MLTA ACT Events

2026

We have received great French-related contributions for the Semester 2 edition. We would like this edition also to reflect the rich diversity of language teaching happening across our schools. If you teach a language other than French, we would warmly encourage you to consider sending through a short article, update, classroom activity, student achievement, event report, resource recommendation, or reflection from your language area. It does not need to be long or highly polished — even a brief contribution would be very welcome. For details, please see the broadcast email of 23 June from MLTA ACT.

Watch here for details.

Conference of the Fédération des Associations de Professeurs de Français en Australie.

Theme (Un)knowing and (un)learning”

See the conference flier here.

Teachmeet and end of year dinner

Watch here for further details.

2025

See the National Multicultural Festival website for more details.

For more details about CML senior secondary language courses, see the senior secondary language page on the CIT Solutions CML Language Hub site.

Select this link to join the event.

See the ACTBEA flyer for more details.

For details, see Lena's email.

FATFA, in conjunction with the French Embassy, is offering pedagogical bursaries ($500 each) to support Australian French teachers and their students in 2025. To be eligible, you need to be a 2025 financial member of the MLTAACT AND the French Section.

Applications should be sent to fatfapresident@gmail.com by Friday 28 February 2025.

For details, see the FATFA bursaries flyer.

MLTA ACT Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Fiona Arthur Award presentation

Finger food provided.

Smith's Alternative

Mother Tongue Multilingual Poetry evening

Featuring poetry from Canberra's own CJC Blue Bells Tanka Group with an introduction by Naoko and John Lamb.

For more information, see the Mother Tongue Multilingual Poetry page on Facebook.

For more details, see the Francophonie Markets website.

For more details, see the film festival website.

For latest details about CML senior secondary language courses, see the senior secondary language page on the CIT Solutions CML Language Hub site.

Selvie, our special guest speaker, is coming from Mauritius.

As with our previous gathering, refreshments will be available for purchase at the bar of the Alliance Française, and some light snacks will also be provided..

Please confirm your attendance via this Google form .

This year, as part of Francophonie Week, Canberra’s Francophone network is coming together for the first time to celebrate reading. This event is mainly for adults. For more details and for tickets, see the booking page on Eventbrite.

Program overview:

• Differentiation in the language classroom – Nabila Aliane
• Elevating your PowerPoint skills - Philiuppe Messer
• Linguistic masterclasses – Stuart A Blair

This event is TQI accredited (5 hours).

Fee $50 for members, $120 for non-members, including lunch. Registration will be via TryBooking.

For more details, see the Language PL flier.

For more details, see the News page

$90 for members, $160 for non-members

Sign up by Monday 5 May 10:30 am, using this TryBooking link.

10:30 am to 1:00 pm

Albert Hall

For details, see Lena's email.

6 pm

Theo Notaras Function Room, 2nd Floor, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City

4 to 6 pm

Alliance Française de Canberra

This PL is now TQI accredited for 2 hours

Format: Live Q&A + teacher collaboration session

Select this link for the flier, and here for the poster with the registration QR code, or refer to the broadcast email of 1 May from MLTA ACT.

Register via Trybooking.

Venue: University of South Australia (City West Campus)

Visit the conference website.

10 am to 12 pm

Zoom conference with College of Asia and the Pacific at ANU

With the viability of language programs being again up for debate with the Australian university sector, the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is holding a policy forum

1. Language programs in Universities
2. Language programs in Schools (primary and secondary)
3. The challenge of policy coordination

Register via this link

Half day 9 am registration & SGM; 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Venue Burgmann Middle School Campus, Forde

TQI accredited half-day TQI accredited professional learning event

• SGM – election of president tbc and constitution updates
• Comprehensible Input (CI) – Mei Turnip
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Myriam Davies & Gaelle Pajot
• BSSS Languages Framework redevelopment – Orion Lethbridge

No fee for members, Fee $40 for non-members. Register via Trybooking

Smiths Alternative

76 Alinga Street, Canberra City

For more information when the event date is approaching, see the Mother Tongue Multilingual Poetry page on Facebook.

For details, see Lena's email.

10 am to 5 pm

Alliance Française de Canberra
66 McCaughey Street, Turner. ACT

The Alliance Française de Canberra, The Australian Croatian Club and Polish White Eagle Club are excited to present the 2025 edition of the European Festival! Various stalls will be set up between the Croatian Club and the Alliance Française de Canberra

6 to 7:30 pm

Telopea Park School Main Hall
NSW Crescent, Barton ACT

Par le club de théâtre Ensemble

La représentation est gratuite

En français, sous-titré en anglais

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5 pm to 6 pm

Mercure (formerly Olims) Limestone Room

4:00 pm for 4:30 pm to 6 pm

Mercure (formerly Olims) Courtyard Restaurant

There will be a keynote by Mrs Lintang Paramitasari, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Canberra, on the theme of the value of language learning. After the keynote, this event will follow a TeachMeet format. We invite you to give 5-minute presentations on a topic of your choice. It could be language specific, hints and tips, resources, research, feedback on PL you have attended, wellbeing or cultural events. AV will be available if you need it for your presentation. Light refreshments will be served at the event.

When registering, please let us know if you would like to book a 5 minute slot. Presentations that have been booked ahead of the event will be prioritised, but offers from the floor will also be welcome at the event if time allows.

Those interested may adjourn to the Bistro for dinner afterwards. We will check with you at the start of the PL session so that we can advise numbers to the Bistro manager.

This is a members only event, for which there is no registration fee. If you are not already a member, please join using the link on our home page before registering for this event. Finger food and a welcome drink or tea or coffee will be provided from 4 pm. Please register for our World Teachers' Day event via Trybooking.

10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Webinar

With Languages Roadshow, see details here

$129 per person or $499 for all school staff members

ANU Kambri Marie Reay Building

See the flier for details

RSVP by 3 October this link.

5 pm

See the News page for details.

Smith's Alternative

Mother Tongue Multilingual Poetry evening

An evening to celebrate some of the many languages spoken, taught and being learned in Canberra.

Feature poet: SHOMIT BASU. A young, aspiring Hindi poet who will explore his cultural heritage, combining original poems, couplets, and shayaris in Hindi with English introductions for context.

For more information, see the Mother Tongue Multilingual Poetry page on Facebook.

Palace Electric Cinemas

See the News page for details.

5 pm

See the News page for details.

We are very happy to invite your students from Years 5 to 8 to participate in Bon Appétit ! a fun cooking video competition. Please see the MLTA ACT broadcast email of 25 September or refer to the FATFA flier for details.

4:30 pm to 6 pm

Olim's Bar & Bistro at the Mercure Hotel

Top of Ainslie Avenue

A voucher will be provided to each member for the tab at the bar. Afterwards, those interested will adjourn to the Bistro for dinner.

This is a members only event, for which there is no fee. First drink on the tab from a short list selection.

2026

Unlocking the power of comprehension-based languge teaching

The registration portal is here

Earlybird registration closes on 30 September 2025.

See the National Multicultural Festival website for more details.

See ACTBEA on Facebook for more details.

10:30 am

Meet under the international flags near Questacon

Walk across King’s Avenue Bridge

Free sausage sizzle from 11:30 am near the National Police Memorial.

Carillon performance after the walk to celebrate the International Mother Language Day

Fiona Arthur Award presentation

Finger food provided. To help us confirm numbers for catering, please RSVP via this online form.

For more details, see the AFF film festival Canberra schedule.

TPR (Total Physical Response); how TPR builds acquisition./span>.

This is a webinar/podcast organised by Languages Teachers Western Australia (LTWA), taking place mid-afternoon on the Canberra Day holiday. For details, see Prue's broadcast email to MLTA ACT members.

MLTA ACT Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Light refreshments and lucky door prizes will be provided. As with standard practice at the MLTA ACT AGM, all committee positions will be declared vacant. To nominate and to vote, you will need to have renewed your membership for this year. For details, please see the News page.

Please refer to the FATFA 2026 conference flier for details.

MTMLP open mic evening at Smith's alternative.

For more information when the event date is approaching, see the Mother Tongue Multilingual Poetry page on Facebook.

Inquiry into E-PET-077-25: Access to 11-12 ATAR language courses in 2026.

Mr Thomas Emerson, Chair of the ACT Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Social Policy, has advised that the Committee has resolved to undertake an inquiry into the petition relating to access to 11-12 ATAR language courses. Submissions to the inquiry are open until 5 pm on Friday 10 April 2026 (extended deadline). See the committee's page on the ACT Legislative Assembly website for details

Details at Das Zentrum website

Rencontres francophones first session for 2026

Our special guest at this session is Manon Dumas from the High Commission of Canada, a francophone canadienne, who will share her story and experiences with us.

Eligibility: membership of MLTA ACT French Section.

Please register via this google form.

Hearings for inquiry into access to 11-12 ATAR language courses in 2026.

MLTA ACT SGM

Special General Meeting to consider nominations for additional executive positions and updates for the MLTA constitution.

11:59 pm

See the News page for details.

11 am to 1:00 pm

Dickson College Hall

Followed by teachers' round table from 1:30 pm.

Le français est partout photography competition deadline for entries

For details, please view the competition flier here.

Festa della Repubblica: Italian National Day

For details, see the Dante Alighieri Society Canberra website cultural events page.

Workshop with Gianfranco Conti

Dr Gianfranco Conti will explain the why and how to use EPI through a morning session which will initiate beginning EPI teachers and serve as a refresher for many - and an afternoon session focussing on structured production, effective grammar teaching, how to build fluency and how to use the Language Gym. For more details, see the MLTA News page.

Registration is via Trybooking.

For details, see the HSBC German Film Festival website.

For details, see the Indonesian Film Festival rsvp page.

Journée d’ateliers pour les enfants pour les parents qui n’ont pas de solution de garde

The Alliance Française is offering a French kids' day with activities for Thursday 11 June to help parents who don't have viable childcare arrangements available during the teachers' strike day. Drop-off from 9.00 am to 3:30 pm. Cooking class; Painting; VR Headsets; Board games. $50 for a half day, $95 for a full day.

See the event flier for details.

For details, see the Indonesian Film Festival rsvp page.