Vocabulary Their Way: Semester 2

PL # 10595

  • Starting on 12 Aug 2016
  • Cancellation permitted until 02 Aug 2016
  • Event registrations closed on 09 Aug 2016

Delivery Format :

This PL has been cancelled

Description

This workshop will cover the three levels of vocabulary development for students and practical strategies to ensure that they develop the vocabulary necessary for success in upper Primary and Senior School.

Presenters

Sophia Sabatier (AISWA Staff)

Literacy Coordinator

Sophia Sabatier <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Sophia Sabatier (BA, Dip. Ed., Licence d’Anglais) has worked as an EAL/D teacher in Western Australia and France since the early 90s and is currently the Literacy Coordinator and EAL/D consultant for Independent schools in WA, as well as the President of WATESOL (the Westralian Association for Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages). These roles involve providing professional learning for and consulting with teachers from F-12 in the areas of EAL/D and general Literacy and coordinating cross-sectoral support for all EAL/D teachers across WA. Sophia was one of the two writers of ACARA’s “English as an Additional Language or Dialect Teacher Resource”, the writer of ACARA’s senior secondary EAL/D course and has extensive experience in WACE exams for EAL/D. Sophia has worked for AISWA since 2008. Prior to that, she was Project Officer of EAL/D at the Curriculum Council of WA. Before this role, she was a teacher and the Middle School Coordinator at Aranmore Catholic College, where she taught EAL/D 8-12, English 8-11, SOSE for EAL/D students and French. Sophia is an accredited trainer of Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classes (TESMC), How Language Works, Teaching young children in English in multilingual contexts, Words Their Way, Tracks to Two-Way Learning and the WA ESL/ESD Progress Map. Her interests include grammar, spelling and cross-cultural awareness. She is committed to ensuring that all children receive the education they deserve and that teachers in all subject areas understand the Literacy demands of what they teach.

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Segments

Event Segment

Date / Time

12 Aug 2016 Starts: 13:00 Finishes: 16:00

Delivery Format : In Person

AISWA Seminar Room (First Floor)

PL Hours : 3.00

Learning Area

  • Literacy

School Area

  • Early Childhood (PK - 2)
  • Middle Primary (3-6)
  • Secondary (7-10)
  • Senior Secondary (11 - 12)