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Next events and current news
For updates as they become available, see Events and News pages.
- Join us for the MLTA-ACT Language PL day at HBCTL, Wednesday 30 April 2025. For details, see the Events page.
Role and activities
The role of the MLTA is to promote language learning in the ACT by providing a voice for language teachers and to facilitate professional dialogue among ACT colleagues and with colleagues in other jurisdictions.The MLTA supports members through:
- Information in Contact, our ACT e-newsletter for language teachers, made available to members via email and the website each semester
- Association information, news items and events listings published through our website
- Scholarship opportunities such as the FIPLV scholarship, the Fiona Arthur Language Teaching Award and the AFMLTA International Language Conference Scholarship
- Language Professional Learning programs, dinners and annual conference
- Subscription to the MLTA email list which provides members with up-to-date information on events
- Membership of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations Inc (AFMLTA) which includes subscription to the refereed journal Babel, published three times per year
- Participation in national programs and activities, such as workshops conducted by AFMLTA on Australian Curriculum: Languages and the AC Achievement Standards
- Affiliation to the international association, the Fédération des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (FIPLV)
- Collaboration with national institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia on initiatives for languages teaching and learning.
Office Bearers 2025
Roles and responsibilities of MLTA office-bearers are outlined in the attachment. MLTA executive and committee members are listed below. To contact the committee or to a member of MLTA executive, please email mlta.act.inc@gmail.com.Members – please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for the role of MLTA President, or as a committee to represent a language not yet represented on the 2025 committee, by emailing mlta.act.inc@gmail.com.
| Role | Name | Language / Association Represented |
|---|---|---|
| Executive President | TBA | |
| Executive Vice-President | Prudence Roveta | French |
| Executive Treasurer | Lena Britton (TBC) | French |
| Executive Secretary | Naomi Lamb | French |
| Publications Editor | Myriam Davies | French |
| Website Manager | Frank Keighley | |
| Public Officer | Ravi Krishnamurthy | CLSA |
| Committee member | Mei Turnip | Indonesian |
| Committee member | Annemarie Power | Spanish |
| Committee member | Orion Lethbridge | Korean, Japanese |
| Committee member | Meri Dragicevic | Italian |
| Committee member | Margo Smith | Indonesian |
Publications
The latest edition of Contact is available via the link below.Contact Semester 2 2024 (December)
Contact Semester 1 2024 (July)
Contact Semester 2 2023 (December)
Contact Semester 1 2023 (June)
Contact Semester 2 2022 (December)
Contact Semester 1 2022 (July)
Contact 2021 (December)
Contact Semester 2 2020 (December)
Contact Semester 1 2020 (July)
Contact Semester 2 2019 (December)
Contact Semester 1 2019 (July)
Contact Semester 2 2018 (December)
Contact Semester 1 2018 (September)
Contact December 2017
Contact June 2017
Contact December 2016
Contact July 2016
Contact December 2015
Contact July 2015
Contact December 2014
Contact July 2014
Contact December 2013
Contact December 2012
Contact May 2012
Contact November 2011
Contact May 2011
Contact December 2010
Contact August 2010
Contact April 2010
Professional Standards Stream C Registration Form
Professional Standards Information Stream C
Professional Standards Phase 2 Information
Canberra Languages Forum Update April 2010
Plus change Abstract
Language Adventures Poster
Report on launch of Draft National Professional Standards for Teachers (added 29 April 2010)
Term 2 Workshop 2024 – Comprehensible Input
See Contact Semester 1 2024
Membership
Teachers of languages in Canberra and the ACT region are invited to become members or renew membership for 2025. We are offering a discount of $5 for members who join the MLTA before 1 March 2025. For individual early bird memberships for 2025, please use this link with Trybooking. For more details, please see the email to members from MLTA ACT.
Membership of MLTA ACT provides the benefits of newsletters, events, affiliation to the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, (AFMLTA), including a subscription to the national language teachers' journal, Babel, as well as FIPLV (see "Role and activities" above).
Contact details for MLTA ACT
Please note the new postal address below, as of 27 February 2024 Modern Language Teachers' Association of the ACTPO Box 277
Belconnen ACT 2616
URL: https://www.mltaact.asn.au/
Email: mlta.act.inc@gmail.com
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