Cultural organisations:

Alliance Française - an Australian non-profit association dedicated to the promotion of the French language and culture

CO.AS.IT - a community organisation for Italians and Australians of Italian descent

Goethe Institut-Melbourne - the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany

The Japan Foundation - aims to promote cultural exchange between Japan and other nations.

Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education  - provides a variety of activities and programs to teachers of Japanese in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania

The Asia Education Foundation - provides schools and teachers with a range of services such as curriculum resources, advice for schools, professional learning programmes, study tours and conferences in Asia.

Online resources:

Languages Online - a free multimedia resource for use in primary and secondary schools to complement the teaching of French, German, Indonesian and Italian. It includes games and other activities to reinforce learning.

Languages and Multicultural Resource Centre -teachers in all Victorian schools can borrow at no cost reference materials and journals, posters, culturally inclusive resources, materials in 40 languages and multimedia resources from the Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre.

Victorian School of Languages - a government school that complements the provision of languages other than English in mainstream schools by providing classes in approximately 44 languages, usually on Saturday mornings. It also offers distance education courses in approximately ten languages to secondary students who do not have access to language programs in their mainstream schools for reasons such as remoteness, medical disability and travel.

technoLOTE - technoLOTE is a site to support teachers of modern foreign languages, with the focus of integrating ICT into the language classroom.

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Languages Kits (Word - 219Kb) - provide language-related activities for a number of locations such as the Royal Botanic Gardens (French, German, Indonesian) and Sovereign Hill Museum, Ballarat (Chinese). They include assessment tasks.

Why learn?series -brochures which outline the benefits of learning a range of languages, including Chinese, Indonesian, Italian and Japanese are available from LMERC.

Linking LOTE to the Early Years (PDF - 2.6Mb) - examines the links between the development of literacy in languages other than English and the development of early literacy in English. It is a practical resource for teachers, school leaders and curriculum advisers working in and with Australian primary schools.

iLoveLanguages - a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources, including online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software and language schools.

VELS resources:

Multi domain assessment: Sample task 2 – Healthy lifestyles (http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/blueprint/fs1/assessment/multidomain/mdtask10.htm) - focuses on LOTE and Thinking Processes at Level 4.

Clipart:

Japanese clipart

WP clipart

Incredible free clipart