Primary ESOL

Professional Readings: Ministry of Education

On ESOL Online

• Christchurch English Language Intensive Programme

  A 2006 evaluation of an intensive ESOL programme operating at 3 Christchurch schools with year 7 and 8 students.

On Other Websites

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Resourcing Information

  Ministry of Education website with information on policies, funding procedures and resources that support schools with new learners of English.

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Effective Provision for International Students (A Resource for Schools)

  Resource designed to assist schools to provide quality support for international students.

• Improving English Language Outcomes for Students Receiving ESOL Services in New Zealand Schools, with a Particular Focus on New Immigrants

  2003 review by Franken and McComish, commissioned to inform the review of the MOE ESOL strategy. The literature review identifies good practice for teaching and learning. The report describes current practice in NZ schools.

• Ministry of Education: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

  Recent Ministry of Education documents for ESOL students are here.

• Quality Teaching for Diverse Students: Best Evidence Synthesis

  This research synthesis by Adrienne Alton-Lee for the MOE focuses on what works to improve education outcomes.

• Literature Review on Pacific Education Issues

  Commissioned to provide information about those issues for Pacific education which have been researched, and those which have not, since 1990. Includes some recommendations for further research on Pasifika education issues.

• The New Zealand Curriculum: Draft for Consultation 2006

  Download the documents.

• Pathways over the Transition to Schools: Studies in Family Literacy Practices and Effective Classroom Concepts for Maori and Pasifika children

  Research for the MOE by Turoa, Wolfgramm, Tanielu and McNaughton.

• Picking up the Pace

  2001 report that shows levels of literacy achievement in low decile schools can be raised.

• Report on the Verification of Schools Receiving Ministry of Education ESOL Funding

  A description of the verification process and observations made from the ESOL verifcation of schools from June 1998 to March 2002.