Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations Inc.
Resources
Sample Documents
Unit of Work support
Information and resources, which segments C&D have been provided to CLS via the Google Classroom. This includes:
•The FAQs
Google Classroom ? Accreditation Support
Using the Google Classroom infrastructure, a generic Accreditation Support Classroom was set-up, which all community language school principals across Australia have access to. In this classroom, training videos, resources and information are shared to support CLS in getting their accreditation documentation ready.
Presentationis
- Socrative Workshop
- Developing Global Leaders
- Creating Activities for the Different Learning Styles
- Cartoon Story Maker
- How To Create A Tetris Game
- How To Enter Languages OnLine
- Engaging and Motivating LOTE Learners
- Classroom management
- Emotional Intelligence LTP - For Teachers
- Emotional Intelligence LTP - For Schools
Drama: No barriers to language
Artistic Experiences Enhance The Way People
connect to the world and express their
feelings of life and sense of humanity
Other Links
How maintenance of first language
helps in English language and cognitive development
www.acsso.org.au/publications/#lflt (Click on 'leaflets')
For teachers and other professionals working with multilingual families
- www.mltav.asn.au/advocacy/
- www.rumaccc.unimelb.edu.au
- www.learninglinks.org.au/pdf/infosheets/LLIS%2050_Bilingualism.pdf
- www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ccch/CPR_Vol17_no1_HBA_logo__May_09-1.pdf
Languages and literacy
www.mltav.asn.au/images/documents/advocacy/Linking_languages_and_literacy_brochure_NALSAS.pdf
For children's books and other resources in various languages: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml www.library.act.gov.au/library_services/multicultural_serviceswww.mylanguage.gov.au/languages-in-libraries.htmlwww.omniglot.com/links/bilingual.htm#kids
“Your Fabulous Bilingual Brain!” ABC Radio National – All in the Mind podcast: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/your-fabulous-bilingual-brain/2997632
Practical information for families raising children in more than one language
Links: Bilingual and multilingual online resources
Second-Language Acquisition and Bilingualism at an Early Age and the Impact on Early Cognitive Development
Introduction
The possibility that early bilingualism affects children’s language and cognitive
development has long been a concern for parents and educators. In the first half of the
20th century, the prevailing view was that bilingualism and second-language acquisition
early in life made children confused and interfered with their ability to develop normal
cognitive functions1 and succeed in educational environments.2
Bilingualism: Frequently Asked Questions
- Is it an advantage to speak more than one language?
- Is it true that all bilingual children start to speak later than monolingual children?
- Should parents speak their mother tongue at home?
- Isn’t it better for parents to speak English instead?
- Parents often find their children refuse to speak their first language at home and insist on speaking English. What should they do about this?
- Some parents say they are not teaching their child their family's language, because they want them to learn English first.
- Some children tell their parents not to speak their language to them in the school playground or in public.
- What about children who have speech problems and are seeing speech therapist? Should the parents stop speaking their first language at home and speak only English (even if their English is not very good)?
- If a child is growing up with two languages (for example, Cantonese and English) and she sometimes uses English words when speaking Cantonese or vice versa, is she confused?