Events

We live in chaotic times, filled with news of conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, and rising tensions over China’s actions in the Indo-Pacific. Join us to explore the current global conflicts and their impact on the world order and the rule of international law that has underpinned Australia’s security, prosperity, and stability for the past seventy years.

Join our 2-day workshop for QLD teachers of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean to enhance teaching skills during the school and UQ mid-term break

This session will focus on Dialogic Language Assessment (DLA), with insights drawn from its trial implementation in Japanese-English bilingual primary schools in Australia. We will explore how DLA can more effectively and reliably measure and assess students' Japanese language skills. The future practical implications of DLA across different educational sectors will also be provided.

Presented by Dr Lucy Fraser

The symposium will evaluate the current system for becoming qualified language teachers, address PD needs and training opportunities for teachers of Asian languages, address problems surrounding opportunities for anyone in Australia within the education system for language learning (particularly those with Asian language background), and propose a change to increase the number of qualified teachers in Australian schools.

This session will focus on instruction language in Japanese. Drawing on newly developed materials, we will discuss what Japanese phrases and expressions teachers can provide as feedback and comments to students in various classroom situations. This will also be addressed through a hands-on activity.

This session will discuss the application of a theory in Japanese language teaching practice, introducing a communicative activity (ミステリー先生・生徒) that is rooted in a motivation theory called Self-Determination Theory.