In episode 48, Stacey hears from Australian educator, advocate, and
#AusELT administrator, Lesley Cioccarelli. Lesley explains some of the options for language learning and settlement available to recent immigrants in Australia. She also talks about the professional organizations that advocate for the best interests
of those learners and why teachers should be members of their local and national professional associations. If you have ever wanted to make your hometown a more welcoming place for migrants and refugees, this episode will inspire you to follow in Lesley’s footsteps and take local, grassroots action in your own city!

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Show Notes

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To learn more about Lesley and her work…

…Check out this video made at Lesley’s work, highlighting her passion for personal learning networks. You are going to LOVE this video: https://cit.edu.au/about/innovation/historymakers/lesley_cioccarelli

…You can also find Lesley on her blog or on Twitter @cioccas

…The day Lesley and Stacey did this interview, Lesley was on her way to a multicultural festival in her home city of Canberra. Here are some of the photos from that event!
…and of course she can always be found at #AusELT on Facebook and Twitter – an informal community of English language teachers in Australasia https://auselt.com/
Past episode mentioned on the show…

 

Resources and Organizations mentioned on the show…
…Stacey also mentioned #ELTchat, which Lesley does not administer, but does highly recommend  A social network for ELT professionals (across the world), offering mutual support and opportunities for Continuous Professional Development. http://eltchat.org/wordpress/ 
…Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) https://www.education.gov.au/adult-migrant-english-program-0
….International Second Language Proficiency Rating (ISLPR):
…Certificates in Spoken and Written English (CSWE): On this site you can find an overview of each Certificate and some sample modules: https://ames.edu.au/curriculum/cswe-overview/
….This recent article may be of interest as it gives some background to some of Lesley’s discussion including changes over time in ESL in Australia: Oliver, R., Rochecouste, J. &  Nguyen, B. (2017). ESL in Australia – A chequered history. TESOL in Context, Volume 26, No.1, pp. 7-26. https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/tesol/article/download/700/640
…Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) our national professional association http://www.tesol.org.au/
….These are the projects Lesley mentioned as ways people can support/welcome refugees:
…Lesley also wanted to recommend the podcast Talk the Talk http://talkthetalkpodcast.com/  and Short Films Teachers Love, which is a podcast and a vodcast, with a YouTube channel so you can see bits of the films as the guests talk about them. SFTL is just starting its 3rd season. For specifically ESL or language teaching themed episodes check out:
  • Season 2, Episode 7 – Chinese Language Teaching – Rita Wang
  • Season 2, Episode 1 – English Language Teaching with James Taylor
  • Season 1, Episode 15 – English Language Teaching with Kieran Donaghy
  • Season 1, Episode 10 – EAL (English as an Additional Language), expat teaching with Nicole James
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