About Le Stage à la Plage
Since 1995, the Teacher of French Association has been organising Le Stage à la Plage — the premier annual professional development event for French teachers in Western Australia.
The conference offers:
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High-quality workshops and presentations led by international and interstate guest speakers, bringing fresh perspectives and expertise to WA.
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A unique opportunity to extend knowledge, refine teaching skills, and stay up to date with the latest in language education.
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A vibrant social setting where teachers can network, connect with colleagues, and share experiences from across the state.
Le Stage à la Plage is the most significant professional learning opportunity available for French teachers in WA, combining professional growth with the joy of our warm community.
Past Conferences
In 2025, we celebrated 30 years of TOFA WA ! A morning Conference was held at Tranby Hall in the Perth CBD with 50 participants. Associate Professor Chloé Diskin-Holdaway was our guest speaker and she presented a Keynote titled ‘Rethinking Linguistic Competence’. Following an inspiring and informative morning, a celebratory lunch was held on a swan river cruise with 60 participants, including past presidents of TOFA.
In 2024, the Stage à la plage was integrated into the bi-annual National FATFA conference and held in Perth on November 22-23. Over 100 participants from all corners of Australia attended the unforgettable two-day conference at the University of Western Australia. His excellence Mr Pierre-André Imbert, ambassador of France to Australia attended the opening ceremony as well as our awards ceremony at dinner time.
Our guest speaker in 2023 was Nathalie Marchand. Nathalie is an experienced educator from Victoria. Nathalie’s presentation was “Enabling student growth – differentiation in action”.
In 2022, we had the pleasure to welcome all the way from Canada, international recording artist and award-winning “teacher-rockstar” Steven “ÉTIENNE” Langlois.
The event was held on Friday 12 August 2022, at QT, 133 Murray Street, Perth 6000 WA.
Our Keynote Speaker was Julian Chen, expert in Language Learning Methodologies and Lecturer at Curtin University. He shared his knowledge on successful Lesson Design and Task-based Language Teaching.
In 2019, we welcomed Dr. GianFranco Conti to the spectacular Fremantle Sailing Club where he delighted WA’s French Teachers with some great presentations and workshops. Here are some highlights of the day captured by our committee members.
Danièle Bourdais was the Keynote speaker of the 2018 edition of the Stage held at Tompkins on Swan, on May 18th 2018.
