Idiom

Volume 61, Number 01, 2025

IDIOM NO.61

'A Chorus of Voices: Sharing Stories, Knowledge, Truth'

This Idiom elevates and amplifies Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in a testament to VATE’s ongoing commitment to working towards Makarrata and truth-telling. To support our students, it is our responsibility to inform and educate ourselves, deepening our knowledge and appreciation of the experiences and perspectives of First Nations peoples.

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Volume 61, number 01, 2025

'A Chorus of Voices: Sharing Stories, Knowledge, Truth'

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What is Idiom?

Idiom is the journal of the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English and is published online two times a year. Idiom provides an important space for members of the VATE community to share insights, expertise, experiences and practical advice for the benefit of our English teaching colleagues and to help foster professional dialogue and development. Contributions and editorial correspondence should be sent to the Managing Editor, Josephine Smith: idiom@vate.org.au.

Vol 61 No 2: 'Reading sideways: Critical media literacy in the English classroom'

In our increasingly complex world, and with the sheer volume and speed of information online, critical media literacy is an urgent and important area and skill that we must explore in the English classroom.  
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Past issues

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Volume 60, number 02, 2024

Tales from Beyond Suburbia

Volume 60, number 01, 2024

The sustainability of the English teaching profession/al in uncertain times

Volume 59, number 03, 2023

The English Teacher as Researcher

Volume 59, number 02, 2023

The right to read

Volume 59, number 01, 2023

‘It’s (our) time’

Volume 58, number 03, 2022

New VCE Study Designs: English/EAL and Literature

Volume 58, number 02, 2022

'Lost and Found' The lasting legacy of COVID

Volume 58, number 01, 2022

‘Stepping Up’: Being an English leader

Volume 57, number 03, 2021

Starting out