We have just returned from Central Australia where we conducted a 2 day workshop in Alice Springs titled "Language and Listening and their Links to Literacy". Participants were teachers and teacher assistants from the Tanami Group school - a 'collection' of 8 remote schools in the Tanami desert region. Our attempt to ensure that our material was relevant to this unique educational context was greatly assisted by a 'field trip' to visit 4 of the Tanami schools prior to the workshop. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and wish to thank everyone for arranging the trip and for welcoming us into their schools and lives. Elizabeth and Sue
Newsletters Our first
newsletter article for 2010, titled "Launching into Language" was sent out in March to 3,500 subscribers. Apologies for the delay with the second one for the year. It is coming very soon!
Past articles can be found on the website under the RESOURCES section.
Workshops
ACER: We have run 2 workshops in Melbourne with Australian Council for Educational Research. The next workshop will be on September 8th and is titled "Oral Language and its Links to Literacy". Details can be found on the website http://www.acer.edu.au/workshops.html Your enquiries concerning ACER workshops should be directed to Margaret Taylor - taylor@acer.edu.au "A Sound Way" - 2nd edition
We are pleased to let you know that the second edition of A Sound Way and the complementary CD for interactive whiteboard was published by Pearson in August 2009. It has been selling well, so much so, that the publishers are about to reprint. You can buy the book and the CD separately but the publisher Pearson Education is offering the package for $130. These phonological awareness resources are suitable for individual or classroom use. Find out more
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