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8:45 - 9:00 Welcome


9:00 - 10:00 Session 1


10:00 - 10:10 Micro Break


10:10 - 11:10 Session 2


11:00 - 11:20 Micro Break


11:20 - 12:20 Session 3


12:20 - 12:50 Lunch


12:50 - 13:50 Session 4


13:50 - 14:00 Micro Break


14:00 - 14:30 Closing Plenary and Celebration

Workshops Tuesday 3 August 2021

Session 1 - 9:00 - 10:00

Ayesha Albuquerque

How might we support teachers to use their pedagogical knowledge around literacy in language learning sessions?

Louise Hills

How might we design a Year 9 Japanese program so that students have agency, competency and confidence to continue language learning beyond the compulsory years?

Nicholas Gregory

How might we construct a micro-competency resource for Middle to Senior Primary learners in order to facilitate greater success in the creative use of the language?

Anisa Shkembi

How might we design the Year 8 Italian program to cater specifically for Year 8 Boys so they become more confident, capable and independent language learners who continue to stay engaged in their language learning journey?

Session 2 - 10:10 - 11:10

Parker Yang

How might we encourage student self-motivation and confidence in learning Chinese?

Linda Pietropaolo

How might we create learning experiences for year 7s in order for students to develop and consistently use successful learning strategies in support of their language acquisition?

Michelle Bates

How might we create a stronger link between teaching a language and teaching literacy?

Sean Pratt

How might we redesign a year 7 program to increase student agency and confidence in oral production of Japanese?

Session 3 - 11:20 - 12:20

Breearna Zivic

How might we motivate all learners to spontaneously use Indonesian during the school day?

Dean Fleischer

How might we design units for Year 9 French so that students become confident users of the spoken language, right here, right now?

Cathy Wu

How might we improve learner agency using student voice?


Sandra Cardillo

How might we design learning experiences for students and teachers to feel successful in their ability to use Italian spontaneously and with purpose?

Session 4 - 12:50 - 13:50

Isabel Fernandez

How might we create daily opportunities to use Italian together at school in order to be successful and confident language learners?

Monique Francis

How might we redesign our learning experience so Year 7 and 8 Japanese students feel more confident using the language and see it as a potential pathway to VCE studies?

Susan Taylor

How might we reimagine the role “School Advisor: Languages” through leveraging online potential towards more spontaneous language use in Sale diocese?

Michela Barisonzi

How might we design learning experiences so that language students experience success with using language in order to continue with their language learning past compulsory years?