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Mapping the Demands of a TESOL Course Using the Learning Progressions

May 18, 2016

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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…

New online ESOL Assessment: Starting Points Listening

Feb 10, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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The NZCER have just released the Starting Points Listening to the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool. Here’s the blurb: Starting Points Listening is one of two online, adaptive assessment options designed for learners who are at or below koru/step one of the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy. Starting Points Listening assesses a learner’s ability to…

We Have The First Graduates From Our New NCALNE (Voc) TESOL Option

Feb 5, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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Well done to the first graduates from English Language Partners who volunteered to take part in our trial…! If you teach ESOL in a course funded by the Tertiary Education Commission, you may need this qualification. Email us for details: assess@alec.ac.nz.

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

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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…

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Mapping the Demands of a TESOL Course Using the Learning Progressions

New online ESOL Assessment: Starting Points Listening

We Have The First Graduates From Our New NCALNE (Voc) TESOL Option

NCALNE (Voc) for TESOL with Pathways Awarua

NCALNE (Voc) – TESOL option: Questions & Answers

TESOL Option for NCALNE (Voc): Anyone Interested?