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How I accidentally became a published writer in 1998 by authoring a book filled with blank pages

Mar 9, 2018

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in ESOL, Improving learner writing, TESOL, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing frame

Four score and seven years ago in 1998, I became a published author. It was an accident and I didn’t mean to. The published book was filled with (mostly) blank pages. That’s the cover up above. I found a copy yesterday because I have this banana box in my office that I’ve been trying to…

Demands: But wait, I’m an ESOL teacher…!

Mar 20, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ESOL, Knowing the demands, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Numeracy for ESOL, TESOL, Uncategorized

Mapping the demands for teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) If you are not an ESOL teacher – someone who teaches refugees and migrants with little or no English – you can skip this section. But if you are an ESOL teacher, and you teach a course that is funded by the TEC…

How important is it that we also focus on ESOL learners in the new NZCALNE qualification?

Jun 30, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, ESL, ESOL, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Qualifications

Please Vote The new version of the adult literacy and numeracy education qualification includes a focus on English language learners. This increases the relevancy of the qualification for tutors who teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). We’ll build this content in regardless, but what I’d like some feedback on is how important this is to…

Mapping the Demands of a TESOL Course Using the Learning Progressions

May 18, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in ESL, ESOL, Knowing the demands, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Numeracy for ESOL, TESOL, Uncategorized

If you are a TESOL teacher, but you teach a course that is funded by the TEC you might find yourself having to complete the NCALNE (Voc) literacy and numeracy professional development. And one of the things that you’ll have to do is demonstrate that you know how to identify and map the context-specific literacy and numeracy…

NCALNE (Voc) for TESOL with Pathways Awarua

Oct 29, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Do you teach ESOL? Are You Supposed To Have The NCALNE (Voc)? If you teach ESOL in a course funded by the TEC, you may need to complete the NCALNE (Voc) qualification. The reason for this is the TEC conditions attached to the funding. These aren’t negotiable, but we now have a solution for TESOL…

NCALNE (Voc) – TESOL option: Questions & Answers

Oct 28, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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The other day I mentioned that we’re investigating an NCALNE (Voc) option for trained and experienced TESOL teachers. We’re now ready to trial this. Here are a few Q & A that I’ve tried to anticipate: I’m already TESOL trained. Why do I have to have the NCALNE (Voc) qualification? It depends on the funding…

TESOL Option for NCALNE (Voc): Anyone Interested?

Oct 27, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in 21204, Embed, embedding, ESL, ESOL, Learning, Literacy, NCALNE, Numeracy, NZQA, Professional Development, Qualifications, teaching, TEC, TESOL, Voc

Here’s another experiment… an NCALNE (Voc) qualification option for experienced and trained teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). This might apply to you (or someone you know) if you are in this kind of situation: You teach an ESOL course that is funded by the TEC. Examples might include SAC1 and 2 funded…

How do you describe literacy abilities in really low level adult learners?

Feb 26, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Ability, Adult, English, ESL, ESOL, Framework, ILN, Learners, Limited, Literacy, Low, NZ, Starting Points, TEC

I haven’t really looked at any of this before, but I came across it the other day. Below is the TEC outcomes framework for describing ability levels for low level ESOL learners. This is based on the Starting Points framework and applies to learners whose literacy level falls below step 1 in the Learning Progressions.…

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