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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 and Glenda Koefoed, the Ministry of Education's Senior Advisers 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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New category of websites: User-contributed content
In response to the changing nature of the Internet, TKI will now link to selected social software (Web 2.0) sites. Social software allows users to contribute content and to collaborate with others using blogs, wikis, and other tools. These sites will have the head and shoulders icon to show that they contain user-contributed content. While all sites are still subject to rigorous quality-assurance processes, teachers are advised to evaluate this category of sites carefully for relevance and accuracy, and to consider any privacy and security issues before using them with students.
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Online Korean
Encourage your students to make use of this series of lessons for learning Korean, from Seoul National University. Each unit contains six sections, including vocabulary, dialogue, grammar, reading, and culture, with interactive exercises and sound files to help develop proficiency in pronunciation, reading, listening, and writing.Â
http://language.snu.ac.kr/english/pages/SD00023_00.jsp
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Olympic Resource for Languages
Make use of these language lesson plans created by the Modern Languages Teachers’ Association of Victoria for students to learn Olympic Games and sports-related vocabulary for their language of study, including Indonesian. The resource prepares students for a school-based Olympic celebration held in the language they are learning.
http://corporate.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?p=737
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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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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.
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.
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The LangMedia Collection
Check out this website which hosts resources for introducing students to the languages and culture of a number of countries, including Indonesian and Korean. The audio, video, and text files are organised into conversation and culture themes, and the collections include material related to each language as it is used in the country of origin.
http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/lm_collection.html
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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 on the link above. |
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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