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2025 October- 2026 ACTA Conference -Call for Papers is Now Open

ACTA International Conference The ACTA conference, hosted by ATESOL NSW, will bring together national and international educators, researchers, and leaders to explore emerging challenges and opportunities in the TESOL field in early childhood education, schools, universities, and industry. Areas will focus on developments in policy, pedagogy and research in:  national and international state of English […]

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2025 October- Reformatted EAL/D Learning Progression now available!

Dr Michael Michell, President of ATESOL NSW and former president of ACTA, has been working with ACARA to improve the accessibility of the EAL/D Learning Progression pages. The Reformatted EAL/D Learning Progression is now available as a downloadable document on the Australian Curriculum website.  See https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/student-diversity/eal-d-students#accordion-47609c6685-item-d7e361f211. Many thanks to Michael and ACARA for this great

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2025 August – Initiatives re the AMEP Curriculum and Contract Framework

Following the appointment of Dr Anne Aly as Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the new Albanese Government, ACTA is seeking to pursue the issues raised in submissions to the 2024 Parliamentary Inquiry into Government Contracts: see https://tesol.org.au/advocacy/#advocacy-3 The Adult ESOL Consultancy Group requested a meeting with Minister Aly. On 18 August, representatives met with Mr

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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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2024 December- National Foundation Skills Strategy Update

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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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 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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