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Kia ora, bienvenido, bienvenue, huanying, willkommen, yookoso, and welcome
to the news page for the Learning Languages community. We value your feedback
and ideas, and invite you to contact us at learninglanguages@tki.org.nz.
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We update this page regularly with information and materials relevant to learning
languages. There are links to over 1200 quality-assured materials within this
community. Find them by using the menu bars and the quick search facility on
the right-hand side of this page.
Language-specific community news pages
On the right side of this page, you will find links to the community pages for
Chinese, French,
German, Japanese,
New Zealand Sign Language, Pasifika, Spanish,
Te Reo Māori, and other
languages. Check out the many resources for teaching Latin, Korean, and
Indonesian on the other languages page.
Note also the two curriculum items immediately below and check these regularly for updates.
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What's new in Learning Languages
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Greetings to everyone from Margaret Hardiman and Glenda Koefoed, the Ministry of Education's Senior Advisers for languages. Keep an eye on this community page for updates on
initiatives and opportunities arising from the new languages strategy as a result
of the Curriculum
Stocktake report.
Read the message regarding the status of the new learning area learning languages in the revised New Zealand curriculum.
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World Environment Day 5 June … show the way today!
The Ministry of Education is encouraging every school, whare kura, kura, kōhanga reo and early childhood centre to do something on 5 June to mark World Environment Day and to share their plans to contribute to a sustainable future.
From 22 May all schools will be able to log in to Show the Way Today site to select eco-actions that schools might plan to do on 5 June and beyond. They will also be able to add their own future focused sustainability pledge which will be revealed on an online world map on the day.
http://efs.tki.org.nz/wed
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Asia Knowledge
Engaging with Asia is vital to New Zealand’s future. The new Asia Knowledge kete on TKI is aligned to the new curriculum and provides information and teaching resources for becoming Asia Aware. It includes an integrated teaching and learning resource on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
http://asia-knowledge.tki.org.nz
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Change in ordering process for MOE resources and publications
The process for schools to order Ministry of Education resources and publications has changed. From 1 March 2008, Wickliffe Ltd is responsible for customer services and warehousing of the Ministry’s publications and resources – to order, phone 0800 660 662 or fax 0800 660 663. A new catalogue will soon be available for ordering online or by email.
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NZALT International Biennial Conference 2008
Wellington Girls' College
6–9 July 2008
The New Zealand Association of Language Teachers (NZALT) Absolutely Positively Languages conference has the theme of motivation: How do we motivate students to begin and continue their language learning? How do we motivate ourselves? Visit the website for more information and registration forms.
http://www.nzalt.org.nz/conference/
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Professional Learning
Check out the revamped Professional Learning area on TKI and access professional learning resources and tools with a distinctly New Zealand flavour. Discover study opportunities, current research, how other schools manage their learning community, and much more.
http://professional-learning.tki.org.nz
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Community Facilitator's choice
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Have a look at these great resources for teaching and learning languages.
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Developing Autonomy in Language Learners (PDF 2.65MB)
Download this analysis of 20 successful language teaching and learning strategies. The paper includes sample activities, and strategy charts and templates in different languages, including Chinese and Japanese. The paper was designed to be read by those teaching senior students, but many of the strategies described can also be used for younger learners. This is a large PDF file and may take some time to download.
http://www.nclrc.org/guides/HED/pdfs/full.pdf
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The Practice of Policy in New Zealand
This paper was written by Gail Spence, Ministry of Education Senior Adviser for Languages, and examines learning languages policy planning in New Zealand over the past 20 years. The writer explores language policy changes in the context of contemporary issues and influences, and discusses the interaction of curriculum and policy in establishing a generic languages curriculum and the move towards developing Learning Languages as an eighth learning area.
http://www.multilingual-matters.net/cilp/005/0389/cilp0050389.pdf
Language
teachers’ professional development immersion experiences: their contribution
to quality teaching and learning
The Ministry of Education funded Dr Lesley Harbon of the University of Sydney
to produce a paper on language teachers' professional development immersion
experiences and their contribution to quality teaching and learning. Funded
opportunities are increasing for language teachers to spend time in countries
where the target language is spoken. When teachers become more fluent and have
better cultural understandings as a result, then we need to know how that helps
their students learn better. Lesley's paper gives us many insights.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/language/Harbon_27June05.doc
National Advisers ILANZ (International Languages Aotearoa New Zealand)
The National Advisers for languages focus on language-specific and cultural issues, including classroom practice, running specified courses, and finding resource materials. Their work is supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the respective governments of China, France, Germany, Spain, and Japan. The National Advisers also collaborate closely with other language advisers and services.
The National Advisers are based at ILANZ and managed by Victoria Link.
Regional facilitators for second
language teaching and learning
Regional facilitators have been contracted by the Ministry of Education to support
teachers and schools offering language programmes.
The New Zealand Association
of Language Teachers (NZALT)
NZALT is a professional association for over 500 teachers of languages (other
than English or Māori) from the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors.
Their website includes access to conference details and white papers, information
about professional development awards, a news page, and links to the specialist
international language associations and advisers within New Zealand.
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NZALT Whitepapers
Keep an eye on the Whitepapers part of the NZALT website for the most recent
articles and reports relating to second language teaching in New Zealand.
The material in this collection is frequently updated, and includes papers presented at the 2006 NZALT Conference 'Bridging Cultures, Reaching Heights'.
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Learning Languages: A Guide for New Zealand Schools
This resource provides information to help schools understand the place of languages
within the curriculum. Print copies are available through Learning
Media.
NCEA
For information about registered achievement
standards, sample
external assessments and unit
standards, visit the NCEA
website. Check out the TKI NCEA community for access
to internal assessment resources and support materials.
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BBC Languages
Check out the many resources on the BBC language site. There are introductory
lessons, revision activities, quick fix phrasebooks, and "guide to
slang" features. French, German, Italian, and Spanish are the main
languages covered, but there are also resources for a number of other languages,
and a section showing the family tree of 35 European languages of Europe,
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TKI Kete
Have you ever used "Favourites" or "Bookmarks" to store
your favourite websites so you can find them again later? TKI Kete on Te
Kete Ipurangi functions in the same way only better! And it's absolutely
free! Using the TKI kete function, you can save different types of resources,
including websites, in your own space on TKI. This way you can access your
favourites from any computer with Internet access. To find out more, click
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We are currently seeking useful and interesting websites to include
as part of this community. If you wish to draw the online editor's attention
to a website, please email
us.
Events are now listed on the TKI Learning Languages calendar, see right-hand navigation bar.
Message from Senior Advisers Languages
Learning Languages is the new learning area in the New Zealand Curriculum (2007). The learning area statement and achievement objectives in Learning Languages in the New Zealand Curriculum are generic to encompass all languages that may be offered for learning in schools.
Schools are expected to be working towards offering opportunities for learning a second or subsequent language. It is likely that the requirement to offer languages will become mandatory and, in the longer term, the range of years in which languages are to be offered may be increased.
The vision in the New Zealand Curriculum is for young people who will be confident, connected, actively involved and lifelong learners.
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Asia
New Zealand Foundation Education Grants and Awards
Grants are available through Asia: NZ for study programmes in a number
of Asian countries. Investigate the range of scholarships through the
Asia 2000 website, or visit NZALT
for information about the Asia: NZ Funds Awards for teachers of Asian
languages.
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Ministry of Education Learning Languages materials
A wide range of language teaching and learning materials can be ordered from
Learning Media. Contact Customer
Services or email: orders@learningmedia.co.nz
 Telephone Tutorial
The TKI Team would be happy to provide a tour of the site, via the telephone, at your school staff meetings or planning sessions. Contact us at tutorials@tki.org.nz if you would like to explore this option.
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