March 2023

We hope that first term has been a positive and rewarding one for educators and students!

The AFMLTA Executive Committee has been busy making arrangements for the 24th AFMLTA International Languages Conference to be held in Perth. We look forward to further submissions for proposals to present and to welcoming many of you to this valuable learning and networking opportunity on 7-9 July.

As a member of the MLTA/LTA in your state or territory you are represented nationally by AFMLTA through vision, leadership, representation, advocacy, professional learning and support for quality teaching and learning of languages. 

The Executive Committee often receives enquiries about how to become a member of the AFMLTA. The Federation has 8 members - each of the state and territory associations throughout Australia. Please encourage others to join the MLTA/LTA in your state/territory to be represented by the AFMLTA! This includes accessing member rates to attend the 2023 conference in Perth from 7-9 July. 

We invite nominations for positions on the AFMLTA Executive Committee from 2023: President Elect, Vice President, Promotions Officer and Secretary. Nominations are invited before 7 June 2023. Please visit the what's new page of our website for more information.

Register now!

Date: 7-9 July 2023

Venue: Mt Lawley Campus, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA

Registrations: Open now! Follow the link below

Program: See information about confirmed speakers

Partnerships: Visit our conference website for information

Queries: conference@afmlta.asn.au

Suggestions for accommodation whilst in Perth are included on our website. 

Interested in presenting?

Thanks to the educators who have already submitted a proposal to present at our 2023 Conference. 

For educators and academics interested in presenting a paper on classroom based practice or research, or innovations in language teaching are invited to submit a proposal via the Submissions page on the AFMLTA website. 

Please note carefully the submission guidelines. Submissions close on 30 April 2023. 

We look forward to receiving your submission!

AFMLTA Awards 2023

Nominations are now open for the AFMLTA Medal for Outstanding Service to Language Teaching and the AFMLTA Certificate of Merit.

The nomination form and criteria for each of the awards can be downloaded from the AFMLTA website.

Previous award recipients are listed on the website. A review of this list, and the criteria, is recommended prior to submitting a nomination. 

Please email nominations to secretary@afmlta.asn.au by Monday 22 May 2023.

Patji-Dawes Award 2023

Nominations are also now open for the Patji-Dawes Award. The award was an initiative of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL), developed as part of the Outreach program, which included a commitment to improving levels of multilingualism and accomplishment of additional languages in Australia, through understanding and public debate on how we learn and teach languages effectively.

Throughout the years of CoEDL, the award was supported and sponsored by the AFMLTA and the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU). With CoEDL now concluded, the AFMLTA and LCNAU have proudly assumed responsibility for continuing the award, to recognise teachers of languages.

Please visit our website for more information about the award.

Nominations are invited before 28 April 2023.