Strategies for New Arrivals

Commercial Resources

Newspapers

Password Newspaper

New Zealand-based articles and exercises for use with students. Includes a teachers' centre page with notes on how to use the resource and a students' page where students can submit their pieces for publication.
Contact Robin Ingram
Email: seshat@pl.net

Readers

Language Lizard: Inspiring Kids through Language

A wide range of bilingual books in over 40 languages. The books are of good quality. Most books range in cost from ten to thirty US dollars, with the majority costing US $12.95. Delivery charges are reasonable and delivery time is within two weeks. They are aimed at beginning readers to 12 year olds, so would be most useful for primary and intermediate students.

Penguin Easystarts (Secondary)

Teenager-friendly, low reading level, graded readers. Questions and activities at the end.

Rainbow Readers

Fax (03) 548 6587
These graded readers have texts and tapes and give useful reading mileage.

Windows on Literacy Readers

These readers form Gilt Edge Publishing focus on science, social studies and technology. Look also at the momentum readers- graded series of factual and fictional readers.

Software

Ministry of Education Recommended Software

Early phase English language learners

Software For Learning

Software reviewed by teachers and identified as supporting learning in New Zealand schools.

VivDesign Software for New Learners of English

Alphabet, number, phonetic awareness, vocabulary acquisition and sentence building.
Includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Speaking

Eyespeak

EyeSpeak is a software programme that gives visual feedback to students on their pronunciation compared with others.

Units of Work

All-Ready Language Packs

• Self contained language teaching resources with complete, comprehensive teaching instructions.
• Topics include Colours, Position, The School, The Classroom, The Fridge and The Food Ladder Game.
• Available from Education Direct
  P.O. Box 649. Timaru, N.Z.
  Ph. (03) 689 9077
  Fax (03) 689 9078
  Email: bpayne@voyager.co.nz

Curriculum Concepts Resources

A selection of ESOL resources available.
Email: theteam@curriculumconcepts.co.nz

Glenalmond Press

• Units of work written for use with ESOL students.
• Each unit consists of teacher instructions and approximately 28 task-sheets.
• Order forms available
  Ph. (09) 638 8491