Welcome to Walk-The-Talk Teaching

Walk-the-Talk Teaching is a site for you, the teacher of bilingual and multilingual students. It supports schools in implementing effective bilingual/biliteracy and English-additional language/dialect (EAL/D) teaching practices for learners with home languages other than English. These learners are also known as English-Second-Language (ESL) learners or, in the USA/Canada, English-Language-Learners (ELLs).

Walk-the-Talk Teaching, with associated professional development and resources, provides:

• information about pedagogies for teaching English, teaching about English and teaching through English to speakers of other languages
• ongoing mentoring for teachers of EAL/D students.

Advice and professional learning and mentoring support are available for:

• the development of school language/curriculum policies for EAL/D teaching
• teaching EAL/D students in mainstream contexts
• the implementation of bi/multilingual instructional modes and pedagogies
• the inclusion of students' home language in teaching practice in all contexts

"WHEN TEACHERS LEARN, STUDENTS LEARN MORE"

A professional culture that enhances the knowledge and status of teachers through development in effective pedagogies sourced from authentic research is vital to the quality and integrity of EAL/D education delivery and a predictor of students’ achievements.

Professional Development programs and mentoring for teachers in planning for, teaching, assessing and monitoring EAL/D learning are available for teachers of EAL/D students. 

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

RICH LITERATURE BASED EAL/D PEDAGOGY

These sessions ware delivered for the FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING AND LITERACY . This Foundation promotes the use of rich Literature in Education for all students.

This videocast highlights the vital role of First Languages in the Education of Indigenous Language Speaking students. Bilingual Education offers the most effective, highest quality of education for remote Indigenous students giving them access to English, the language of power in Australia, and most importantly continuation of learning in and through their language of Identity and cognitive growth. 

WalkTalkTeach acknowledges and thanks the Aboriginal peoples on whose country we work across Australia. Elders, past and present, are respected for their knowledge, languages and spiritual presence in the work teachers are privileged to do. The rich education that Indigenous Australians continue to pass on to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal educators and students is appreciated and valued.