Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Canberra Region Languages Forum Update February 2013

The February Update contains information about: 
  • Languages at the Multicultural Festival in Civic Friday 8 February - Sunday 10 February 2013
  • Free language related activities for children at the Multicultural Festival on Saturday 9 Feb, and at Gungahlin Library Thursday, 7 and 14 February 
  • A chance to publicise language programs and find out about local language-related activities at the festival on Sunday 10 Feb
  • New language programs at ANU: Diploma of Languages and Portuguese language unit.
  • Free language resources in many languages, including children's books from around the world
  • AIATSIS public forum: Language Revitalisation, Wed 13 February 2013, 1:30-3.30pm
  • Seminar for families raising children in more than one language, Saturday 23 March, University of Canberra
  • How to comment on the draft curriculum for Italian and Mandarin languages in Australian schools 
  • Language conferences in Canberra in July 2013:  Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU), 3 -5 July, Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations 5-8 July, National Chinese Teachers' Conference, July 6 and 7
  • News from the telephone interpreter service (TIS) national
  • Resources from the Dept of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) 
CLICK HERE to see the full Update