New to TESOL

ACTA receives many enquiries from people who are thinking of becoming ESL teachers and who want to know what employment opportunities there are and what TESOL training courses they should undertake. The following links are suggested starting points.

Please note ACTA does not endorse any particular course or provide employment in TESOL.

• Careers in TESOL - VicTESOL's FAQs
• WATESOL FAQS - from Western Australia
• TESOL Education and Employment in the ACT - from ATESOL ACT

For further information about teaching internationally:

• Beginning a career in TESOL - from the TESOL International website

Australian online journals

• TESOL in Context
  TESOL in Context is the publication of the Australian Council for TESOL Associations (ACTA) for teachers, researchers and others interested in TESOL in Australia and internationally. Normally, two issues are produced each year.
• Papers in Language Testing and Assessment
  An international journal of the Association for Language Testing and Assessment of Australia and New Zealand.
• Literacy and Numeracy Studies: An international journal in the education and training of adults
  Contains articles on adult language, literacy and numeracy in Australia. Available by free subscription through an open source access journal available online. Register and you can access all articles. Includes articles on adult migrant and indigenous learners of English as an additional language.
• English Australia Journal
  A professional journal for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, specifically to international students, within and outside Australia.
• Journal of Academic Language and Learning
  A peer-reviewed scholarly journal which is devoted to the interests of educators who provide academic language and learning development to students and staff in tertiary education settings - from the Australian Association for Academic Language and Learning (AALL).
• Prospect: An Australian Journal of Teaching/Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
  Prospect acted as a forum for those professionally involved in TESOL and applied linguistics. It reflected research and professional issues in TESOL and applied linguistics, including the adult and school sectors. It also explored the relationship between research, theory, practice and professional development.The journal ceased publication in 2009, but all issues from 1985 to 2009 are archived on the AMEP Research Centre website.

   

Refugees

These are external links to organisations advocating for and providing services to refugees and asylum seekers in Australia.

• Refugee Council of Australia
  The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is the national umbrella body for refugees and people seeking asylum and those who support them. We have around 200 organisational and over 1,000 individual members. We are a nonprofit organisation which is completely independent of government. You can help us keep fighting for refugees and people seeking asylum by becoming a member, donating, volunteering or taking part in our campaigns.
• Refugee Education Special Interest Group
  The Refugee Education SIG is a group of people from the community, higher education, vocational education and school sectors who have an interest in supporting educational opportunities for students from refugee backgrounds.
• Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Victoria)
  The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is an independent not-for-profit organisation, whose programs support and empower people seeking asylum to maximise their own physical, mental and social well being. As a movement, we mobilise and unite communities to create lasting social and policy change for people seeking asylum in Australia. On the ground programs are in Melbourne.
• United National High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
• Amnesty International
  Amnesty advocates for refugees and asylum seekers, including championing solutions to increase Australia’s humanitarian intake, end offshore detention and bring refugees to safety.
• Red Cross 
  Red Cross provides help and support to refugees, people seeking asylum, people in immigration detention and other people who are vulnerable as a result of migration.
• Settlement Council of Australia (SCoA)
  SCoA is the national peak body for settlement. SCoA is a network of settlement service providers with an aim to create a cohesive voice to improve collaborative strategic planning processes.
• Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
  The AMEP provides up to 510 hours of English language tuition to eligible migrants and humanitarian entrants to help them learn foundation English language and settlement skills to enable them to participate socially and economically in Australian society.
• Australian Refugee Association (South Australia) 
  support newly arrived communities and individuals, empowering them to participate actively in all aspects of life in Australia.