue on EAL/D and Initial Teacher Education in TESOL in Context! Guest-edited by Dr Mei French (University of South Australia) and Associate Professor Julie Choi (University of Melbourne), this special issue explores critical perspectives on Initial Teacher Education and schooling for multilingual learners. The
Doctoral Dissertation Grants – International Research Foundation for English Language Education TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition. Grants of up to US $5,000 will be made to successful applicants investigating a range of topics in English language education. The application
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CALL FOR PAPERS – TESOL in Context 2025 (Vol. 34, No. 1 General Issue) TESOL in Context is calling for manuscript submissions for the first general issue for 2025, which will be overseen by Dr Ward Peeters Dr David Wei Dai and Dr Sal Consoli. TESOL in Context is an internationally refereed, diamond open access,
Hot off the press! TESOL in Context Vol. 33, No. 1 (2024) is now available! Dive into the latest research and insights shaping the TESOL and EAL/D fields. Click here to access and download the full issue for FREE. TESOL in Context is a diamond open access, Scopus-indexed, internationally refereed journal, the official publication of
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Release of New Occupational Standard Classification for Adult Literacy/Numeracy Teachers A new Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA) occupation was released by the ABS on 6 December 2024. It is 259931- Adult Literacy/Numeracy Teacher, and can be found here: Occupation 259931 Adult Literacy / Numeracy Teacher | Australian Bureau of Statistics. This is a significant
Update on the National Foundation Skills Strategy Through the National Skills Agreement, the Commonwealth, State and Territory Skills Ministers agreed to develop a 10‑year National Foundation Skills Strategy by the end of 2024 to strengthen the quality and sustainability of the sector. A Commonwealth-State working group was established earlier this year to develop the Strategy.
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4 December 2024 Following from ACTA’s submission to this Inquiry 2024 September- ACTA’s Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into Contract Management Frameworks – Australian Council of TESOL Associations, ACTA Vice-President, Helen Moore, gave evidence in a hearing on 4 December. The Hansard transcript from the hearing will be available shortly on the Inquiry website. Those interested
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Opportunity to participate in a national research project: Deadline extended! Great news! The State of EAL/D Education in Schools National Survey deadline has been extended. You now have until 20 December to take the survey. Investigating the state of English as an additional language/dialect (EAL/D) education in Australian schools and tracing EAL/D teaching courses at