Official Publications

• ESOL Resources for Schools, Teachers and School Communities

• Cross-cultural Communications Resource Cross-cultural Communications Resource
  One copy of the cross-cultural communications resource developed by Wellington College of Education is available free of charge to all providers that enrol international students. It consists of a video and a CD-ROM that provide a range of material to assist staff who work with international students.
  Additional copies are available at $15 from:
  Mana Resource Centre
  PO Box 50121
  Porirua
  Ph (04) 237 -7318
  Fax: (04) 237-7301
• ELIP (English Language Intensive Programme) Years 7-13 Resource ELIP (English Language Intensive Programme) Years 7-13 Resource
  This resource is a set of programme guideline materials for teachers of English language learners from beginner to advanced phases of learning. It contains four stages of materials from beginning to advanced English. Each stage has a set of annotated texts that explain the text structures and language teaching features of texts related to a range of curriculum areas. It provides a very clear set of language learning outcomes for each stage with suggested teaching strategies and grammar teaching points and an exciting selection of sample teaching strategies. Migrant and Refugee Education ESOL Team, Ministry of Education: Wellington
• English Language Learning Framework (ELLF) English Language Learning Framework (ELLF)
  The ELLF is a guide to the pathway along which typical learners move as they acquire an additional language. It provides descriptors of the pathway in oral language and has annotated examples of text progression for written language. It is a framework that will provide national consistency in recording the progress of English language learners.
  English Language Learning Framework (ELLF): Draft
• ESOL Funding Assessment Guidelines
• ESOL Progress Assessment Guidelines ESOL Progress Assessment Guidelines
  The guidelines aim to:

  • provide information about a range of assessment tools and processes that are used in New Zealand schools;
  • explain how these tools and processes can be used to assess the language-learning needs and describe the progress of English language learners.

  The guidelines will help teachers to reflect critically on assessment tool and processes and to make informed and appropriate choices about them.
  Written by Helen Nicholls for the Ministry of Education.

• Guide to Living and Studying in New Zealand for International Students
• How is my Child Progressing? How is my Child Progressing?
  This brochure gives information about assessment. Available in Chinese and Korean.
  Fax Learning Media: 0800 800 750
• Information for Parents of New Migrants Information for Parents of New Migrants
  • Primary/intermediate Schools
  • Secondary Schools
• MOE Handbook: Effective Provision for International Students
• MOE Handbook: The Refugee Handbook For Schools
• Non-English-Speaking-Background Students: A Handbook for Schools. Non-English-Speaking-Background Students: A Handbook for Schools.
  Ministry of Education. (1999).
  Wellington, New Zealand: Learning Media.
• Non-English-Speaking Background Students: ESOL Assessment Guidelines. Non-English-Speaking Background Students: ESOL Assessment Guidelines.
  Ministry of Education. (1999).
  Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
• Non-English-Speaking Background Students: A Study of Programmes and Support in New Zealand Schools. Non-English-Speaking Background Students: A Study of Programmes and Support in New Zealand Schools.
  Ministry of Education. (1997).
  Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.

For information on ESOL resources contact Gillian Barron gillian.barron@minedu.govt.nz