The ACTA Consultancy Group on Indigenous English as an Additional Language or Dialect provided feedback on the draft International Decade of Indigenous Languages Priorities Paper (the Priorities Paper) in 2023. In partnership with the International Decade of Indigenous Languages Direction Group (the Directions Group), the authors of the draft Paper incorporated ACTA’s feedback into the […]
Calling all EAL/D Educators and Researchers! TESOL in Context invites you to submit abstracts for a special issue focussing on “EAL/D and Initial Teacher Education”, set for online publication in June 2025. We’re looking for papers that engage the voices & experiences of pre-service and early career EAL/D teachers; and address the urgent needs
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The ACTA Council regretfully announces that on March 21, 2024, the President of VicTESOL notified the ACTA Secretary of VicTESOL’s resignation from ACTA, effective immediately. No reasons were given. To read the resignation email, click here. Please note that ACTA’s membership consists of State and Territory TESOL associations. It is a national peak Council and
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Secondary Teachers You are invited to participate in a research study focusing on the experiences and perceptions of Australian secondary school teachers regarding student online/virtual exchange programs, where students have connected online with peers from other schools either synchronously or asynchronously. The study is being conducted by Chris Higgins, a PhD candiate at CQ University. The
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ACTA is delighted to announce the winner of their 2023-2024 research grant of $10000, awarded to the submission that best speaks to ACTA’s national interests and priorities in the EAL/D field. Congratulations to the following researchers: Toni Dobinson- Curtin University, WA Carly Steele – Curtin University, WA Julian Chen – Curtin University, WA Leonardo Veliz – University
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VicTESOL and QATESOL have sent a joint response to the Productivity Commission draft report into Early Childhood Education and Care. To read their submission, click here. To learn read about this Inquiry and read other submissions, click here
Closing the Gap Webinar Recording On 29 February the Commission hosted a webinar where Commissioners Romlie Mokak and Natalie Siegel-Brown shared key messages from the Closing the Gap Review. See the recording of the webinar below. Other resources can be found on the Commission’s website. Share your Experience of the Review The Productivity Commission
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ATESOL ACT has made a submission to the ACT Government Inquiry into Literacy & Numeracy in ACT Government Schools. It makes some general points about current issues in approaches to literacy. To read this submission, click here.
ACTA had a meeting with key members of the federal Department of Education’s National Schools Reform Agreement Task Force recently and committed ACTA to several follow actions, including: Developing a draft of what a national EAL/D measure can do, how it addresses Recommendation 5c, what it might look like, and what would be involved in
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Following a meeting with interim ACARA CEO Stephen Gniel and Director, Curriculum Sharon Foster on 8 February ACTA was asked to review the proposed changes to the existing ACARA EAL/D Course Advice and Annotations. To kick off the review Sharon Foster spoke to a joint forum of the ACTA Schools and First Nations EAL/D Consultancy
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