Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA)

Overview:

Profession(s): Languages and Cultures Education
Member Type(s): Languages educators at all levels
Scope: National - Australia
Members: 2,000
Address: School of Languages, 71 Rose St, Mile End, South Australia, 5031, Australia
Website: www.afmlta.asn.au

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:

Associations to which we are a member:
Federation Internationale de Professeurs de Langues Vivantes (FIPLV)
Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
(CHASS)
National Education Forum (NEF)

Our member Associations, Chapters, Divisions:
Modern Language Teachers Association of the ACT (MLTAACT)
Modern Language Teachers Association of New South Wales (MLTANSW)
Language Teachers Association of the Northern Territory (LTANT)
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)
Chinese Language Teachers Federation of Australia (CLTFA)
Federation of the Associations of the Teachers of French in Australia (FATFA)
Network of Australian Teachers of German (NATG)
Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE)