Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA)

Description

The Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA) is the national professional body representing teachers of all languages in Australia.

Mission / Aims

The role of the AFMLTA is to promote language learning in Australia. This role will be realised through the following functions of the AFMLTA.

To provide a national voice on language learning and language teaching.

To compile and distribute information on languages, language learning and language teaching.

To develop the professional consciousness of language teachers.

Principal activities

Provides professional leadership and advisory services at the national level.

Tries to influence decisions made at the national level by lobbying, advising, and preparing submissions to politicians, committees of inquiry, government departments, industry and commerce, and wherever else appropriate.

Encourages the professional development of language teachers through national conferences and workshops, especially the Biennial National Languages Conference.

Publishes the national language teaching journal Babel and the Information Bulletin.

Affiliations

We are member of:

(CHASS)

Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Federation Internationale de Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (FIPLV)

National Education Forum (NEF)

They are our members:

Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE)

Chinese Language Teachers Federation of Australia (CLTFA)

Federation of the Associations of the Teachers of French in Australia (FATFA)

Language Teachers Association of the Northern Territory (LTANT)

Modern Language Teachers Association of New South Wales (MLTANSW)

Modern Language Teachers Association of Queensland (MLTAQ)

Modern Language Teachers Association of South Australia (MLTASA)

Modern Language Teachers Association of Tasmania (MLTAT)

Modern Language Teachers Association of Victoria (MLTAV)

Modern Language Teachers Association of Western Australia (MLTAWA)

Modern Language Teachers Association of the ACT (MLTAACT)

Network of Australian Teachers of German (NATG)