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Official NZ Websites for English Teachers
(Those ones you can never find!!!!)
Be sure to scroll down, down, down... - everything is there!
Unit Standards
LEVEL 1
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Fields, Subfields, Domains (for your English programme) explained - Level 1
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Standards approved for NCEA Co-requisite - SEE NZQA CONDITIONS re the use of Unit Standards!
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Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy
ALL LEVELS
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Unit Standards - Reading Domain
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Unit Standards - Work and Study Skills Domain
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Unit Standards - Writing Domain
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Unit Standards - Interpersonal Communications Domain
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (EAP)
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Main EAP site. This page has links to:
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Level 3 and Level 4 standards
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Clarifications (only for Level 4 - doh!)
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Exemplars (only for level 4 though...sigh...)
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Support material (mostly for older versions...ugh!)
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NZCEL Guiding Document
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TKI's ESOL Online Level 3 (Belonging) Units
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TKI's ESOL Online Level 4 (Millennium) Units
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Certificates in EAP (examples from Lincoln and Auckland Unis')
English Language Unit Standards
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*** MAIN NZQA PAGE ***
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NZCEL - qualifications, resources, reviews (NZQA)
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Exemplars - all levels
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The English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP) Resource (all 4 booklets)
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ELLP Progressions Pathway - Foundation to Stage 3 (v2)
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Effective Literacy Strategies Yrs 9-13 - this booklet is GOLD and the one I refer to in my Literacy Lifesaver.
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Unit Standards - English Language Domain
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Unit Standards - EAP Domain
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Text Analyzer
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Vocabulary: New General Service List Project - great website!
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Paul Nation Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (ONLINE)
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Paul Nation Updated Vocabulary Levels Test (PRINT VERSION)
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The English Language Intensive Programme Years 7 – 13 or ELIP – this is effectively an online textbook which supports learning in a range of curriculum contexts at the four ELLP stages and is intended to be used in conjunction with ELLP and also the EL and EAP unit standards.
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Making Language & Learning Work (set of 3 videos) – great for showing how to implement ESOL teaching and learning strategies across the curriculum with real-life examples.
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Focus on English series is designed to provide an English language scaffold for new learners of English in NZ schools and supports curriculum learning in maths, science and social studies for Year2 7 – 10.
Other Important Stuff
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Effective Literacy Strategies - Years 9-13. This is GOLD! (Our Literacy Lifesaver aligns with this.)
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Tātaiako - Cultural competencies for teachers of Māori learners
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Tapasā - Cultural competencies for teachers of Pacific learners
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Pacific Values Framework
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Teaching Council Homepage
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NZ Teaching Council - Code and Standards
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TKI (Te Kite Ipurangi) - Communities
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How to unpack an Achievement Standard
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - ie: inclusive practices
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Mana Ōrite mo te Mātauranga Māori - note, I have made notes on every video - join the team HERE to get them FREE. Videos are all linked and there's space for you to reflect/plan.
Links to the English Teacher Community
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