Community Languages Australia

Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations Inc.

Community Languages Australia 2022 National Conference

Community Languages Australia hosted the 17th Annual National Conference on Saturday 1st October 2022 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

We delivered a great program, and the theme was Imagining New Horizons with a focus on The Roadmap Forward in Languages Education.

The conference was officially opened by the Hon Natalie Hutchins MP, Victorian Minister for Education who gave a Minister Address

Our Keynote Speaker Dr Maria Gindidis this year presented on Pushing the Boundaries: Rethinking Traditional Models of Learning and Teaching in Community Languages Schools

The Keynote Address was then followed by a series of concurrent workshops

You can view the program that was delivered HERE

Finally, the conference ended with a Panel Discussion where Panelists Dr Maria Gindidis (Monash University), Dr Andrea Truckenbrodt (The Victorian Academy for Teaching and

Leadership), Dr Teresa De Fazio OAM, Dr Jing Qi (RMIT), Timea Kovacs (Ethnic Schools Association of Queensland), Alex Di Prinzio (NSW Federation of Community Language Schools), Majida Ali (Assiraj Arabic School Inc.) and Hashara Fernando (Buddhist Meditation Association of Victoria Sinhalese) answered some very important questions about language education and where they see community language schools headed in the future. The Panel Discussion was facilitated by Heba El-Hakim, Project Coordinator for CLV.

Click HERE to view images from the Conference

We are so honoured to have hosted another successful conference and enjoyed seeing everyone back again face-to-face after a couple of years. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming State and National Conferences!

Contact Us

Community Languages Australia

Executive Officer: Fahry Abubaker

L2, 189 Faraday St,
Carlton Vic 3053


Email: abubaker.fahry.f@communitylanguages.org.au
Phone: (03) 9349-2683
Fax: (03) 9349-26893