Category: Events
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EdSAC Town Hall
On 30 July 2024, members of EdSAC organized a successful Town Hall event where students were able to ask questions directly to the Dean, academic, and professional staff. As the Academic Co-Lead of the EdSAC, Julie spoke about ‘translanguaging’ and how FoE embraces such strengths-based approaches that recognize students’ full ‘funds of knowledge’ and identity and encourage multilingual students to use their whole funds of knowledge so that we can create more diverse and inclusive opportunities for learning together. Continue Reading EdSAC Town Hall -
Translanguaging Communities, Language in Community Festival
Is fluency a prerequisite for passing on heritage languages to future generations? In the Translanguaging Communities workshop, Associate Professor Julie Choi and Jodie Whitehurst addressed this misconception and discussed how translanguaging can aid in maintaining heritage languages both at home and within the community. A/Prof Julie Choi began the session with a brief presentation on translanguaging, which was followed by interactive activities conducted by Drama in Education expert Jodie Whitehurst. Continue Reading Translanguaging Communities, Language in Community Festival -
Presentation at ARLE IFTE Conference 2024
The ARTP Lab researchers, Associate Professor Julie Choi, Dr Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens, and Dr Shu Ohki presented their research project titled "Multilingual authors ‘standing taller’ in arts-rich translanguaging spaces". Their inspiring presentation captures the attention of educators and researchers worldwide. Continue Reading Presentation at ARLE IFTE Conference 2024 -
Storytime at Williamstown Literary Festival on Sunday June 16th 📖
There was a wonderful book reading by one of the parents and her daughter of the Crocodile Unicorn và Đi Chơi book. Emeritus Professor David Nunan who made a generous donation to work on this project facilitated an interview with the parent and engaged the audience in a discussion on arts-rich translanguaging bookmaking projects. This event was organized by ViệtSpeak and the team was there to support it! Continue Reading Storytime at Williamstown Literary Festival on Sunday June 16th 📖 -
Faculty of Education Teaching Excellence Awards 2024
Congratulations to Associate Professor Yvette Slaughter, Associate Professor Julie Choi, and Dr Shu Ohki who recently won a Faculty of Education Staff Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation for their teaching initiative, Embedding Plurilingual Perspectives in Languages and Literacies Education. Continue Reading Faculty of Education Teaching Excellence Awards 2024 -
Melissa Slamet’s PhD Confirmation Seminar
Congratulations to Melissa Slamet, whose candidature was confirmed for her PhD research project titled "Exploring Multilingual Students’ Meaning-Making Resources in Academic Literacy Practices." Continue Reading Melissa Slamet’s PhD Confirmation Seminar -
Presentation on Arts-Rich Bookmaking Experiences at 2023 Melbourne Graduate School of Education Research Conference
The ARTP Lab researchers, Associate Professor Julie Choi and Dr Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens presented their research project titled "My book ideas were spinning in my head”: Arts-rich bookmaking experiences to create and sustain multilingual children's meaning making flows and authorial voices" at the MGSE (currently, Faculty of Education) research conference, "Education Research: Adapting to a Changing Landscape." Continue Reading Presentation on Arts-Rich Bookmaking Experiences at 2023 Melbourne Graduate School of Education Research Conference -
Presentation on Plurilingualism at 2023 Melbourne Graduate School of Education Research Conference
At the MGSE (currently, Faculty of Education) research conference, "Education Research: Adapting to a Changing Landscape," held in the Arts West Building, researchers from the ARTP Lab and staff from LALE, including Associate Professor Julie Choi, Dr. Rafaela Cleeve Gerkens, Ms. Melissa Slamet, and Dr. Tharanga Koralage, presented their research project titled "Exploring Educators’ Enactment of Plurilingualism in Language and Literacy Teacher Education." Continue Reading Presentation on Plurilingualism at 2023 Melbourne Graduate School of Education Research Conference
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