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Kia ora and bienvenido to the news page for the Spanish language community. We value your feedback and ideas, and invite you to contact us at spanish@tki.org.nz.
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We update this page regularly with information and materials relevant to learning
Spanish. There are links to over 200 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.
Note also the curriculum item immediately below and check this regularly for updates.
Greetings to everyone from Margaret Hardiman and Glenda Koefoed, the Ministry of Education's Senior Advisers for languages. Bienvenido to the individual community page for
Spanish teaching and learning! Keep an eye on this 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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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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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. 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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Language Crosswords
Try these randomly generated crosswords as vocabulary revision activities for beginning or intermediate students. The crosswords are organised into topics such as numbers, colours and clothing, and weather and time, and the languages include English, French, German, and Spanish.
http://www.languagecrosswords.com/index.php
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Community Facilitator's choice
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Have a look at these great resources for teaching and learning Spanish.
National Advisers ILANZ (International Languages Aotearoa New Zealand)
The National Adviser: Spanish focuses specifically on providing support for the teaching and learning of Spanish in New Zealand schools. This includes developing language and cultural knowledge, and improving classroom practice. The work of the National Adviser: Spanish is supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Education and the Spanish government. 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.
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Asesoría Técnica
Bookmark this Spanish Ministry of Education website for New Zealand. The site is maintained by the Spanish Adviser in New Zealand schools, and contains material relevant to teaching Spanish here, including notices, links to resources, and information about professional development opportunities.
http://www.mec.es/sgci/nz/en/home/index.shtml
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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.
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.
The Spanish Teachers' Association of New Zealand Aotearoa – STANZA
For more support with the Spanish language or to join a network of others who
are involved with promoting and teaching the language, contact the president
of STANZA, Maria Lamberto, or email: M.Lamberto@kingscollege.school.nz. Annual subscription is $10.
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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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Events are now listed on the TKI Learning Languages calendar, see right-hand
navigation bar.
 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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