‘Developing job-specific oral communication skills: Pharmacy students’
Louise Oxley, Assoc Lecturer, Student Learning (English Language), UTAS
Thu 15th November 2018, 5pm – 7pm
Derwent Sailing Squadron, 123 Marieville Esp, Sandy Bay
Past Events
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TasTESOL Forum June 2018
‘Hot stories: putting a spark into reading aloud’
Mary Blake & Sarah Brown, DoE
28 June 2018
Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, Hobart
Department of Education EAL/D teachers Mary Blake and Sarah Brown present, ‘Hot stories: putting a spark into reading aloud.’ The forum covers educational research about the value of listening to stories, how to read aloud, the rise of the audiobook, and a case study from Glenorchy Primary School – reading aloud as multiculturalism.
TasTESOL Conference 2018
Languages build communities
19 May 2018
Sacred Heart College, New Town, Hobart
Keynote presentation by Dr Elizabeth Ellis, Author and Associate Professor, Linguistics, University of New England, Armidale: ‘The Plurilingual TESOL Teacher – Insights into EAL/D learning from the teacher’s language experiences.’
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TasTESOL Conference 2018 Program
TasTESOL Conference 2018 Flier
Keynote – Liz Ellis UNE – PPT Slides
Liz Ellis, 2018 TasTESOL Conference – Working with Bilingual Children PPT Slides
Liz Ellis – The Plurilingual TESOL Teacher Book Review
Morag Porteous 2018 TasTESOL Conference – Language, the uni – CALD Communities
TasTESOL Spring Forum November 2017
Comparing TESOL and teaching language and concepts to a child with autism
2 November 2017
Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, Hobart
Lisa Risby, GETI, TasTAFE, discusses the overlap between methodologies used for teaching her son, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, and TESOL, and how approaches in one context can assist in the other.
TasTESOL Winter Forum August 2017
Generating authentic ‘real’ language practice for your students: two motivating projects
10 August 2017
Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, Hobart
Leah Rosebrock and Suzie Han from Collegiate School, Hobart, present their language enrichment programme (English and Chinese). Lisa Stautmeister from ‘joiningthedots’ discusses ‘The Welcome Dinner Project.’
TasTESOL Winter Forum June 2017
Inspire and transform
3 June 2017
C Block, TasTAFE, Launceston
The forum focuses on the themes of creating classrooms that inspire EAL/D learners and transforming learning into skills for work and life.
TasTESOL Winter Forum June 2017 Launceston – Flier
TasTESOL Winter Forum June 2017 Launceston – Program
TasTESOL Winter Forum June 2017 Launceston – Certificate of Attendance
TasTESOL Forum May 2017
A demonstration of locally produced literacy resources
18 May 2017
Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, Hobart
Jeanne Wherret, former EAL/D and special education teacher, presents and demonstrates literacy resources she has developed for her students over 30 years.
TasTESOL Conference 2017
Teaching matters: hearts and minds
1 April 2017
Sacred Heart College, New Town, Hobart
Keynote presentation by Bronwyn Custance, EAL/D and literary consultant, author, educator and course/curriculum designer: ‘Developing metalinguistic understandings through functional grammar: a possible fast-track to language learning.’
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TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Program
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Flier
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Keynote – Meta-linguistic understandings – Bronwyn Custance
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 1 – A Song a Day – Urban Lyrebirds
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 2 – Teaching Sp, Wr using pictures – Anna Kingston
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 3 – Paragraph cohesion 1 – Bill McCann
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 3 – Paragraph cohesion 2 – Bill McCann
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 4 – Cognitive Behav. Therapy & Mindfulness – Barbara Rose
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 7 – Vocab: prefixes & suffixes 1 – Marlene Chesney
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 7 – Vocab: prefixes & suffixes 2 – Marlene Chesney
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 7 – Vocab: prefixes & suffixes 3 – Marlene Chesney
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 7 – Vocab: prefixes & suffixes 4 – Marlene Chesney
TasTESOL Conference 2017 – Workshop 7 – ‘Unlocking Literacy’ Chp 7 – Marlene Chesney
TasTESOL Spring Forum October 2016
English spelling with a focus on helping Arabic speakers
27 October 2016
Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, Hobart
Dr Giovanna MacFarlane, UTAS English Language Centre, discusses how English spelling patterns can be found and presented to speakers of Arabic and other languages to help them overcome difficulties with spelling.
TasTESOL Evening Forum August 2016
Dyslexia: a troubled past but brighter future
25 August 2016
Derwent Sailing Squadron, Sandy Bay, Hobart
Rosie Martin, speech pathologist, Speech Pathology Tasmania and Chatter Matters, examines dyslexia’s past, present and future, and how knowledge gained puts us in a better position to respond to mainstream & EAL/D students with dyslexia.