Happening Now
ESOL Online redevelopment Due to unforeseen circumstances, the planned launch of the revised ESOL Online website has been re-scheduled for February 2009. We are currently user-testing various aspects of the site and developing content.
The current site will remain available and we continue to invite your comments/feedback regarding aspects of the site that are important to your work. The template of the home page for viewing and feedback is available; download the ESOL Online Homepage mockup (PDF 68KB). Please send comments to: esolonline@learningmedia.co.nz
English Language Intensive Programme Years 7-13 Resource Units: A direct link to The English Language Learning Progressions Teachers are now able to download the following ELIP units: Phonemic Awareness Programme (Foundation Stage and Stage 1), Bamboo and Flax (Stage 2), and Microbes (Stage 2). If teachers have placed English Language learners at Foundation/Stage I or Stage 2 using The English Language Learning Progressions, then these units, as well as the other items in ELIP years 7-13 Resource, will provide some valuable material based on the selected levels.
Working with English Language Learners: A Handbook for Teacher Aides and Bilingual Tutors is a new resource to assist teacher aides, bilingual tutors and teachers working with English language learners. The handbook is intended to be used by teachers in charge of ESOL programmes to provide professional development for teacher aides (or bilingual tutors).
TESSOL (Teaching English in Schools to Speakers of Other Languages) Tuition Fees Scholarships for Teachers The Ministry of Education is providing an opportunity for primary and secondary teachers to gain TESSOL qualifications that can assist them in improving outcomes for their English language learners. Mainstream/curriculum primary and secondary teachers are especially encouraged to apply, as well as those currently teaching in specialist ESOL classes.
The closing date for all applications is 31 October 2008
NCEA ESOL Units online Eight new NCEA ESOL Unit Standards learning activities (Levels 2 & 3) are now live on ESOL Online under Secondary ESOL. They are linked in Our Changing World: An integrated unit of work, written by Jenni Bedford and Breda Matthews.
These unit standards activities incorporate reading, writing, speaking, and listening. They relate to NCEA levels 2 and 3: unit standards 2986, 17360, 17363, 17368, 15007, 15009, 17144, and 17142.
International secondary students from the Northern Hemisphere are now arriving at some schools, and you might find these units very useful to begin their programmes.
The English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP)
Many Voices 2008 (PDF 516 KB) highlights key messages and news from the Ministry of Education, research and case studies in primary and secondary contexts, school and community initiatives in Auckland, student voices, and new resources in 2008.
Mainstream Teachers: Language for Learning
