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2025 June – Important research: Supporting EAL learners effectively

Supporting EAL learners effectively: Important research   A new research report from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) examines 9 years of data from over 110,000 NSW students and reveals that Australian English as an additional language (EAL) learners need sustained support to thrive academically. One key finding from the research was that students commencing […]

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2025 May- TESOL in Context Call for Guest Editor Proposals

CALL FOR GUEST EDITOR PROPOSALS TESOL in Context 2026 Special Issue   TESOL in Context (TIC) invites Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from prospective guest editors for its 2026 Special Issue, the second issue of the calendar year.  This issue is an opportunity to bring together a collection of scholarly and practice-oriented articles that address a theme of current

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2025 April – Inaugural Meeting of ACTA’s new Teacher Education Consultancy Group

The inaugural meeting of ACTA’s new Teacher Education Consultancy Group took place on 15 April 2025.  Co-convenors, ACTA President, Chris Davison and ACTA Vice President, Ronan Kelly, welcomed members from universities across Australia. The meeting began with a presentation by Carly Steel (with Julian Chen, Kim Andreassen, Toni Dobinson, Stephanie Dryden, Curtin University; Leonardo Veliz,

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2025 April- Joint Schools/Indigenous EAL/D Consultancy Group Guest Speaker: How long does it take to learn English?

How long does it take to learn English? On April 8, 2025, members of the combined ACTA Schools/Indigenous EALD Consultancy Groups attended an important presentation by Dr Lucy Lu from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO). Dr Lu presented a summary of recent AERO research into how long it takes EAL students in NSW schools to develop

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2025 April- Introducing the ACTA Tertiary Education Consultancy Group

ACTA has just launched a Tertiary Education Consultancy Group, an expansion of the Refugee Youth group which focused on tertiary entry. This consultancy group aims to provide leadership and advocacy for English as an additional language/dialect students in Australian tertiary education, and to advance quality English language provision from pathway programs to graduation from degrees.

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2025 March- Media Release- An Opportunity Lost. Adult migrant English teachers ask: “When will the truth be told?”

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

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2025 March- Pre-publication of TESOL in Context Special Issue on EAL/D and Initial Teacher Education

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. Several

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2025 February-News of Grants for Language Education Theses

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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