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Kia ora and welcome to the news page for the Other Languages community. Have your say by contacting us at otherlanguages@tki.org.nz. Welcome also from Margaret Hardiman, the Ministry of Education's Senior Adviser for languages. |
Look for the regular updates of information and materials relevant to learning
Indonesian, Korean, and Latin. Also, watch for updates on initiatives and opportunities
arising from the new languages strategy as a result of the Curriculum Stocktake report. Classical Studies material can now be found on the Social
Sciences community page.
Note also the curriculum item immediately below and check this regularly for updates.
Read the message regarding the status of the new learning area learning languages in the revised New Zealand curriculum.
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Digistore - Te Pātaka Matihiko
Check out the new Digistore website with it's great range of functions and features. This is a storehouse of digital content to support learning across the curriculum, from early childhood through to senior secondary. Use your current school registration and login to access these interactive activities.
http://digistore.tki.org.nz/ec/p/home
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Learning Languages with ICTs
Look at how teachers and schools in New Zealand are using information communication technologies (ICTs) to improve student language learning outcomes. The activities have been selected to represent exemplars of e-learning practice in a variety of year 7–10 settings and across a range of languages.
http://learning-languages-with-icts.tki.org.nz/
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Teacher Professional Development Languages (TPDL) Years 7-10 (PDF 376KB)
Over 150 teachers have completed this Ministry of Education funded programme to support schools to cater effectively for Learning Languages.
For 2010 the number of places has been increased to include 60 for teachers of Chinese, French, German, Japanese or Spanish plus a further 20 for teachers of Samoan and Cook Islands Māori.(Other Pasifika languages will be catered for over the next two years.)
Language study, pedagogy and In-school Support are the three components of TPDL. All teachers of languages, regardless of their teaching or language learning experience, are catered for.
Auckland UniServices of the University of Auckland is contracted to deliver this programme nationally. Principals or teachers should contact the project director Wendy Thomson w.thomson@auckland.ac.nz as soon as possible to ensure a place. Schools are encouraged to register more than one teacher.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/language/pdfs/tpdl_2010_brochure.pdf
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Latin Alive!
Take a look each week at this online community for new resources, teaching tips, or fun stories to use with your Latin studies. This site contains social software and user-contributed content. It is recommended that teachers are discerning when using with students.
http://blog.classicalacademicpress.com/latinalive/
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Community Facilitator's choice
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Have a look at these great resources for teaching and learning languages.
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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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.
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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: email orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nz, freephone 0800 660 662.
Korean in the New Zealand Curriculum
This document provides a basis for teachers to design programmes for teaching
Korean language in New Zealand schools. For enquiries or orders: email orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nz, freephone 0800 660 662 (item 21258). Also available is the resource
Korean in the New Zealand Curriculum Support Material (item 26799).
Materials to support Korean in the New Zealand Curriculum
Here is a great opportunity for schools to obtain cost-free materials to help
year 7 and 8 students learn Korean. Sugohaseyo! Stages 1 and 2 consist
of a Teachers' Book, a Student's Book, and an audio-cassette that complements
the written texts. The teacher needs to have a good knowledge of Korean. This
package is item number 98149 and can be ordered at no cost: email orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nz, freephone 0800 660 662.
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.
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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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 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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