Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 16, 2023

20 Must-Read Audiobooks with Indigenous Narrators

Book Riot November 23, 2022 by Laura Sackton One of my favorite things about audiobooks is the way they expand my reading experience. With an audiobook, I don’t just have my

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 30, 2022

20 Must-Read Audiobooks with Indigenous Narrators

Bookriot by Laura Sackton November 23, 2022 ...With an audiobook, I don’t just have my own interpretation of events and characters, but the narrator’s interpretation as well. The choices each narrator

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 28, 2022

Mindfulness books for children are a runaway publishing trend

The Guardian by Amelia Hill 14 November 2022 Industry reports sales of titles for under-10s addressing emotions up almost 40%, driven by demand from young people. ...Nielsen Bookscan data on children’s books

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

September 19, 2022

News from the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

This month, as part of their Translation Rights project, advance copies of six versions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar were received. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been translated into Murrinhpatha,

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

September 14, 2022

2022 Symposium

The next presentation in the 2022 Literature Symposium is now available for you to view online! This presentation features ACTA on behalf of ATESOL discussing the role of rich literature in

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 28, 2022

Five To Try: Kids’ Picture Books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Authors

Published 12 July, 2022 on Broadsheet by Sohani Goonetillake Books chosen by Yawuru and Warumungu woman Melena Cole-Manolis. Cuddling up with your little one for a story is a magical time for

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 17, 2022

This Indigenous language map helps kids understand Australia

ABC Education 18 May, 2022 Gambay* is an interactive map of Australia's first languages with accompanying videos and teacher notes. It's a fantastic way to help kids develop an understanding of

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 11, 2022

And the 2022 Reading Australia Fellow is Jantiena Batt

9th July 2022 The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund today announced Jantiena Batt, a deputy principal from the ACT, as this year’s Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English and Literacy. The Fellowship was

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 5, 2022

ACTA National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Education in Schools

ACTA has launched its National Roadmap for EAL/D Education in schools. It addresses longstanding and now pressing national policy issues. View the Roadmap here

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 5, 2022

Are you planning for your teaching career but worried about the stress and workload?

Worried about the increasing numbers of EAL students and their educational outcomes? Concerned about equity issues and young people of migrant/refugee backgrounds? Australia used to have a world-class system of specialist English

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