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To support you and your students to prepare for the HSC, the Languages and Culture team has created an engaging video resource, in a 'You can't ask that'-style format, asking past students from a range of languages, contexts and schools, for the advice they would give current students studying Stage 6 Beginners and Continuers languages courses. The 'Reflections and advice from past HSC students' resource includes students' reflections on what worked well, what they liked and what they found challenging. It can be used to prompt a class discussion on how to best prepare for the HSC. The resource includes 2 videos with students, with reflection questions to prompt discussion. The resource explores: the benefits of learning a language in Stage 6 effective techniques to prepare for the HSC.

Do you lead the Languages KLA in a NSW public school? You may be a head teacher, a faculty coordinator, or even the only language teacher in your school. The Languages and Culture team have updated and rebadged their head teacher document, making it a more inclusive guide for teachers and head teachers who lead Languages faculties. 'Leading Languages 7-12' ensures a common understanding of the Languages KLA. With so many language teachers being the only language teacher at their school and/or being supervised by a non-languages trained head teacher, the guide's new name and content reflect the leadership roles so many of you have in your schools, while still being a document to support head teachers. It has also been updated to include the new languages syllabuses released in 2022. If you teach languages 7-12 in a NSW public school, please take a look. And remember, the best place to access support directly from the team is through the Languages statewide staffroom. Not a member yet? Complete the short entry survey to join.

Did you miss the Term 2 statewide staff meeting? Don't worry - the recording is available on YouTube and the slides are attached.

The NSW Department of Education has re-released their 'Quirky comics' resources. The comics are available in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese, and provide entertaining video texts to support language learning.

On Thursday 18 May, 4-5 pm, the Languages and Culture team will present their Term 2 statewide staff meeting, focusing on the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus and the support they are developing to assist teachers 7-10 with programming. Please enrol via MyPL. Course code: NR29242 Session name: Languages statewide staff meeting - Term 2, 2023 Date: Thursday 18 May Time: 4-5 pm Venue: MS Teams - the link to the meeting will be emailed to you with your enrolment confirmation from MyPL Teachers from all sectors are welcome. If you're not registered on MyPL, visit https://mypl.education.nsw.gov.au/auth/login

The Sydney North Network is holding a full-day meeting in Term 2, on Tuesday 16 May. The focus of the meeting will be on collaboration for the new K-10 Modern Language Syllabus. Please enrol on MyPL. Course code: NR25838 Event: Sydney North Term 2 network day Date: Tuesday 16 May 2023 Time: 8:30 am-2:30 pm Venue: Lindfield Learning Village For more information, please contact the network leader Margaret Wajs.

One of the aspects of the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus which we really like is that the outcomes and content for Stage 5 allow for clearer progression into Stage 6 Continuers. To showcase this for you, the Languages and Culture team has created 3 infographics - one for each of the focus areas (interacting, understanding texts and creating texts) and highlighted the connections with Stage 6 Continuers outcomes. Scroll through to explore the set.

In the new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus, students develop intercultural capability across all 3 focus areas – interacting, understanding texts and creating texts. Intercultural capability is the capacity to exchange, understand and create meaning between people and across languages and cultures. This infographic explores the ways you can include intercultural capability in your classrooms through discussion, examples, resources, texts, topics and content. It is important to remember culture is not taught separately to language. Language and culture are intertwined - students learn not only the grammar and vocabulary but also how to communicate in the cultural context of the language.

NESA has released 3 Accredited PD courses for their new K-10 languages syllabuses (Modern Languages, Classical Languages and Aboriginal Languages). These are self-paced learning modules which allow teachers to engage and interact with each syllabus, and check their understanding by completing a range of activities. Each course will contribute 2.5 hours of NESA Accredited PD in the priority area of Delivery and Assessment of NSW Curriculum. To access the courses, visit https://lms.nesa.nsw.edu.au/

🥐 The National Association of French Language Teachers is holding a Year 12 study skills day at Sydney University on Saturday 20 May: Continuers 8:30am-12pm Beginners 8:30am-12pm Extension 12:45-3pm Visit the NAFT website for full details. 🍣 JTAN is holding the following events at SCEGGS Darlinghurst for Year 12 students: Japanese Continuers Speaking Day, Saturday 3 June Japanese Beginners Speaking Day, Saturday 17 June Registration closes on 24 May and places are limited. For students to attend, teachers are required to be members of JTAN and participate on the day. Visit JTAN's website for full details. 🥘 The Spanish Teachers' Association of NSW is holding a speaking practice day for Beginners, Continuers and Extension courses on Saturday 17 June at Wenona School, North Sydney Continuers 10am-12pm Beginners 1-3pm Extension 1-2:30pm Registration closes on 1 June. Visit the STANSW website for full details.

Welcome to our new-look blog, now hosted on Wix. 👋 We had to move over here, as our previous platform was having a few hiccups. The domain name is the same, but you'll notice a few changes - we no longer have language-specific pages, and subscribers can now leave comments. Since 2013, Languages NSW has been supporting language teachers in NSW with news about events, resources and professional learning, and that won't change. If the first few posts look familiar, that's because we're reposting anything relating to the new syllabuses. After that, it'll all be new and fresh! 😊 We look forward to providing you support.

The new Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus and Classical Languages K-10 Syllabus are presented in digital format on the NSW Curriculum site. We've created 2 videos to show you how to access the curriculum, so you can see how to navigate the content and learn about some of the great new features. How to access the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus How to access the Classical Languages K-10 Syllabus