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Morgan, Anne-Marie – Babel, 2010
Professional standards for the teaching profession have received considerable attention over the last decade in Australia and internationally. Teachers of languages and cultures in Australia have been active in this period in developing their own professional standards, supported by a series of nationally funded projects arising from federal…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Professional Development
Wiltshire, Jessica; Harbon, Lesley – Babel, 2010
This paper examines the nature of the "additive" experience of a bilingual French-English curriculum at Killarney Heights Public School in New South Wales. Predictably, the well-supported "additive" nature of the languages program model elicited positive reactions regarding educational success. The paper also explores issues…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, French, Bilingualism
Farmer, Kylie – Babel, 2009
The Professional Standards Project (PSP) is a nationally coordinated professional learning program for languages teachers, to improve the quality of languages teaching and, thereby, improve student learning. It is based on the use of the "Professional standards for accomplished teaching of languages and cultures" (hereafter, "the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Standards, Earth Science, Learning Modules
Saunders, Sherryl – Babel, 2009
The role of planned professional learning in being an accomplished languages and cultures teacher has never been so important. Professional learning that focuses on "becoming" an accomplished practitioner as part of an ongoing professional learning experience rather than a process of detailing deficiencies is to be applauded. Indeed, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Moloney, Robyn – Babel, 2009
Preservice student teachers are engaged in developing a critical perspective on the profession they are about to join. They are assessing the way the profession presents itself and its values, they are keen to see the opportunities it may offer for growth, and they are curious as to how their particular personal backgrounds and talents will fit…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Harbon, Lesley – Babel, 2009
At the end of 2008, the Professional Standards Project (PSP) management team conducted the final scheduled Project Advisory Committee meeting. The Project was to conclude in December 2008 with a final report and evaluation informing all stakeholders of the developments and achievements of what has to be termed a major national contribution to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Futures (of Society), Administrative Organization, Professional Development
Harbon, Lesley; Browett, Julie – Babel, 2006
Intercultural education is a familiar concept to many involved with education, as it underpins the school curriculum in an increasing number of countries in the world. Distinctly separate to intercultural education is intercultural language learning (IcLL), a specific set of principles currently at the fore of what is occurring with languages…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Language Role, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
Jansen, Louise; Stracke, Elke – Babel, 2005
In collaboration with the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Department of Education and Training, the Australian National University has been offering a professional development program for language teachers (called LIFT, or Language Inservice for Teachers) for more than ten years. As the program is specially tailored to meet teachers' current…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Inservice Education, Workshops, German
McLaughlin, Megan; Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Babel, 2005
Intercultural language learning is developing as a key direction in languages education both in Australia and elsewhere. The teaching of culture in language classes is, however, not new to language teaching, and rationales for language teaching have regularly included issues related to cultural understanding (Liddicoat, 2004). However, culture has…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Intercultural Communication
Kohler, Michelle – Babel, 2005
Views about the nature of culture and its relationship to language are constantly changing, and in relation to language learning, recent thinking has culminated in what is being termed "intercultural language learning." This orientation towards the teaching and learning of languages requires engagement with increasingly sophisticated…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Professional Development, Foreign Countries
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Shopen, Glenda – Babel, 2001
Discusses the language teaching situation in Australia and the sense of professional distance between English-as-a-Second-Language teachers and foreign language teachers, which is unproductive for the teaching of literacy. Suggests that if teachers of English and teachers of foreign languages can be encouraged to work together, the best option…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Literacy
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Tognini, Rita – Babel: Australia, 1995
Discusses a project to enhance language learning in Australian schools. The project focused on training teachers to interpret the curriculum profiles for languages other than English and English as a Second Language (ESL), make valid outcomes-based judgments about students' learning, share best practice in language and ESL teaching, and develop…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Campbell, Anne – Babel: Australia, 1995
Discusses the linkage of quality with accountability in professional development programs in Australia, with specific reference to the effect on second-language teachers. The article notes that, since the introduction of the Statements and Profiles, the Australian government has stressed the need for cooperation between the various sectors…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Agents, Cooperation, Educational Finance