Aleksandra Ceferin

Aleksandra Ceferin (M.A., B.A., Dip.Ed.) has introduced Slovenian language as a school subject in Australian school system and founded the Slovenian Teachers' Association of Victoria in 1976. She has extensive experience in language education: as teacher, lecturer, curriculum coordinator, course writer, language consultant and manager, VCE State Reviewer and Chief Examiner. Since 1998 she has been the President of ISSV and the manager and chief editor of its projects. Aleksandra visits Slovenian annually, establishing and maintaining contacts with Slovenia, and initiating exchanges and cooperation between organizations. In 2004 she was the recipient of the National Education Award of RS Slovenia.

1.1. VUSEB: Correspondence 1976

Correspondence between Aleksandra Ceferin and Prof. Jiri Marvan, Chairman of the Committee for Balto-Slavonic Languages, regarding accreditation of Slovenian language as Higher School Certificate/HSC language in the Victorian school system.

5.8. BoS: VCE Study Slovenian 2001

Published by: Board of Studies, Melbourne 2001. The Study Design for Languages Other Than English is the product of Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) – Slovenian. It was accredited for the period 2001 to 2005.

Slovenian Welfare and Information Office Inc

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Slovenian Welfare and Information Office Inc
19 A’ Beckett Street, Kew, VIC 3101
Tel/Fax  61 03 9853 7600
Web  http://www.slovenianwelfare.org.au
President: Peter Mandelj  OAM
Secretary: Rodney Crooks

Newsletter Jan 2009 10th Anniversary

28 January This year signifies the 10th anniversary of the Thezaurus web site launched on 1 January 1999. At that time it consisted of two language studies projects “Slovenianlinx” and Internet publication, “Webzine Sloveniana”…

28. januar Leto 2009 zaznamuje 10. obletnico spletnega mesta Thezaurus, ki je bilo predstavljeno javnosti  1.januarja 1999. Tedaj je vsebovalo dva jezikovna projekta: “Slovenianlinx” in revijo “ Webzine Sloveniana”…

Dominkova Homestead

Dominkova Homestead is today more than a museum. Medicinal herbs are growing in the garden. In front of the house they still sow corn, plant garlic and other produce …

Šmit Homestead

The homestead is typical of the lower Pannonian region, built of beams coated on both sides with clay. It is a distinctive regional building style called locally cimprača …

Škratelj House

Škratelj House in Divača was built in the 17th century. An important stopover hostelry, it served all traffic until the construction of the railroad between Vienna and Trieste …

Božično voÅ¡čilo 2008

Dear friends / Dragi prijatelji, Želimo vam vesel in praznični Božič. Naj vam novo leto 2009 prinese mir in zadovoljstvo. We wish you a joyful and festive Christmas. May the New Year 2009 bring peace and contentment...

Slovenian language studies in Victoria – Bibliography

The series of articles marks the process of events, issues, and information that Aleksandra Ceferin wrote for the Slovenian community since 1976, and published for the most part in the monthly journal Misli, later also in Glas Slovenije, Rodna Gruda, Slovenščina v šoli, MLTAV Newsletter (Modern Language Teachers Association of Victoria).