TESOLANZ Branch Newsletters
AKTESOL Newsletter September 2003
The AKTESOL committee would like to invite you to the September Saturday
Seminar and TESOLANZ AGM. Details follow. You can also access information
on the TESOLANZ web site:
http://www.tesolanz.org.nz
At our meeting in June, Amir Kaviani spoke about learner openness to the
experience of becoming a speaker of another language, somebody
else's language. On November 19 we will have our
last meeting for the year. A panel of teachers will talk about their
interesting experiences teaching overseas.
September Saturday Seminar and TESOLANZ AGM
Date: Saturday September 20
Time: 9am - 1 pm
Venue: Kohia Teachers' Centre
Cost: TESOLANZ members no charge, non-members - $20 (or sign up for
$50.)
Programme:
Bookshop and computer software displays available all morning.
Workshops (1) 9 - 10 am
- Shawn Loewen: To correct or not to correct, that is the question -
the role of error correction in the meaning focused lesson.
- Charles & Jill Hadfield: Teaching with (un)limited resources
- Dorothy Brown: What stays the same in language teaching
TESOLANZ AGM
Workshops (2)
- Marty Pilott: The mediator in the sandwich? - the role of middle
managers in ESOL
- Sue Gray: Language focused content teaching
- Faimai Tuimauga: Second language learning from a Pasifika
perspective
Please let Jenni Bedford know by 10 September if you are attending.
Fax: 623 8881, or Email: j.bedford@ace.ac.nz
Indicate your first and second choices for workshops - first in will get first choice.
NAME: _________________________
SCHOOL: _______________________
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DALS Public Lectures
Where: Clock Tower Room 029
When: Wednesdays, 6.30 - 8.00pm
Speakers: Rod Ellis (University of Auckland), Measuring implicit and explicit knowledge of a second language, 17 September.
Winifred Crombie and Heemi Whaanga (Waikato University), The development of a learning progression framework for te reo Maori in mainstream schools: possibilities and implications, 1 October.
Cathie Elder, Sandy Smith & Colleen Bright (University of Auckland), "The role of language in academic performance: student, staff and assessment perspectives, 22 October.
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Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand: ALANZ Symposium 2003
Speakers: Professor Rod Ellis (University of Auckland) and Dr Jonathan Newton (Victoria University of Wellington)
Topic: Second language acquisition in the classroom.
Where: Auckland University of Technology (Hotel & Restaurant Studies WH Building)
When: Saturday 8 November 2003
There is no registration fee but participants must be members. If you would like to become a member of ALANZ, contact Dr Helen Basturkmen
(h.basturkmen@auckland.ac.nz) for a membership form.
If you would like further information about the symposium, please feel free to contact the symposium organiser, Dr John Bitchener: Email:
john.bitchener@aut.ac.nz; telephone:(09) 917 9999 ext 7830.
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Unitec
Language teacher education - Public lecture series - Semester 2 2003
Speaker: Dr Tupeni Baba (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Pacific Studies University of Auckland)
Topic: Language Policy in a multicultural society: the case if Fiji
Where: Oakridge House
When: 28th October, 5.00pm-7.00pm
Speaker: Professor Roger Barnard (Chair, Department of General and Applied Linguistics, University of Waikato)
Topic: Sociocultural theory and second language learning
When: 18th November, 5.00- 7.00pm
Unitec
Research Seminar (video link to Christchurch College of Education)
Dr Marianne Coleman (The University of London)
Marianne Coleman is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has extensive experience in supervising practitioner research and in distance education.
Topic: The Impact of Practitioner Research in Education
Where: Oakridge House, Entry 4, Carrington Road, Mt Albert.
When: September 30th 2003, 9-4pm
Cost: Full-time student/unwaged $50; other $75
Please notify attendance before Friday 12 September:
Contact Karen Da Silva 09-815 4321 ext: 8662 Email:
kdasilva@unitec.ac.nz
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Tutors Wanted!
Auckland University of Technology Volunteer Tutor Scheme needs volunteers to work with refugee high school students in your area. Tutors teach English, assist with homework and generally assist in bridging the gap between cultures. Some students are at pre-secondary level. Training and resources are provided. For more information, contact Lyn Groves, VTS Co-ordinator: 575 0565; or
email:lynaut@ihug.co.nz
World's Largest Lesson from English-To-Go (http://www.english-to-go.com)
This will be English-To-Go's third annual World's Largest Lesson. It will be linked to the clearing of landmines in association with international anti-landmine organisations.
Visit ESOL Online - your site on TKI.
http://www.tki.org.nz/esolonline
Yes there has been a name change, and a new url, the deficit term NESB Online has gone.
Browse the wide collection of professional readings or update the teaching and learning strategies you use in the classroom by visiting the growing number of exemplified strategies.
For secondary teachers, see the NCEA English unit standard activities from the 2003 workshops.
For primary teachers, see the resource for students newly arrived from overseas: My Book about Me, My School, My Classroom.
