AICLS news

The Department of Education and Communities has funded the professional development of teachers in NSW Community Languages Schools for many years. The Certificate in Language Teaching aims to develop teachers' skills and expertise for successful teaching of young people in the Australian context. It was written at the University of Wollongong in 2006 and revised by the University of Sydney in 2011.

For further details please view the Sydney University-Certificate in Language Teaching website.

The University of Sydney held the 'Certificate in Language Teaching' graduation in the Great Hall on Sunday, the 13th November.

AICLS congratulates the about 200 Community Languages Schools' teachers to their graduation on this day.

Special gratulations go to the following students from Wollongong:

Maha Elkordi

Snezana Mijakovac

Makatia Tiere

Pania Woetai

Velena Woetai

Zhenhao Zhang

AICLS likes to thank especially Associate Professor Ken Cruickshank for developing, leading and organising this course with its thirteen lecturers, five staff and numerous helpers at nine different teaching locations.

A new online course called 'Behaviour Management' has been put up on the EDU20 platform. 

If you are interested in enrolling, please send an email to aiclschools@gmail.com with your full name, email address and which school you are teaching at.

Please visit http://aicls.edu20.org/ for further details.

This year as part of the Viva La Gong Festival,on the 12th of November, AICLS took part in the street parade.

Several schools were marching in this parade and all students participating had a great time and were proud to represent their school.

AICLS likes to thank all the students, teachers and parents in participating.

Please see photos here in the gallery.

Congratulation to the following winners of the 2011 Student Competition:

“When I think of the place of my family’s heritage…”

High School

1st          Tenille Dirks

2nd        Tiara Nio

3rd         Barisic Duska

4th         Luka Dugandzija

Primary School

1st          Ivana Vrcelj

2nd        Aleksej Piljevic

3rd         Melissa Sterjovska

4th         Maria Karayiannis

Community Languages Schools Program
 
2011 Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Student Achievement

The Minister's Award ceremony was held on Monday, the 5th September in the Clancy Theater at the University of New South Wales. Special congratulations go to students of the AICLS South Coast Chinese Language School:  Janine Leong and Campbell Murphy 
 
If you would like to view photos of the recipients, please go tohttp://www.johndomeney.com/gallery/main.php

login: Username: awards   password:photo

then click on "Awards"

A newspaper article by The Age 24.8.2011

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/sign-of-the-times-school-finds-success-with-new-way-of-teaching-languages-20110822-1j6od.html

A new online course 'Dictation' is available for all teachers to enrol.

This course aims to increase the understanding of the value of ‘Dictations’. 

Teachers will learn to present ‘Dictations’ in a more interesting and fun way and 

therefore increase the students learning outcomes according to any NSW Language Syllabus.

The South Coast Chinese Language School opened their own website. 

http://southcoastschool.jimdo.com/

 The school will start a self study Chinese (Mandarin) course online, commencing term 3, 2011.