VicTESOL will host the ACTA conference September 30- 3 October 2014 in Melbourne at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf.
Professor Viv Edwards
Professor of Language in Education/Director of National Centre for Language and Literacy
University of Reading, U.K.
Professor Amy Tsui
Chair of Language and Education
University of Hong Kong.
Ester De Jong
Associate Professor, ESOL/Bilingual
Foreign Language Education
School of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
University of Florida.
Professor Joe Lo Bianco
Professor of Language and Literacy Education
University of Melbourne.
Professor Chris Davison
Head of School of Education
University of New South Wales.
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Professor Chris Davison, Head of School Arts, Education, University of New South Wales gave the opening keynote on Friday 26, with Professor Kristina Love, Head of School (Victoria) Australian Catholic University, Dr Jennifer Hammond, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney, and Dr Russell Cross, Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education, Melbourne Graduate School of Education providing keynote addresses over the two days.
I want to congratulate you and VIC TESOL on a terrific conference. No doubt you have already received plenty of positive feedback. You have certainly set the bar very high for the next conference, which I will be eagerly awaiting. The conference was well organised with lots of choices of relevant and practical workshops. The workshops that I attended gave me a great overview of some of the existing and new strategies being trialled or used in the field. I was able to take away lots of useful and practical ideas.
Keynote speaker Professor Chris Davison
Reclaiming Assessment: Assessment for Learning in TESOL
Keynote speaker Dr Russell Cross
Multilingual learners in a monolingual system: Reclaiming literacy for the needs of ESL
Workshop participants:
Engaging adult migrants and refugees in the ESL classroom
Workshop participants:
Literature perspectives: Growing up multicultural - Australians writing from many backgrounds
Transforming ESL Pedagogy: Educating for Success in Learning
The Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne
7 - 8 September, 2009
The 2009 ESL conference sponsored by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) provided Victorian ESL educators with the first opportunity in many years to participate in a major professional learning event. Presentations are now available for download below.
Victorian Department of Education Initiatives
Globalisation and Inclusive Practices
