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22nd AFMLTA INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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Sunday 7th July
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6.00pmConference Dinner at Elizabeth Street Pier
Hobart Function and Convention Centre
Keith Horwood Memorial Lecture presented by Professor Jane Simpson (Australian National University)
Learning and speaking First Nations languages in Australia
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Monday 8th July
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8.00amRegistration
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8.30amWelcome and Opening
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8.45amKeynote 1Professor Rafael Nunez (University of California, San Diego)
On the Tangle of Language, Thought, and Enculturation
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9.45amMorning Tea
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Room namePlenary HallTasman ATasman BTasman CWellington 1Wellington 2Green RoomRiviera
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10.15amParallel sessions 1Anne-Marie Morgan, John Hajek, Liz Ellis & Joe Lo Bianco

Starting young: Early years languages learning in Australia
Nathan Harvey & Helen Gray

Advocating for Languages – an AFMLTA priority
Antonella Macchia

Exploring opportunities for critical and creative thinking
Andrea Hayes

A statewide approach to teaching Indigenous languages
Vinh To

Languages in an Australian preschool: A case study of Vietnamese
Teresa Naso & Janelle Byrne

Journey in the development of 10 online language courses
Katy Gilles & Jason Ranieri

"Japanese Online" How online technology integrates with language education)
Linton Roe Lessons from a Bilingual School
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11.00amParallel sessions 2Amanda Macdonald

ELLA; innovative digital language learning in the early years
Jane Zaun

Student Retention in Queensland State Secondary School Language Programs
Martin East

Task-Based Language Teaching as innovation: Implications for school classrooms
Randal Smith

Breaking through walls to deliver Kuku Yalanji – Mossman State School
Anna Belousova

Russian Language and Cultural Immersion Program for Preschoolers
Jess Mikecz

Planning for the Australian Curriculum using Education Perfect
Yoji Hashimoto & Sachiyo Sekiguchi

Japanese language learner perspectives on virtual exchange classes at tertiary level
Lesley Harbon & Ruth Fielding

Assessing content through language in CLIL classrooms
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11.45amParallel sessions 3Vinh To, Melissa Wickins, Taufiq Tanasaldy & Isabel Wang

Perceptions of languages education from leaders & educators in Tasmanian primary & secondary schools
Stephanie Clayton

Eclectic factors affecting Tasmanian students’ elective second language choices
Jennifer Brown-Omichi

Teachers as Co-learners; innovation in Languages learning
Tahlia O'Brien

Consultation with Language Owners
Laura Bava

From topics to concepts - Integrating Languages Curriculum with other Learning Areas.
Florence Boulard

The Digital Student Experience in Languages at University
Shunsuke Hirakawa

Classroom activities using authentic resources
Kylie Farmer

Supporting the
implementation of CLIL through collaborative planning and resource development
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12.30pmLunch
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Room namePlenary HallTasman ATasman BTasman CWellington 1Wellington 2Green RoomRiviera
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1.15pmParallel sessions 4Melissa Gould-Drakeley

Programming real-life learning experiences for Languages students
Colin Klupiec

Languages and STEM: Disruptive Opportunities for Innovative Learning Pathways
Cynthia Dodd

Developing intercultural capability in Senior languages
Ailsa Purdon

Using Indigenous Languages in school to get the meaning across
Kirsty Jeffree

ACARA Program of Research: Languages and Work Samples Project
Chloe Briand

Breaking down classroom walls: learning language through virtual reality
Melissa Luyke & Rosanne Jacobs

Connections, Collaboration, Cooperation - Breaking Down the Walls in Japanese Language Education in WA
Rita Wang & Tip Kennedy

Engaging with diversity in a bilingual Mandarin program
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2.00pmParallel sessions 5Anne-Marie Morgan & Kylie Farmer

Conceptual perspectives and reflections on developing online Indonesian Years 3-6
Marc Favre

Raising expectations of language teaching in Australia
Sarah Glatz

Intercultural capability – a key element in breaking through walls!
Ailsa Purdon

The place of indigenous languages in education at Maningrida College
Marnie Foster

Rethinking Assessment in Languages
Kate Williams

The WA Curriculum: Languages & the Collaborative Online Classroom
Leigh Kirwan

Planning a School Tour to Japan
Felicia Wang

Narrative and Chengyu in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: Using CLIL with Young Learners
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2.45pmParallel sessions 6Miriam Parsons & Liam Sankey


Primary Languages Curriculum Implementation: A Collaborative Approach
Marc Grossman

How The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers can assist and support all language teachers
Suzanne Barry

Understanding intercultural language teaching: Links between theory and practice
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Kate Reitzenstein, Frances Dawson & Sophie Hogarth

Local Language Learning: Stories of Success
Amanda Pentti

Breaking through to consistency of teacher judgements about student achievement
Nadia Civa

The Western Australian Curriculum: Languages – the journey to implementation
Susan Allan & Belinda Kumashiro

A day of Japanese cultural experience
Greg Hughes

Making Sense from Nonsense! Teaching Chinese Characters
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3.30pmKeynote 2Professor Joseph Lo Bianco (The University of Melbourne)
New Sites and New Notions of Multilingualism: the City, the Mobile person, the School
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4.30pmAFMLTA Awards
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6.00-7.00Conference Reception at Government House Invitees only
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Tuesday 9th July
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8.45amOpening
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9.00amDebateLanguages Should Not Be Taught In Primay School
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9.45amMorning Tea
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10.15amPatji Dawes Award Presentation
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10.45amSession 7Theresa Sainty & Annie Reynolds
What can we tell you? palawa kani Language in lutruwita today
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Room namePlenary HallTasman ATasman BTasman CWellington 1Wellington 2Green RoomRiviera
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11.30amParallel sessions 8Carlos Franco

Common Formative Assessment Tasks (CFATs ) in the language classroom
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Lynne Rockliff

Grammar through “Games"
Maria Vagunda & Ans van Heijster

Spielend sprechen, sprechend spielen
Kati Varela

What I have learned from feedback and error correction strategies
Nathan Lane

Emerging technologies in languages education
Mary Garland & Anita Wood

The Languages "Snapshots" project
Andrew Scrimgeour

Learning to read in order to read to learn in CLIL Chinese
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12.15pmKeynote 3Professor John Hajek (The University of Melbourne)
How to promote languages education inside and outside the classroom? Understanding and planning a whole school approach
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1.00pmLunch
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Room namePlenary HallTasman ATasman BTasman CWellington 1Wellington 2Green RoomRiviera
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1.45pmParallel sessions 9Nathan Harvey

The Executive Edition
Caroline Miller

Universality in Particulars-Language Learning and Global Competence in an Early Childhood Classroom
Frank Keighley

Using authentic resources in Year 11-12 French program
Penelope Johnstone

Programming Conceptually in Italian (K-6) classroom
Melissa Wickins

Adopting Inquiry as a pedagogical approach in your Language program
Amy Ko

Practical Art Projects for Mandarin/Japanese Primary Classrooms
Kathleen Duquemin

When a game is not a game
Kelly Harrison

CLIL as a means of addressing new curriculum
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2.30pmParallel sessions 10Kate Reitzenstein & Nadia Civa

Bringing Languages into the Mainstream
Elena Pirovano

EAL students in the Languages class: challenges, opportunities, strategies in primary school contexts
Clement Nanbu

Innovating with teaching phonetic references and graphophonemic knowledge for adult beginner learners of French at DFSL
Ellen Moffatt

High impact Languages teaching for student retention
Veronique Canellas

Unpacking the Australian Curriculum: Languages
Hingor Chung

Fair Dinkum Games
Sharee Harrild

Let's Play with Language! Planning Japanese for preschool, primary and special needs learners
Antonella Masia

CLIL Teaching Religious Study and Italian in Italian. CLIL experience at Cabra Dominican College
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3.15-3.45Closing ceremony and Conference Presentations
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