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4.5 PD HOURS

Event Details

14/05/2024

9.30am - 3.00pm - Log on between 9.15am and 9.30am Victorian Time

Live Streamed Webinar

All Language Teachers

$279 + GST

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Booking Conditions

No applications for this program will be accepted after all vacancies have been filled. Unsuccessful applicants will have their monies refunded in full. Cancellation prior to two weeks before the program date (cut-off date) will incur a 15% service charge per applicant. This program will be payable in full for cancellations made on or after the cut-off date or for failure to attend the program. All cancellations must be in writing and emailed to us. In the event of insufficient applications this program will not proceed and registration monies be fully refunded. In the event of this program being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances registration monies only will be refunded as Critical Agendas will not accept liability for the payment of any other associated costs. Critical Agendas reserves the right to vary the advertised programs prior to commencement. Please note Critical Agendas reserves the right to transfer participants from face to face to webinar format with price adjustments (if required), should minimum numbers not be met for face to face event

Working with film and video in the Language classroom

Need some inspiration to tackle the Viewing element in the current Language course?  Don’t feel too confident using complicated technology like green screens?  We can all remember the excitement we felt as students when we saw our teacher wheeling the AV trolley into the classroom and we knew we were going to be watching a film.  While the technology has certainly changed, films and videos still have the power to motivate and engage students and video is gaining ground as the medium of choice for young people today.  In this workshop, participants will explore:

  • The practicalities of using film and video with students: What to show?  How to show it?  How much to show?
  • Video as a teaching tool
  • Using authentic videos with learners of all levels
  • Interpretive activities based around videos
  • Simple presentational tasks using video
  • Video as a reflection of target language culture
  • Students as creators, and not just consumers, of digital media

This is a practical workshop, where participants will spend time working with videos and they will come away with a host of new ideas for activities as well as the teaching materials that they will develop during the day.

Presented by Critical Agendas

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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Tamara Rundle

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Libby Fullard.

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