<div dir="ltr"><div class="" style="float:left;margin-left:20px;width:940px;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><h1 class="" style="margin:0px;font-weight:300;font-size:35px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:42px">Language meet gets academics talking</h1><div class="" style="margin:0px 0px 6px"><span class="" style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(120,120,120);display:inline-block;width:940px"><div class="" style="padding-top:10px">1st Nov 2015 6:00 AM</div></span></div><div class=""></div><div class="" style="float:left;width:940px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-left:0px;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(238,238,238);border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(238,238,238);padding:10px 0px"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom-style:none;display:inline-block;float:left;width:940px"><div class="" style="float:left"><ul class="" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;display:inline"><a class="" style="color:rgb(120,120,120);margin-right:40px;float:left;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;text-transform:uppercase"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;width:20px;height:20px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:text-top;margin-right:0px;color:rgb(145,145,145);float:left;background-image:url(http://media.apnarm.net.au/129.4/tc/base/sprites/tc_globals-vert.png?22a2a1686a9070b1470d3fc321615187);background-repeat:no-repeat"></span><span class="" style="margin-right:0px;color:rgb(145,145,145);float:left;margin-top:1px">0</span></a><a class="" style="color:rgb(120,120,120);margin-right:40px;float:left;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;text-transform:uppercase"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;width:20px;height:20px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:text-top;margin-right:3px;color:rgb(145,145,145);float:left;margin-top:1px;background-image:url(http://media.apnarm.net.au/129.4/tc/base/sprites/tc_globals-vert.png?22a2a1686a9070b1470d3fc321615187);background-repeat:no-repeat"></span><span class="" style="margin-right:0px;color:rgb(145,145,145);float:left;margin-top:1px">2</span></a></ul></div><div></div><div></div><div class="" style="float:right"><center><a href="http://rightsportal.copyright.com.au/Pages/RepublicationPage.aspx?PublicationType=News" target="_blank" class="" style="color:rgb(120,120,120);text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;padding-left:25px;display:inline-block;height:20px;text-transform:uppercase;background-image:url(http://media.apnarm.net.au/129.4/tc/base/sprites/tc_globals-vert.png?22a2a1686a9070b1470d3fc321615187);background-repeat:no-repeat"><br>USE THIS CONTENT</a></center></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="float:left;margin-left:20px;width:620px;color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><div class=""><div class="" style="margin:0px 20px 0px 0px;max-width:620px;width:620px!important"><img src="http://media.apnarm.net.au/img/media/images/2015/10/30/IQT_30-10-2015_USQ_01_EOE%20151030_deep_languages_fct853x640x165.0_t620.jpg" alt="TALKING LANGUAGES: USQ Associate Professors Warren Midgley and Shirley O’Neill at the 2015 International Conference on Deep Languages Education Policy and Practice." title="TALKING LANGUAGES: USQ Associate Professors Warren Midgley and Shirley O’Neill at the 2015 International Conference on Deep Languages Education Policy and Practice." style="vertical-align: middle; border: 0px; max-width: 100%;">TALKING LANGUAGES: USQ Associate Professors Warren Midgley and Shirley O’Neill at the 2015 International Conference on Deep Languages Education Policy and Practice.<small class="" style="font-size:8.96px;display:block;font-weight:700;padding:5px 0px 0px">Contributedhttp://<a href="http://www.qt.com.au/news/language-meet-gets-academics-talking/2823694/">www.qt.com.au/news/language-meet-gets-academics-talking/2823694/</a></small></div></div><div class="" style="float:left;margin-left:0px;width:620px"></div><div class="" style="float:left;margin-left:0px;width:140px;margin-bottom:15px;background:linear-gradient(to right,rgb(255,255,255) 0%,rgb(242,242,242) 100%)"><div class="" style="width:140px;float:left;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(238,238,238);border-bottom-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px"><h3 style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:11px;text-transform:uppercase;width:auto;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;background:none">RELATED ITEMS</h3><ul class="" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;list-style:none;display:inline-block"><a href="http://www.qt.com.au/news/students-take-football-passion-to-next-level/2822051/" class="" style="color:rgb(62,154,205);text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;display:inline-block;height:105px"><img src="http://media.apnarm.net.au/img/media/images/2015/10/29/IQT_29-10-2015_USQ_02_EOE%20151029_roar_placement_fct820x615x147.0_ct140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"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ortant thing, and it is very high on the Australian Government's agenda and high on the Queensland's Government's agenda to introduce languages learning as soon as possible.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;width:620px">"But the big question that everyone wants to know is how we do it most effectively?"</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;width:620px">Applied Linguistics Discipline coordinator associate professor Shirley O'Neill said all were encouraged to contribute to the discussion and interact with the speakers.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;width:620px">"We had people who have done research in different areas speak about their research into language policy and deep learning, and how to implement learning strategies through innovative teaching and digital technologies," she said.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;width:620px">Associate Prof O'Neill said discussions at the conference especially helped teachers gain new perspectives and skills on what are the best teaching practices to support migrant students learning English or teach other languages as a second or foreign language.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;width:620px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;width:620px"><br></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message.  A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well.  (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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