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Picture: under a portico in Bologna,

Emilia Romagna, Italy

Exploring Ostia Antica’s borgo and

castle, in the outskirts of Rome

Q & A with Federica Cologni, teacher of Italianosted on October 16, 2015 by stefce

Meet the teacher: Federica Cologni, Teacher of Italian, Matthew Flinders Centre in Geelong

ve been at the VSL for eight years as an Italian teacher; before that I’d been a

SL student (Italian and Spanish) for three years and a language assistant (Italian)

or one.

ately I’ve been working on different ways to include ICT in my teaching as I

hink digital literacy is a necessary 21 century skill.

he most important thing I take into the classroom each week is energy.can be hard for students to come to school on a Saturday morning so it’s

mportant that I keep them motivated and enthusiastic. The group I am currently

eaching ranges from years 7 to 12 and also includes adults. Ensuring that every

ngle student is catered for requires a lot of energy and good time-management

on my part but also theirs).

What I love about language teaching is that it’s never the same. Each student

unique and has his/her own understanding of the world, so teaching is never boring nor repetitive. My second

avourite thing is hearing from past students… a few of them have permanently relocated to Europe while others

re on a gap year. Hearing about their adventures is always exciting and is a constant reminder that the world is

big place full of opportunities for today’s youth. Knowing an extra language can give y ou the edge.

My advice to parents is for them to encourage their kids to keep up their

interest in language learning; even casually asking them a bout what they’re

currently working on in class can do wonders for their motivation and enthusiasm.

If you have the time, get your kids to teach you a couple of words in the language

from time to time.

The book that changed my life… I don’t think I could choose just one book. I

was an avid reader when I was at school as I found reading the best way to improve

my English (I came to Australia at age 14). Orwell’s 1984, which I read at age 15,

was probably the reason why I decided to study politics and international relations

at university so I guess I could say that was quite significant. When I was younger

and living in Italy my favourite book was called Il Grande Libro dei Perché (the Big

Book of Whys). It taught me to question everything in life, be curious and always

dig deeper.

he most inspirational figures in my life are my past teachers. They taught me to appreciate learning as a

fe-long journey and it is because I admired them so much that I eventually chose this profession. Of course not

ll of my teachers were great (I had some really bad ones too), but there were quite a few who made the

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Visiting one of my primary school teachers in Bergamo,

Italy

Casoncelli alla bergamasca (in dialect: casonsèi)

Past students featured on Il Globo, Melbourne’s Italian

newspaper

ifference with their patience, passion and dedication. Thankfully I am

till in touch with them today.

The regional food I love

best is casoncelli alla

bergamasca. A casoncello is a

ravioli-like dumpling stuffed

with Grana Padano cheese,

amaretti biscuits and a coupleof other ingredients.

Casoncelli are pan-fried with pancetta, butter and sage. They are a

typical dish from my hometown Bergamo (40 Km NE of Milan) and

are normally reserved for special occasions. My grandmother (nonna

Lucia) makes them from scratch. However I also love Thai food: Som Tum Thai (green papaya salad with

shrimp and peanuts) and Tom Yum (spicy and sour soup with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lime

juice, fish sauce and crushed chili peppers) are favourites of mine.

My favourite expression in Italian is chi trova un amico, trova un

tesoro; ‘who finds a friend, finds a treasure’ or a ‘friend is a treasure’.

What I love to do most when I am in Italy is spending time with

family and friends.

My favourite apps are Duolingo, Facebook, Viber and Whatsapp; I

use Duolingo to maintain the Spanish and French I studied at

university, while I use the other three apps to keep in touch with my

friends who live all over the world.

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Writing my Book – Karin Ru! German teacher, VSL Distance Education

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Karin Ru!

1912 Hotel Tiberias Postcard

1910 Frieda & RichardGrossmann with their children

osted on September 17, 2015 by stefce

was the photos that started it – wonderfully detailed photos of a far away and

ast world that was yet part of my history. The photos were of family and

ommunity life in Palestine and often taken in the town of Tiberias, by the shores

f the Sea of Galilee. This is where a large hotel of black stone still stands – the

ormer Hotel Tiberias. In 1904 my great-aunt Frieda Ruff (1884-1972) married the

man who built this hotel in 1894, after getting the job of housekeeper there in

902. After Richard Grossmann’s death in 1916, Frieda took on the management of

he now large hotel and ran it with her son until mid-1940. Her brother, my

randfather Alfred Ruff, also moved to the hotel in 1905 and helped to run it. So it

was in Tiberias that my father spent his childhood.

The family photos brought the

stories and people of my family

alive through their outstanding

quality and details when I scanned them and was able to see

them enlarged on the computer screen. Many changes fromthe late 1880’s to the end of World War 2 and then to the end

of the country of Palestine itself were evident, and

personalities came alive in expressions and gestures.

Frieda and Alfred were

among the first

generation to be born to a

roup of German settlers in Palestine. Their father had migrated with his

amily from southwest Germany to Haifa in Palestine in 1873, when he was

8. The family were members of a small German Christian group, the

emplers, who had decided to move to the Holy Land and build communities

n the original spirit of Christianity. They also aimed to improve life and

ring economic prosperity to the Holy Land. Emigration was carefully

lanned and individuals with the essential skills and trades needed for the

uccess of a pioneering community were the first to be sent. The Templers

chieved much over their 75 years in Palestine. The Temple Society Australia

now the largest branch of this Christian group.

lthough much of the history of the Templers in Palestine is now being

alued and researched in Israel, the emphasis there is on the surviving

uildings and their restoration. The lives of individual people, especially relatively “insignificant” ones, such as

hat of a woman concerned with the daily chores of running a hotel and family, are not as likely to be

ecognised. This is only natural, as we, the descendants of the Templers, are not living in Israel. During her full

fe Frieda suffered more great sorrows than many have to bear, but her achievements stood out: a great female

ole model of stoicism and caring in the face of tragedies. I wanted to honour this woman’s life and write her

tory down to share with others.

hotographs were one of the precious few things the German families from the Templer settlements in Palestine

were allowed to bring with them when most were forcibly transported to Australia by the British Mandate

overnment in 1941. They were then interned in prison camps in north Victoria until after the end of World

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1904 Summer night arrangements on Hotel roof

1935 Hotel Tiberiasluggage label

War 2. My grandfather and his family were amongst them,

ut his sister Frieda stayed in Palestine until 1948, when

he state of Israel was founded and later ended up in

ermany. I often heard Frieda Grossmann spoken about,

nd she was always very fondly referred to as “Mutterle”

dear mother”), so I was curious to know more about her.

he discovery of a diary written by Frieda and covering 3

ears from March 1939 provided my second impetus towrite down this story. A great-grandson of Frieda’s

miraculously tracked it down in Israel in 2003 and later

indly sent me a photocopy. The diary starts a few months

efore the German Templer communities in Palestine

were encircled by barbed wire and guarded by the British Mandate authorities, to New Year’s Eve 1942.

I gathered information about Frieda and life in Palestine from interviews with family

members and a few others who encountered Frieda as children. Further information

came from books and written documents such as Frieda’s daughter’s memoirs, some

letters, and from my memories of stories told by my family and by Frieda’s children.

Most people spoke to me in German and most documents were in German, so my

knowledge of the language allowed me full and immediate access to these resources.

Having spent so many of my hours and days travelling with Frieda in my

mind, I did not want to let go and am now working on transcribing all of

he surviving diary pages by typing it into the computer and translating

he other chapters of my book into German. Family members and others

n Germany are keen to read it, and the diary itself is a valuable historical

ocument. It’s been a great journey.

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anguage learning myths – is the sky falling?osted on August 7, 2015 by viclanguages

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1916 illustration for ‘Chicken Little’

Will the sky fall in if your child learns a language other than English?Heard any of these when

you explain that your child is spending their Saturday morning (or weeknight) on language

classes?

“Time spent on one language means time taken away from another”

“Other languages detract from your child’s ability to acquire English literacy”

Real Australian” students shouldn’t bother learning a second language, because they will face unfair

ompetition from students who have grown up with that language”

Students who speak and hear a language at home don’t really have to learn it”

he University of Melbourne’s Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-Cultural Education (RUMACC) has

handy brochure on some common misconceptions about children learning another language or maintaining

he language of their home.

ownload it here.

The Sky is falling!

UMACC is also developing a collection of readers in other languages,

tarting with Chicken Little.

ometimes known as Henny Penny or Chicken Licken, this is the story

f a chook who leads a gaggle of farm animals to an untimely end as a

esult of her belief that the sky is falling. The tale has passed into

opular English usage as an idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken

elief that disaster is imminent.

here is also a series of readers in East Timorese languages, Somali

nd Italian.

nd a very useful post, by Rita Rosenback, author of the US blog, Multilingualparenting.com, on the seven

worries parents of bilingual children have.

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Q & A with Olga Quijada-Luna, Spanish teacherosted on June 26, 2015 by stefce

Meet the teacher: Hi, my name is Olga Alicia Quijada Luna, Spanish teacher at the VSL Box Hill Centre. I am

om Mexico and I have lived for 7 years in Australia.

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ately, I’ve been working on… I worked here as a Spanish teacher in a kindergarten and playgroup, and

iven private lessons (tutoring). I have a Bachelor Degree in Educational Sciences.

ve been at VSL for… I started at the VSL as a replacement teacher in 2010, and in 2011 I started as a regular

eacher.

The most important thing I take into the classroom each week is… A good attitude, to start the day

ull of energy and patience. My group has different levels so the Saturdays morning are very busy.

What I love about language teaching is…. Being able to teach and transmit part of my culture is

wonderful; especially when you can see the children master new things, when they are proud of themselves for

eing able to speak another language that they are learning in our classes, when you as a teacher can see the

rogress they make. When I see them reading, writing, speaking in Spanish it is a great honour for me.

My advice to parents is…. Perseverance, not giving up when children tell us they do not want to learnnother language – in the future they will appreciate the effort that you made to achieve it.

or parentsof children that are learningtheir native language, always try to speak your language with your kids,

the kids respond to you in another language say to them that in your home all the family speak your native

anguage. You can say that you do not understand what they are saying, but they know that you understand so

ou need to explain to them the importance of learning another language and be patient.

or parents who do not speak the language that their kids are learning or want to learn, just encourage them to

o it, and explain the importance in their life to learn different languages.

Perseverance and patience is the most important.

ooks … I like reading, I like romance books, inspirational books and I love cooking books.

he most inspirational figures in my life are… God and my parents.

he regional food I love best is…. I love Mexican food and I love cooking. Mexico has many different types

f food; each city has its own traditional food.

My favourite movie… Forrest Gump, Life Is Beautiful and The Pursuit of Happiness.

My favourite expression is… You can do it, Thank you and Sorry.

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Minister James Merlino presents an award to Anika Hoffman (German)

he students who received the Awards were:

Patrycha Stachura – Polish – University HS VSL Centre

Prisha Dadoo – Hindi – Glen Waverley VSL Centre

Dalila Hota – Bosnian – Carwartha VSL Centre

Cesar Dobre – Romanian – Dandenong VSL Centre

MarKo Matkovic- Croatian – Keilor Downs VSL Centre Amira Alzahabi – Arabic – VSL Distance Education Section

Francesca Coluccio – Italian – VSL Distance Education Section

Anika Hoffman – German – VSL Distance Education Section

Andrea Osuno – Spanish – VSL Distance Education Section

Kara Willand – German – VSL Distance Education Section

Tijana Avramovska – Macedonian – Thomastown VSL Centre

Ivana Dobrevska – Macedonian –Thomastown VSL Centre

Liyan Bojeh – Arabic –Lalor VSL Centre

Nivan Kaya – Turkish – Roxburgh VSL Centre

Maria Veresova – Russian – McKinnon VSL Centre

or any school to receive 15 awards is an excellent achievement, and we would like to congratulate the students,

eachers and parents on this wonderful result.

ijana Avramovska (Macedonian) with VSL staff and family

You can see some photos of the event at the following link: http://www.vsl.vic.edu.au/News.aspx?

NewsId=26

LICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE OFFICIAL PHOTOS FROM THE 2015 PREMIER’S VCE

AWARDS

ttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/v70r7p7ny4hm3lm/AADFA12chOxpxowO13m4gTdGa/StudyAwards?dl=0

No password is required to access this site and photos can be downloaded free-of-charge.)

Herald Sun Article

ur achievements were also reported in the Herald Sun: “The Victorian School of Languages was the top-

erforming school last year, with students receiving 15 awards, ahead of Scotch College (12), Methodist

adies’ College (11) and Melbourne High School (10).”

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ee the complete article at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/student-who-received-near-perfect-

ce-score-reveals-his-secrets/story-fni0fit3-1227380998319

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Will learning a language get me a job?osted on June 3, 2015 by viclanguages

rom the UK, interesting developments in the debate on language learning. The British Academy for the

Humanities and Social Sciences is undertaking a research project, Born Global, on “the extent and nature of

anguage needs in the labour market and the implications for language education from school to higher

ducation”.

he project is being advised by a steering group comprising a who’s who of British corporate life, including the

hief Operating Officer of the Confederation of British Industry, the Chair of UBS Ltd, and a former director of

euters and Deutsche Bank, as well as linguistics experts and government representatives.

n late 2014, the Academy held a symposium to discuss the interim findings. The summary of those findings,

vailable on the website, kicks off with a quote from Australia’s very own champion of language learning,

rofessor Jo Lo Bianco of the University of Melbourne:

There are two disadvantages in global language arrangements: one of them is not knowing English; and the

ther one of them is knowing only English.”

he report highlighted a growing divide between government and private schools, and found that language

earning, or lack of it, was in itself an indicator of educational inequality:

Between 2004, when languages ceased to be a statutory requirement for fourteen-year olds, and 2010, the

ercentage of state-maintained schools retaining compulsory languages dropped from 30% to 20%.

Meanwhile the Independent Sector appeared to be prioritising languages, with figures for compulsory

anguage learning rising from 75% in 2004 to 89% by 2010.”

his lack of language skills acquired during school had impacts later on: very few UK graduates are studying or

working overseas. And while young people from other countries are clamouring to join the European Union’s

rasmus student exchange program, applications from Britons are declining. The report traces this back to a

ack of confidence and motivation. Not surprisingly, in an increasingly globalised and globalising economy,

mployers are alarmed.

Missed opportunities to take up international places leaves young people less equipped with the attributeshey need to work in a global labour market. Such attitudes may also affect the propensity to export of many

mall- to medium-sized companies.”

ome lessons for Australia, perhaps?

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The Immigration Museum’s Wheelie

Workshop Source: The Squeaky Wheel

Zheng Ye Treasure Hunt – courtesy of the

Chinese Museum Melbourne.

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chool holidays – what’s onosted on March 27, 2015 by viclanguages

he Easter school holidays are upon us (last class this Saturday!). What to do?

Help is at hand…

he Immigration Museum has just launched a free multilingual tour appor Apple and Android, in English, Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese and

Mandarin.

here are school holiday activities – including Dazzling Deco Rides (until 12

pril), where you bring your own helmet, horn, toy vehicle, pram or walking

ame to personalise with special decorations, or help deck out the Museum’s

wn mini-fleet; or create a good luck travel charm.

he Freedom exhibition (until 8 June), photos by Andy Drewitt of 24 asylum seekers since World War II.

n Wednesday April 1, they’re running Art, Hope & Culture (1-2.30pm), talks by women artists from

migrant/refugee backgrounds:

Helen Kassa – a writer, film maker and spoken word artist who was born in Eritrea and raised in Ethiopia

Mehwish Iqbal – a visual artist whose work draws on personal experiences of social, cultural and political

landscapes in the country of her birth, Pakistan, and her home Australia

My Le Thi, a visual artist of Chinese heritage from Vietnam, whose work displays a strong social conscience

and concern for oppressed minorities and the dispossessed

Yumi Umiumare a dancer, choreographer and the only Japanese Butoh dancer living in Australia. Migrating

to Australia in 1993, she has been creating her distinctive style of visceral dance theatre works over the last

20 years.

ND… the Chinese Museum, on Cohen Place off Little Bourke, is holding

Children’s Treasure Hunt.: “Follow Zheng He, the most famous Chinese

xplorer of all time, and hunt for treasures across Museum’s five floors.

nswer the 10 questions on the treasure map and win a prize at the end of

our journey”.

he Museum also has some permanent kids’ trails for under-12s.

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ctorian School of Languages Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The Twenty Ten Theme.

Sun Loong, via visitvictoria.com

If you fancy a trip out of town, there’s also a lot going on at the Golden

Dragon Chinese Museum in Bendigo, with Children’s workshops on

Good Friday. On Saturday 4 April, the Chinese Spring Festival kicks

off, with dance performances, a torchlight parade and an Easter Gala

Procession featuring Sun Loong, the longest Imperial dragon in the

world, which only parades in the public once a year.

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