Snapshots from Workshop Term 2

Title: Enhancing the Curriculum
Cost: Free for WILTA members
Where: The Indonesian Consulate (KJRI), 134 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth
When: Friday 20/5 2016 2pm-5pm OR 4pm-7pm
Contents: Enhancing the Curriculum will be an exhibition-style gathering of incursion and excursion opportunities, resources that can enhance the classroom experience and opportunities for study tours and other partnerships. There will also be free gamelan and wayang workshops for teachers provided by the Consulate and opportunity to dress up in traditional costumes and have your photo taken.
Food: The Consulate will provide Indonesian snacks, tea and coffee and some exhibition stalls will also have food available.
Schedule: The exhibition will be open from 2pm-7pm, though the schedule is designed so that participants can come in the afternoon (during school hours) OR in the early evening (after school hours). Pak Ade, the Consul General will give a keynote address at 430pm for all participants.

Gamelan workshops: 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 5pm, 6pm
Wayang workshops: 3pm, 4pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm

The workshops will be for about 8 teachers at a time and you can sign up on the day.Register for "WILTA Workshop Term 2: Beyond the Curriculum".

WILTA Event #1 2014 – “Arts on Toast”
WILTA got 2014 off to a good start with a delightful breakfast gathering at the Canvas Café at Fremantle Arts Centre. Along with some friends from AIPSSA (Australian Indonesian Postgraduate Students and Scholars Association) we enjoyed good food and excellent Indonesian language conversation practice. A bonus was the opportunity to view an exhibition of contemporary Balinese Art entitled “Bali: Return Economy”.
WILTA Event #2 2014 – May Workshop
The May Workshop is traditionally the one featuring our annual Reciprocal Teacher Visit (RTV) participant from the IALF. This year Pak Andre Maure worked at 16 primary and secondary schools in WA, as well as presenting workshop sessions on Pulau Sumba, Indonesian children’s games and Nusa Tenggara Timur dialects. This workshop also included presentations from Adopt-A-School and Sue Cooper with Wilfred Liauw who talked about effective lesson plans.

WILTA Event #3 – Language Learning Space PD
In conjunction with Education Services Australia, WILTA offered three venues for workshops introducing the new online Indonesian teaching resource The Language Learning Space. Lucy Booth from ESA in Melbourne explained how the new website works and answered questions from attendees on what seems to be an innovative and interesting new resource.
Wilfred Liauw.

WILTA Event #4 – Term 4 Workshops and Annual General Meeting
Another well-attended workshop with a focus on planning for the Australian Curriculum in Languages, ably presented by Sandra Jackson. Other presentations included Wilfred Liauw’s sharing of photos and videos taken during the ASILE tour, many of which will be developed as Indonesian teaching resources; reports from our four Language Assistants Randi, Andi, Clara and Wisnu; and a reflection on the value of cultural incursions from Sue Abdullah.