LEARNING+LANGUAGES

Kia ora tatou, Nimen hao, Bonjour, Guten Tag, こんにちは, Salvete, Talofa lava, ¡Hola!
 * LEARNING LANGUAGES**

Here's the the link to the Learning Languages page on our **UC Education Plus website**: http://www.edplus.canterbury.ac.nz/languages/

There you will find our full contact details. You can also download resources we’ve developed, and recent newsletters with relevant information for teachers of all languages. There’s also information about PD opportunities for teachers of languages in our region, newsletters etc

Do make contact with us if you are a provisionally registered teacher, or overseas trained teacher, teaching a second language in our region. Nga mihi

The Learning Languages Team Helen, Jane, Jo, Sarah, and Tufulasi.

Email contacts helen.taylor-young@canterbury.ac.nz jane.brown@canterbury.ac.nz sarah.perkins@canterbury.ac.nz tufulasi.taleni@canterbury.ac.nz jo.guthrie@canterbury.ac.nz

- - - - You can download a version of the finalised Registered Teachers' Critieria here:

- - - - You can download **//Towards Full Registration//**, the full (2009) resource in pdf format at:

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//Towards Full Registration// has information for beginning teachers, tutor teachers, principals and boards of trustees. It includes sections that cover registration for early childhood education services and Māori medium education. //Towards Full Registration// has been compiled as a support for teachers working through the registration process and contains useful material for an advice and guidance programme.

There are a number of templates in the appendices at the back of this resource that you might find useful for keeping a written record of your reflective practice. - - - -

Visit the **New Zealand Association of Language Teachers (NZALT) website** at: [] You can find information about the specific language associations and links to respective websites at: []
 * NZALT website **

These mail lists and internet forums are a very valuable way of keeping in touch with colleagues around the country.
 * How to subscribe to electronic networks**

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 * Chinese teachers ** should send an email to Dr. Han Xi , the national Chinese adviser, asking to be included on the list.
 * French teachers ** should send a blank email message (no subject/text) to nzaft-subscribe@list.tki.org.nz
 * German teachers ** simply email majordomo@massey.ac.nz, make the Subject: Subscription request; In the email body: subscribe gtn3
 * Japanese teachers **can join the Japanese mail list by sending a blank email to nzjnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
 * Spanish teachers ** can email ELENZA@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES to join the Elenza mail list

To order a copy of The New Zealand Curriculum(NZC), Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, or Language Specific Curriculum Guidelines, contact Wickliffe Ltd. Wickliffe Ltd is responsible for customer services and warehousing of the Ministry of Education(MoE)’s offline publications and resources such as books, tapes, videos, and DVDs. As a teacher employed at a school you are entitled to receive copies of publications such as The New Zealand Curriculum, Language Specific Curriculum Guidelines and accompanying support materials, and the Learning Languages Wallchart (item 11282), the generic framework for teaching and learning languages, at no charge. Freephone: 0800 660 662 Freefax: 0800 660 663 Email: orders@thechair.minedu.govt.nz - - - -

Add this URL to your bookmarks, if you haven’t already []
 * Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) **

E.g. The URL for the German community page is: []

The Ministry of Education website is full of relevant information for teachers, curriculum documents on-line, and lots of useful links to language teaching and learning sites. it’s a real one-stop shop. Check out the Learning languages community calendar with information about courses, conferences, and events relevant to New Zealand educators. - - - -

To access NCEA and moderation related materials on our website go to: http://www.edplus.canterbury.ac.nz/languages/ncea.shtml There you’ll find files that guide you step-by-step through where to find the Achievement Standards on the NZQA site, and where to find Achievement Standards related material on TKI. You’ll find Assessment Activity Checklists and Templates for NCEA Levels 1, 2, and 3 and notes with moderations requirements for recent years. - - - -
 * NCEA related materials **

NZQA have created NZQA Subject Specific Resource Pages on their website. These pages have links to all relevant NCEA materials: []
 * NZQA Subject Specific Resource Pages **

Here are the NZQA Language Specific Pages to add to your favourites/bookmarks: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

It is also a good idea to subscribe to receive NZQA assessment matters circulars by email. Just enter your email address at: []

NZQA offers their website users two update services: ‘What’s New’ and ‘Review Summaries’ To receive one or more of these alerts direct to you email address, sign up for NZQA web update alerts online at: [] - - -
 * NZQA Web Update Alerts**


 * Electronic copies of resources (Workshop for PRTs & teachers new to NCEA, Canterbury, 10 March 2009)**