language

Adam Voigt: How we signal negative feelings in students

We do our students an awful disservice when our responses to wrong doing or even to negative feelings being experienced…

5 years ago

How a robot called Pink helped teach school children an Aboriginal language

Students formed a relationship with the robot and became attached to it.

5 years ago

Students tune into local customs through music

The musical piece composed in collaboration with the local Aboriginal community took centre stage at Scarborough Public School’s NAIDOC showcase…

5 years ago

Dyslexia and teaching reading: sorting the science from the scat

Read the research on developmental dyslexia and you will soon know better about how the brain learns to read.

5 years ago

Say the right things: Using effective classroom communication

"I was under pressure, I was emotional," says Adam Voigt. "And in an emotional state, locating the right words from…

5 years ago

Language in, language out.

Adam Voigt: "What I think I got wrong is that this model is probably far more important for Classroom Practitioners…

5 years ago

Gov injects $11.8m into school trial for language learning app

With the new funding, ELLA will be trialled for primary schools in foundation to year two (F-2) classes in 2019.

5 years ago

Early learning language program continues to expand

Over 80 000 children at almost 2500 preschools across the country will be given the opportunity to learn a second…

6 years ago

New phonics test pointless: a waste of precious money buying it from England

In the May budget, the federal government allocated money to buy England’s phonic screening test for six-year-olds in Year 1.

7 years ago

Language matters in science and mathematics – here’s why

Do sociologists, mathematicians, scientists and lawyers use language to be elitist and exclusive? Or is the language necessary to describe…

7 years ago

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