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Article: AI-enabled Socratic dialogue

 

Research paper released April 2017 on Teenagers reading habits is available here.

Resource based on film about singer/songwriter Paul Kelly

A "taster" of a free teaching resource being developed by ETANSW can be downloaded here Paul Kelly Resource Taster

New free resource for English teachers

A free new resource for English teachers is the Reading Australia website at www.readingaustralia.com.au

This valuable project has been initiated by the Copyright Agency and involves collaboration with the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE), the English Teachers Association NSW, and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA).

It is planned that this project will be ongoing, but the titles currently included in the secondary section are: Blackrock by Nick Enright, Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, Collected Poems 1943 - 1995, Gwen Harwood, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta, My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, Stasiland by Anna Funder, Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch, The Arrival by Shaun Tan, The Boat by Nam Le, The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper. For each title there are teaching resources including a critical essay. Some books in the primary section could also be useful in the lower secondary school.

Upcoming Events

Essential English CoP 2024

We are excited to announce our first event for 2024 will inspire and support Essential English teachers.  Theme: Charting a course for success in Essential English When: Saturday 17 February 2024 Where: St Joseph's Nudgee College, Sandgate Road, Boondall. See the Call for Presenters for details. If you are int...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 17th February 2024
Venue: St Joseph's, Nudgee College
Venue Address: Sandgate Road, BOONDALL


Texts in Contexts

ETAQ invites workshop proposals that deal with a diverse range of texts and contexts in English program. Our focus will be on teaching of English in a variety of different contexts, using a broad range of texts, or teaching students to respond in new ways. Workshops that would work well include those that offer ideas for units of work to fit the...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 2nd March 2024
Venue: Iona College


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