The Association of French Teachers in Victoria (AFTV Inc) is a professional association for French language teachers in Victoria. The AFTV supports teachers and learners of French throughout Victoria by providing quality services, including professional development for teachers and learning opportunities for students. The AFTV aims to encourage and promote the learning of French as an essential part of the school curriculum.
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AFTV membership provides discounted rates for AFTV teacher and student
activities, unlimited access to AFTV member-only resources and regular emails providing important information for French educators
about AFTV activities as well as the wider French teaching community.
AFTV
committee members and a group of dedicated volunteers have been working on the education kit project "N'oubliez jamais" since
2022. A 20-minute documentary was made on the life of Esther Wise, who was a 15-year-old Jewish girl during World War Two and
survived the Holocaust. After the war, Esther migrated to Melbourne, Australia where she still lives today at age 99.
The volunteers worked tirelessly to create comprehension and communicative activities based on Esther's personal story as she relates it in the documentary. The kit offers differentiated activities for years 9-10 and years 11-12 and is free for all AFTV members and non-members.
Education Kit official launch: L-R: Naya Seelig-Schnattner, AFTV Vice-President Lucie
Dickens, Esther Wise, the French Ambassador to Australia, Pierre-André Imbert and Honorary Consul of France, Myriam
Boisbouvier-Wylie.
An AFTV / Forum de la Francophonie Initiative
We are pleased to announce the AFTV 2025 Junior Video Competition, centered around the theme La Gastronomie.
This competition invites students from Year 5 to Year 8 to look into the rich culinary traditions of Francophone countries.
We are pleased to continue to offer online French conversation classes in Term 2 2025.
The online classes are delivered by Marilyne Lopez of Almaje Language School.
Dates
30 April to 11 June (no session 7 May)
Time 6.15pm to 7.45pm
The AFTV invites new teachers of VCE (Units 1, 2, 3, 4) and those needing a refresher, to attend this all-day professional development
workshop, especially dedicated to OUTCOME 2.
Venue Catholic
Leadership Centre, 576
Victoria Parade East Melbourne
Date Friday 2 May 2025
Time 9.00am - 3.00pm
Information Night & Expression of Interest
We
are very excited to invite AFTV members to visit France for an extended professional learning experience, to be fully immersed in French
language and culture for two weeks during the 2026 Easter school holidays.
✨ The AFTV 2024 AGM was another fantastic evening, celebrating the achievements and tireless efforts of our dedicated committee members. Together, we continue to promote the teaching and learning of French in Victoria, offering dynamic, innovative projects and
professional learning sessions to support French teachers.
Please also see following the 2024 AGM Minutes and the 2025 AFTV Committee
This time it was Vietnamese with a French twist for our annual Francophone end of year celebration dinner. A sold out group of 26 members and guests gathered to enjoy each other’s company, a delicious meal of a wide variety of dishes including vegan and vegetarian, and to cap it off, an informative and interesting talk on the French Connection delivered by our welcoming and helpful host Tran.
UNE MATINÉE POUR S'ENTRAÎNER
Over
two Sundays, AFTV organised an Atelier Oral for our metro and regional students. Students had the opportunity to practice their oral conversation and engage with the marking criteria by providing their peers with feedback and also had the opportunity to engage with the
discussion section of the exam..
The AFTV recently hosted a successful network evening at Roule-Galette in Carnegie, designed to welcome and support new teachers in the profession. .
Le vendredi 9 août, de 18h à 20h, l'AFTV a une nouvelle fois organisé sa soirée Trivia.
Nous avons accueilli 75 élèves venus de divers lycées des alentours.