Program

8:45–9:15am

Registration

9:15–9:45am

Opening ceremony

• Dr Kayoko Hashimoto (Organiser)
• Prof Greg Hainge (Head, UQ School of Languages and Cultures)
• Mr GOMAKUBO Junji (Consul-General of Japan, Brisbane)

9:45–10:35am

Teacher Pathways

Chair: Kayoko Hashimoto (UQ)

(1) Individual Paper: "Empowering Future Asian Language Teachers: Enhancing School-University Collaboration" by Maggie Jin (St Peters Lutheran College, QLD)

(2) Individual Paper (via Zoom): "Pathways to Teaching Global Languages in Australian Schools" by Naomi Fillmore (UQ)

10:40am–12pm

Priority Languages

Chair: Wendy Jiang (UQ)

(3) Individual Paper (via Zoom); "Prioritized but Declining: An Analysis of Student Participation in Asian Languages Courses in Secondary School 2001-2021" by Louisa Field (University of Sydney)

(4) Individual Paper: "The Last Batch" by Itin Hadijah (BBBIQ)

(5) Roundtable Discussion: "Stories from Teaching and Learning Vietnamese at Homes and Language Centres in Australia" by Hao Tran (UQ), Huong Nguyen (UQ), Thao Nguyen (UQ), Linh Chu (UQ), and Nguyen the Duong (Viet Academy, QLD)

12–1pm

Lunch (at the foyer)

1–1:55pm

Teacher's Perspectives

Chair: Rowena Ward (University of Wollongong)

(6) Individual Paper: "Mission Impossible: Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Chinese in Queensland Secondary Schools" by Wendy Jiang (UQ)

(7) Roundtable Discussion: "Empowering Japanese Language Education: Addressing Challenges and Pathways for Native and Heritage Speakers in Queensland" by Chilmeg Elden (UQ),  Rebecca Murray (Kenmore State High School, QLD), Yumi Martin (Brisbane State High School, QLD), Angela Chang (Springfield State Central State High School, QLD) and Joy Balfour (Cavendish Road State High School).

2–3:45pm

Heritage Speakers

Chair: Kayoko Hashimoto (UQ)

(8) Individual Paper: "Motivations for studying an Asian language in Australia" by Rowena Ward (University of Wollongong)

(9) Individual Paper (via Zoom): "Australian Curriculum and Chinese-Australian Students - Supporting Home Language Maintenance and Development" by Wei Wei (Flinders University, SA)

(10) Individual Paper (via Zoom): "Korean immigrants' acculturation in Australia: perceptions on cultural identity, cultural differences, and unfairness" by Min Jung Jee (UQ)

(11) Individual Paper: "Heritage language as Mediation of Transnational Habitus and Capital: Case Studies of Chinese Immigrants' Economic Adjustments in Australia" by Lantin Wang (UQ)

3:45–4pm

Closing Remarks