Viewing: Managing a new macro-skill in Year 7-12 Language classes

Viewing is now one of the five macro-skills assessed in VCE and teachers are looking to incorporate more Viewing activities in their classes. This workshop will focus on ways for teachers to incorporate this essential skill into their Year 7-12 programs. Participants will explore:

what to view

where to find material

ways to develop viewing activities

ways to redesign assessment tasks to incorporate a Viewing element

During the workshop, time will be devoted to developing new teaching materials and redesigning existing materials to include a Viewing element. This is a hands-on workshop and participants will come away with a host of new ideas for activities. They will need to have access to an overview of a program of work they currently teach. Although the examples given in this workshop will come from French, the ideas presented are general in nature and can be applied in most Language classrooms, so teachers of all languages are encouraged to attend.

Rowena Bata

Rowena Bata has been a Languages teacher for 25 years and she has worked at schools in Victoria as well as in France, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia. She has held various positions of leadership and has taught students of all ages, from Prep to adult. Rowena holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics and she is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer. She is interested in bridging the gap between second language acquisition theory and what happens in a classroom, and she has a particular focus on the role that technology can play in the language learning process. Rowena has a wealth of experience that she brings to her presentations and her workshops are always practical and full of ideas for teachers to take away and use in their class immediately.

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Event Details

Viewing: Managing a new macro-skill in Year 7-12 Language classes

Presented by Critical Agendas

Rowena Bata

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