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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 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 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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2024 December- Parliamentary Inquiry into AMEP Contract Management *Updated

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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2024 December- The State of EAL/D Education in Schools National Survey is now open until 20 December!

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

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2024 December- Announcement: Winner of the 2024 Penny McKay Memorial Award

Announcement: Along with our partners the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)  and the Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand (ALTAANZ),  we are delighted to announce that Dr. Susanne Stanyer is the winner of the 2024 Penny McKay Memorial Award. Susanne completed her PhD at the University of New South

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2024 November- ACTA’s Submission to Senate Education Inquiry into the Better and Fairer Schools Bill

ACTA’s submission to the Senate Education Inquiry into the Better and Fairer Schools Bill has now been published. Our submission includes ACTA’s response to the NT Government’s recent announcement that targeted funding for bilingual programs will be pooled within the ‘needs-based’ allocations to schools. Click here to read submissions to the committee on the APH

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2024 September-ACTA’s Contribution to the Foundation for Learning and Literacy Symposium is online!

Announcement: We are thrilled to announce that ACTA’s contribution to the Foundation for Learning and Literacy Symposium is now online! Join ACTA Councillor Fran Murray as she explores “The role of First Language in Learning: The Power of Literature in students’ First Language in developing Bilingualism and Biculturalism” with co-presenters Jacinta Alimankini, Rachel Kantilla (Wurrumiyanga)

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2024 September- ACTA’s Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into Contract Management Frameworks

Announcement: ACTA’s submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the contract management frameworks operated by Commonwealth entities is now online. Our submission consists of two files: ACTA’s submission (re the Administration of the Adult Migrant English Program contracts) ‘Exhibits’: Evidence the supports arguments that are made in our submission Click here to read our submission. Click

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