Language teaching and testing
Professional development for community language teachers
The Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education (SICLE) supports community language schools through professional learning courses for teachers, principals and committees. SICLE offers a range of programs for teachers working in community languages schools, in partnership with NSW Department of Education.
Please contact us below to waitlist for 2025 schedule of classes.
Contact us for 2025 schedule Teaching Community languages coursesLanguage proficiency testing
Language Proficiency Tests (LPT) are delivered by the Sydney Institute for Community Language Education (SICLE). SICLE provides professional pathways for teachers and support for community language students through the development of curriculum resources and assessments.
The LPT provides evidence of teachers’ proficiency in the language they teach or want to teach. It shows that teachers have proficiency to the level of three years’ tertiary study. The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) recognises equivalence to four or six units of post-beginner tertiary language study for native speakers of the language if they have verification from a university of their level of language knowledge and proficiency.