Multi-Lingual Learning Community Yarra MLLC Multi-Lingual Learning Community

Welcome and Prayer O Lord, Grant me your strength, so I will have courage in every situation; Grant me your love, so I may love others as you love me; Grant me your wisdom, so I will show others the path to success; Grant me your mercy, so I will forgive those who have hurt me; Grant me your peace, so I will find the best in everybody; Grant me your hope, so I will never give up; Grant me your joy, so I will be thankful for all my blessings; And Grant me your grace, so you will always be at my side. Amen David Bennett http://www.churchyear.net/prayer/prayerforteachers.html

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Australian Curriculum Strand Sub-strand Communicating: Using language for communicative purposes in interpreting, creating and exchanging meaning. 1.1 Socialising 1.2 Informing 1.3 Creating 1.4 Translating 1.5 Reflecting

Australian Curriculum Understanding: Analysing and understanding language and culture as resources for interpreting and shaping meaning in intercultural exchange. 2.1 Systems of language Understanding language as a system, including sound, writing, grammatical and textual conventions. 2.2 Language variation and change Understanding how languages vary in use (register, style, standard and non-standard varieties) and change over time and place. 2.3 The role of language and culture Analysing and understanding the role of language and culture in the exchange of meaning.

Australian Curriculum From Andrew Fergerson MLTAV March 5th: What the AC means for your students #1 • Language-specific descriptions of expected Achievement Standards, e.g. Italian Years 3 and 4 Achievement Standard By the end of Year 4, students understand a range of spoken, written, and multimodal texts on familiar topics, including home life, friends and classroom activities. They use Italian to communicate and to interact, for example, to exchange greetings and to address people, using appropriate language and pronunciation …. Australian Curriculum

Australian Curriculum What the AC means for your students #2 • More ‘reflection’ Sub-Strand ‘Reflecting’ Participating in intercultural exchange, questioning reactions and assumptions; and considering how interaction shapes communication and identity, e.g. Identity in intercultural interaction ‘Thread’ (Indonesian Years 7 & 8; 7-10 Sequence) “Participate in learning and using Indonesian, noticing how aspects of identity such as family background, age, school and interests impact on intercultural exchange”. Australian Curriculum

Australian Curriculum What the AC means for your students #3 • More ‘reflection’ Sub-Strand ‘Language Variation and Change’ Understanding how languages vary in use (register, style, standard and non-standard varieties) and change over time and place, e.g. Language change ‘Thread’ (French Years 9 & 10; F-10 Sequence) Explore changes to both French and Australian English, and identify reasons for these changes, such as technology, popular culture and intercultural exchange from Andrew Ferguson powerpoint to MLTAV teach meet March 5th at St James in Bentleigh.

Australian Curriculum General capabilities In the Australian Curriculum, general capabilities encompass knowledge, skills, behaviours, and dispositions that, together with curriculum content in each learning area and the cross-curriculum priorities, will enable students to live and work successfully in the 21st century. There are seven general capabilities: literacy numeracy information and communication technology (ICT) capability critical and creative thinking personal and social capability ethical understanding intercultural understanding.

Australian Curriculum Cross-curriculum priorities The Australian Curriculum gives special attention to three cross-curriculum priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia sustainability. Australian Curriculum

Australian Curriculum Links to other learning areas In addition to being a means through which people engage in communication, language is a means through which knowledge is constructed, developed, represented, negotiated, stored, contested, discussed, communicated, taught and learnt. Australian Curriculum

Australian Curriculum 350 hours of learning undertaken across Foundation to Year 6 (the equivalent of 5% of the total teaching time per year) 160 hours of learning undertaken across Years 7 and 8 (the equivalent of 8% of the total teaching time per year) a further 160 hours of learning undertaken across Years 9 and 10 (the equivalent of 8% of the total teaching time per year Australian Curriculum

Australian Curriculum indicative hours total per year hr/week min/week F-6 350 50 1.428571 85.71429 yr7,8 160 80 2.285714 137.1429 yr9,10

Australian Curriculum Where does what I teach now fit into the Australian Curriculum? What is new for me?

Australian Curriculum Strand Sub-strand Communicating: Using language for communicative purposes in interpreting, creating and exchanging meaning. 1.1 Socialising 1.2 Informing 1.3 Creating 1.4 Translating 1.5 Reflecting

Australian Curriculum Understanding: Analysing and understanding language and culture as resources for interpreting and shaping meaning in intercultural exchange. 2.1 Systems of language Understanding language as a system, including sound, writing, grammatical and textual conventions. 2.2 Language variation and change Understanding how languages vary in use (register, style, standard and non-standard varieties) and change over time and place. 2.3 The role of language and culture Analysing and understanding the role of language and culture in the exchange of meaning.

Hot issue Context Evaluation What could be done? What happened? What will I try?

Solutions Sharing People in my Solutions Group. Names Emails Commitment to share, evaluate and continue either at the next meeting on May 8th, or by email if attending that meeting is not possible for you.

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