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A growing number of Catholic schools across Victoria are reimagining how language learning can look in the primary classroom – shifting from traditional models to something far more dynamic, inclusive and sustainable. The Teachers as Co-Learners initiative, recently featured in Teacher Magazine, is one such approach gaining momentum.

At the heart of this model is a simple but powerful idea: teachers and students learning together. Through short, daily 15-minute language sessions, classroom teachers – supported by fluent language assistants – engage alongside their students as co-learners. This model not only builds language skills, but also strengthens relationships, cultural awareness, confidence and a shared sense of purpose in the classroom. TCL fosters the active participation of the whole school community in language learning, whilst increasing teacher understanding and mastery of language acquisition principles through a comprehensive and highly scaffolded program.

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