Last year, an Expert Panel was appointed by the ACT Minister for Education to develop recommended actions to address equity gaps and improve literacy and numeracy outcomes in all ACT public schools. Their Final Report is now publicly available and is well worth a read. In particular, we highly …
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Are you an EAL teacher? Here are 4 reasons why you should become a TEMC Tutor
The Teaching in English in multilingual classrooms (TEMC) course focuses on the needs of multilingual students, in particular EAL students, and ways to ensure their success in learning. Why become a TEMC Tutor in your school? 1. Implement evidence-based strategies to improve your students’ reading …
Continuous success at Pakenham College
A few years ago, we shared with you a research conducted in 2018 and evaluating the whole-school implementation of an explicit language-based pedagogy in one of the most economically disadvantaged schools in Victoria, Australia. We are excited today to be sharing with you two exciting updates …
How to develop students’ vocabulary in Mathematics
Mathematics is an interesting case because it uses three ways of making meaning: language, visuals and the symbolic (ie equations). Understanding mathematics is understanding all these three aspects, but here, we would like to focus on the patterns of language. For example, what are the patterns …
How to develop students’ vocabulary by using semantic webs
The development of vocabulary is an interesting area of concern for the following reasons: It is the one aspect of language most subject teachers talk about and usually the one aspect of their students’ language they complain most about. It is a misunderstood aspect of language and perhaps …
How can understanding Genres revolutionise your teaching
As teachers, our pedagogy ought to be shaped by an understanding of the role of language in learning and how this underpins the construction of knowledge. This is why we, as teachers, need to have a comprehensive understanding of Genres and the language resources associated with each, so that we can …