​On Saturday the 30th of October we had our AGM 2021 and our Professional Learning Workshop, presented by Ibu Indah Hixon and Ibu Danielle Cook. We thank Pak Grant and Ibu Laura for making the Wandjoo Miya at Wesley available for us to hold this AGM.
Ibu Danielle Horne the president of WILTA was present and conducted the AGM.
 
It was a relaxing and friendly day for all the members. Members were enriched by new and fresh ideas for classroom activities which were presented by Ibu Indah Hixon and Ibu Danielle Cook.
 
Ibu Indah showed an effective strategy called ‘Connecting Body and Mind’. teaching and learning a Language through gestures and movement. This strategy has proven to be effective to enhance students learning. Ibu Indah demonstrated phrases, colours, numbers, prepositions, verb, adjective using her ‘made- up’ gestures as well as gestures that she adapted from AIM and AUSLAN. It was nice to see a video of her singing a song with gestures and her class during a lesson.
 
Ibu Danielle showed a session on how to use Minecraft for TL. She has given great information on how it is set up and how it functions. Ibu Danielle also shared her reflection of her students work and achievement through a Minecraft tasks.
 
Teachers had a chance to mingle with others over a nice morning tea, which then was followed by the AGM, where the 2022 WILTA Committee was confirmed.
 
Special thanks to Ibu Emma Chand who has provided us with an authentic dish for lunch. We look forward to seeing you all continue your membership with WILTA as 2022 should be an exciting year of events.

Communications Coordinator 
​Viola Sacher
 

our new committee has been elected. Selamat datang (kembali for some!) dan terima kasih kepada:

• Ibu Danielle Horne (Presiden)
• Ibu Laura Wimsett (Wakil Presiden)
• Ibu Moya McLaughlin (Bendahara)
• Ibu Natalie Belcastro (Sekretaris)
• Ibu Marlee McAdam (Koordinator PD)
• Bapak Dai Tonai (Webmaster)
• Bapak Grant Porteus (Koordinator Kompetisi)
• Ibu Viola Sacher (Komunikasi)

General Committee:  Lorna Colquhoun, Danielle Cook, Cristy Coulson, Varinder Rikhraj

Dari Koordinator Kompetisi Klip2Kepada Anggota WILTA yang terhormat, 
As the Competitions Coordinator, I want to thank you for your support for what has been another successful Kompetisi Klip-Klip in 2021.  We had 30 entries from 9 different Schools and have awarded 7 cash prizes. The improved spontaneous nature of many of the videos and good participation rate demonstrates that members understand the purpose of the competition:

• Promote the importance and improve the confidence of students using Indonesian to communicate meaning spontaneously.
• Raise the profile of Indonesian Language Learning in Western Australian Schools amongst teachers, students and the wider community. 

WILTA wishes to thank the Konsulat Jenderal Republik Indonesia for their generous sponsorship of Kompetisi Klip-Klip this year. We also wish to acknowledge our fantastic judges: Moya McLoughlin and Karen Bailey, who volunteered their time to mark all videos entered. Here are 4 thoughts to ponder for the 2022 competition:

1. Don’t forget to join WILTA nice and early in 2022. The benefits start straight away and we have some big ideas for how we can support you next year. You only get the KK2 information if you are a member
2. Tell your students. If you knew about KK2 this year, but ran out of time to plan an entry, use the very effective student reminder system. Tell all of your classes about the competition and prizes as soon as it opens. In my experience, your students will then remind you every lesson after that and will even come up with some creative video ideas if you let them. 
3. Spontaneity is the winning focus. Although it is good to plan a suitable time in your program to film, it is not needed. One of the age group winners had less than 20 minutes notice on the last lesson of the term before the due date. They sat in a room without scripting or rehearsing and had a impromptu conversation on the topic that they had just studied, and won a prize. The criteria rewards spontaneity. Trust your students to use repair strategies and show what they know. 
4. Entering is a prize in itself. Students get a massive confidence boost when there is a chance to enter a competition. They don’t need to be a winner to benefit. Try having a class based competition and enter the winners, or enter a student who has a passion for Indonesian just to put a smile on a student's face. 

The link to the prize winners is below.
If your School has a winning student, I will be in touch next week regarding prize money transfers. I look forward to seeing an even bigger competition in 2022
Salam hangat, 
Grant Porteus
WILTA Competition Coordinator