LANGUAGES

THE AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGES CURRICULUM: ENDORSED AND IMPROVED

On 18 September, 2015, the following Media Release was made by ACARA Communications and Strategic Relations:

Today the Education Council has endorsed Australian Curriculum in eight learning areas.

Amongst the released learning areas, we also received the Australian Curriculum for Languages - the Foundation – Year 10 Australian Curriculum for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Spanish and Vietnamese. More languages are still further developed and will be released at a later point.

This is an exciting time for all Language enthusiasts as the importance of Languages has been acknowledged in the Australian Curriculum as a key learning area.

In a global world and with regards to the aims of our CIS standards of educating students to become fluent in another language, Language educators appreciate the changes that should support the students´ learning of Languages in Australia.

If you are interested in more detail, please click on the links below!

http://www.acara.edu.au/curriculum/learning_areas/languages.html  and

http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/languages/introduction/about-the-languages

Andrea Fowler

Head of Languages

GERMAN EXCHANGE PROGRAM INFORMATION

An information meeting for Year 8 and 9 German students and parents will be held on Tuesday 10 November at 7:00pm in the Lecture Theatre. A prerequisite for eligibility for the program is to be continuing to study German. Attendance at the meeting is also a prerequisite for participation. Language students and parents will receive information about the exchange program and an invitation for the information meeting in an email. So keep your eyes open and do not miss this important date!  

If you are unable to attend this meeting, but would like to receive further information, please contact the exchange coordinator Mr Nutting by email.

Mr Nutting

German Exchange Coordinator