Programming
Teaching Arabic using the NSW K-10 Modern Languages Syllabus
Year group: ES1-12
Description:
An overview of the key elements of the NSW K-10 Modern Langauages Syllabus for teachers of Arabic. This presentation was developed and delivered by Enaam Darido, SICLE Arabic Project Officer. The presentation is in English and Arabic.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 4
Year group: 7-10
Description:
A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing topics and concepts such as: Travel, My Kitchen Rules and Fantasy epics (Urdu). Units include language structures, suggested tasks and links to resources.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 3 (2)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing topics and concepts such as: My heritage, Healthy eating, Seasons and Australian animals.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 2 (2)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing topics and concepts such as: Celebrations, School, Travel and Weather.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 1 (2)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing topics and concepts such as: Health, Maths, Time, Shopping and Cooking.
Sample Units of Work for Early Stage 1 (2)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing topics such as: Identity, Storytelling, Telling the time and Farm animals.
Languages Resources K-6
Year group: ES1-6
Description:
Sample units of work, lesson sequences, online readers, marking rubrics and programmig proformas for a range of languages across Stages ES1-3.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 3 (1)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing themes such as: Travel and Tourism, Cultural Connections, Pandemics, The Environment and Sustainability, Influencers and Comparing Cultures.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 2 (1)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing themes such as: Travel, Sport, Time, Weather, Indigenous Connections, Our bodies and The Environment.
Sample Units of Work for Stage 1 (1)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing themes such as: Eating habits, Shopping, Leisure and entertainment, Seasons, Indigenous perspectives, School life, Fables, Identity and body image.
Sample Units of Work for Early Stage 1 (1)
Year group: ES1-6
Description: A range of sample Units of Work across languages, addressing themes such as: Identity, Storytelling, Celebrations and Culture, The things we use everyday, Our Needs and Introductions.
Programming advice
Year group: ES1-12
Description: Advice on how to develop a scope and sequence (yearly overview) and program a unit of work with links to sample units. This advice is provided by NESA.
Sample Scope and Sequence template
Year group: ES1-12
Description: A simple template that can be used to develop a term/year overview of language learning for each stage.
Unit of Work planning tool
Year group: ES1-12
Description: This planning tool can be used to develop an outline of a Unit of Work. It can be modified to suit your teaching context.
Sample Evaluation template
Year group: ES1-12
Description: An easy to use template that can be used to evaluate a sequence of lessons of a Unit of Work. This template can be modified to suit your teaching context.
Project-Based Learning: Background and Instructional Strategies
Year group: ES1-12
Description: Project-based learning (PBL) which includes curriculum, instructional materials, classroom activities, and assessment of learning is a proficiency-oriented approach to using and learning a language that supports language use in the real world. The Coalition of Community-based Heritage languages schools (USA) provide a handbook and a brief video by Dr. Maria Carreira (25 minutes long) that describe the key components of project-based learning, and a document with instructional strategies that teachers in community-based schools can use.
Sample learning sequences
Year group: ES1-6
Description:
Sample learning sequences on the following topics: My favourite toy, My dream home, About me, Caring for the environment. These resources are samples that teachers may adapt to their language specific area to meet the needs of their students and local contexts.
Sample Unit of Work planning proforma
Year group: ES1-12
Description:
Sample programming template that can be used for a Unit of Work or a sequence of lessons. Template can be modified to suit different teaching contexts.