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of other people’s daily life and culture, and through enquiry, bring light to a child’s self-knowledge and appreciation. It must use hands-on active pedagogies and enquiry, coherent with the rest of K-6 pedagogies. MLTA NSW is ready to take a role in supporting the development of NSW teachers in this professional area.
We urge the committee to support language learning for every primary child in multicultural NSW through this curriculum initiative.
We suggest that existing talented primary language teachers, of who there are many, can assume mentoring and leadership roles in assisting with professional learning for new teachers.
15-day tours include 1 week of lessons at one of TETC's Education Partners in Japan, Spain, Italy and France, with a selection of relevant sightseeing and cultural experiences.
Lessons are provided in Japanese, Spanish, French or Italian to language students, and in English to other students, in
separate classrooms.
An affordable European tour, including two teachers, requires
between 15 and 20 students. The odds of sourcing all students from one subject is often challenging, but by combining with another subject, teachers increase the opportunity of reaching
that target, with a minimum of just 8 students per subject. Students benefit from content which is relevant to topics and
outcomes required by their school and the Australian Curriculum. TETC’s programs also feature Outdoor Classroom excursions and Lessons on the Move, that
continue the student’s lessons while they travel and experience another country.
In preparation for the tour, TETC liaises directly with teachers and can also assist with submission documentation including risk-management.
Mara Spessot is TETC’s Curriculum & Education Advisor, a LOTE teacher herself with over 30 years of experience who
regularly liaises and brainstorms with TETC in our quest for quality high-educational content programs.
www.tetc.tours
OVERSEAS LANGUAGE STUDY TOURS WITH A FEW STUDENTS ARE POSSIBLE
It is a proven fact that Educational Tours are powerful incentives
for students to persevere with the language, but teachers can be caught in a vicious circle: Low number of students, little incentive or encouragement for language students to stay on,
the difficulties the teacher sometimes face to build up numbers and continue through to senior studies.
TETC Managing Director, Marc Boniface, has developed cross- curricular tour solutions that benefit both subjects:
􏰀So many so-called cross-curricular tours cannibalise the Language component to the detriment of the Language students. TETC caters for both subjects in
separate classes.􏰁
Language teachers can now greatly improve the odds of running
an overseas language tour by sourcing also from History, Geography, Human Sciences, Visual Arts or History of Religions subjects, depending on the destination and subjects taught at their school.
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