TESOLANZ Branch Newsletters
AKTESOL Newsletter September 2006
Seminar - Thursday, September 21
Clayton's CLESOL : If you can't get to CLESOL, CLESOL will come to you!
New Members Welcome
| Time: |
6.30 - 8.45 |
| Venue: |
Kohia Teachers' Centre (Park in the car park at Gate 2, Epsom
Avenue) |
| Programme: |
6.30 |
Food and chat (Hawkes Bay wine and food)
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| 7.10 - 7.50 |
Seminar 1 |
| 7.55 - 8.35 |
Seminar 2 |
| Primary |
Secondary |
Tertiary |
Laepa Sililoto-Malele & Rae Siilata
Pasifika bilingual teacher aides in mainstream primary classrooms |
Jenni Bedford & Margaret Kitchen
Secondary schools as gatekeepers: The role of ESOL students in placement
decisions |
Patsy Deverall
Reflective Writing: Teacher and student practice |
Bronwyn Collard & Lyn Groves
In a word: Do teachers modify their language for ESOL students?
|
Adam Brown
The relevance of phonemic symbols to teachers and learners of English |
RSVP to Maree: m.jeurissen@auckland.ac.nz
TESSOL fees Scholarships
Read the article in the 4 September Gazette about the scholarships for early childhood, primary and secondary school teachers and then get your principal's support to apply for one. Information will be in schools at the end of this term.
Conferences
CLESOL 2006 - in sunny Napier, September 29 - October 2
Theme: Origins and Connections: Linking Theory, Research and Practice
Plan now to get your school to support your professional development by attending the conference.
Issues for the AGM at CLESOL
If any members have any issues regarding ESOL that they would like raised at the AGM in Napier, Please contact Lyn Groves (Email:l.groves@auckland.ac.nz).
Lecture Series
Unitec
On December 4th 2006, Unitec's School of Language Studies will host an Auckland Language Teachers' Symposium entitled 'CLESOL Retold'. Presenters from the tertiary sector will be invited to re-present their CLESOL papers. This will give an opportunity for those of you who went to the conference but didn't catch some papers delivered by Auckland tertiary institutes as well as those of you who didn't get to CLESOL at all, a chance to hear papers. Details to follow in the next newsletter.
Links for you and your students
Secondary - BBC Skillswise: Summarising
A useful site with ideas for building students' much needed summarising skills.
Primary: Count Us In
Games to help children understand basic number concepts. An excellent collection of flash animation "games" that reinforce number concept very effectively.
Next Meeting: Christmas Meeting, 15 November
