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SUMMARY:ELICOS Market Opportunities by Region: Austrade Southeast Asia Market Briefing
DESCRIPTION:In this free webinar for English Australia members\, the Austrade Southeast Asia team will provide an overview of growth in the region and highlight current market development opportunities in Thailand\, Vietnam\, and Cambodia. \nThe Austrade team will deliver individual market briefings to English Australia members for each specific location. \nSpeakers: \nAUSTRADE Southeast Asia team \n\nRebecca Ball\, SEA Education Lead and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner – Vietnam and Cambodia\nSaranya Singhsachakul\, Business Development Manager\, Austrade Thailand\nTrinh-Trinh\, Business Development Manager\, Austrade Vietnam
URL:https://thekoalanews.com/event/elicos-market-opportunities-by-region-austrade-southeast-asia-market-briefing/
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SUMMARY:AMSIG End-of-Year Gathering & Launch of 2024 AMSIG Mentorship Program
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by the English Australia Academic Managers SIG and will happen on 22 November 2023 \nThe convenors of the AMSIG invite you to the national AMSIG End-of-Year Drinks & Launch of our 2024 AMSIG Mentorship Program! \nThis is a hybrid face-to-face and online event\, taking place initially as a webinar\, and followed by real\, live drinks\, nibbles and good cheer in Adelaide\, Brisbane\, Melbourne\, Perth and Sydney. Please see the specific start times and venue locations for each city to the right. \nAttend live\, or bring your virtual self! \nDuring the webinar session we will present our exciting new AMSIG Mentorship Program\, which will be launched in 2024. We will include guidelines and explain how the program will be structured\, and we’ll also be seeking to touch base with prospective mentors and mentees from amongst you. This is a voluntary\, opt-in program that AMSIG would like to provide to its members as a way of helping us all develop professionally as ELT leaders and managers. \nWe’ll then finish with end-of-year networking and celebrations. \nAll Academic Managers\, Senior Teachers\, Coordinators\, Head Teachers\, aspiring managers\, emerging leaders\, and those just interested in ELT leadership welcome! \n 
URL:https://thekoalanews.com/event/amsig-end-of-year-gathering-launch-of-2024-amsig-mentorship-program/
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SUMMARY:Inside the ELICOS sector: Reflections from English Australia's outgoing CEO Brett Blacker
DESCRIPTION:Webinar: Monday 27 November\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (AEDT) \nJoin us for a candid conversation with Brett Blacker\, outgoing CEO of English Australia as he reflects on 8 exciting years leading the ELICOS peak body\, particularly through the challenges of the pandemic. \nIn conversation with Board member Aparna Jacob\, Brett will be sharing his insights\, reflections and takeaways as well as some parting thoughts on the future of ELICOS and challenges that immediately lie ahead.
URL:https://thekoalanews.com/event/inside-the-elicos-sector-reflections-from-english-australias-outgoing-ceo-brett-blacker/
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SUMMARY:International student sentiment: Right here\, right now
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, The Lygon Group will provide real-time insights into international student sentiment towards Australia’s international education sector\, drawn from our award-winning social listening platform\, The Social Source. Listening to millions of conversations international students are having about Australia’s international education sector\, The Social Source picks up insight of direct relevance to English Australia members – from how they feel about language testing\, to opportunities for ELICOS providers to seize. \nTopics will include: \n\nInsights from China\nInsights from other markets\nWe will take an ELICOS focus\, so EA members can get a glimpse of what’s on international student minds about the sector right now.
URL:https://thekoalanews.com/event/international-student-sentiment-right-here-right-now/
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SUMMARY:Reconnecting beyond screens: Fostering active classroom participation
DESCRIPTION:This online interactive workshop is hosted by the English Australia Direct Entry Programs SIG \nSince the return to face-to-face ELICOS teaching post-pandemic\, and with course content largely accessible via an LMS\, Direct Entry Programs teachers have noticed a tendency for students to hide behind their screens (laptops\, phones etc.)\, leading to a lack of engagement in lessons. This is exacerbated by easy access to translation and other AI tools. This interactive online workshop\, “Reconnecting Beyond Screens: Fostering Active Classroom Participation\,” aims to explore this challenge and offer practical solutions. \nDuring this online workshop\, guest presenter Vanessa Stafford will initially focus on how international students need to ‘learn how to learn’ in an Australian classroom and how educators can help students adapt to a social constructivist classroom. She will do this by referring to Gilly Salmon’s Five Stage Model for Online Learning\, which she has been extrapolating to on-campus contexts to help us focus on community creation before content teaching. After this\, we will hear from several Direct Entry Programs teachers working in English Australia member colleges about the strategies and practical techniques they are using to reinvigorate classroom dynamics by encouraging students to step out from behind their laptops and phones. Finally\, workshop participants will have an opportunity to discuss this issue with their Direct Entry Programs peers and share insights on the topic. \n  \nWith special guest presenter Vanessa Stafford \nVanessa Stafford is the Director of Academic Learning at Kaplan Business School\, Australia. Beginning her education career in workplace telecommunications training\, she then moved into English as a Second Language teaching in Vietnam and Sydney\, honing her craft and feeding her passion for teaching. After sixteen years of classroom teaching\, Vanessa used her talents to set up Kaplan Business School’s first Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program. Seven years later\, she now manages a thriving community of practice. She is passionate about effective teacher training for those teaching to international students\, and has begun her PhD in the field of teacher identity\, communities of practice\, and pedagogical skills attainment that supports international students’ learning needs.
URL:https://thekoalanews.com/event/reconnecting-beyond-screens-fostering-active-classroom-participation/
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