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Archived News 2009Publication : The NZALT journal is on its way to your mailbox 29 December 2009 This year's copy of New Zealand Language Teacher has been posted to current members. If you have not received your copy, please check we have the correct postal address for you, by logging into the NZALT database. If you have a further query about this, please contact the webmaster.  Polyglot 2009 now available online15 December 2009 This year's Polyglot is now available for you to read online. Polyglot 2009 has passworded entry. Polyglot 2007 and 2008 are open access. NZALT members have been sent an email containing the password for access to Polyglot. If you haven't received an email it could be for one of the following reasons:
If this is the case, please check your entry in the NZALT database and amend your email address if necessary. Please also send an email to the webmaster, in order to get the password. New award introduced for NZALT members 9 November 2009 NZALT has introduced a new award to recognise excellence in language teaching by members of our association. To read about it click here. Standards Alignment - timeline for 2010 3 November 2009 Margaret Hardiman, Senior Adviser Languages at the Ministry of Education, has provided us with an update of the timeline for the NCEA Standards Alignment process, through to December 2010. Please note: As this is a complex iterative process, refinements could be made to this timeline along the way. CLESOL 2010 Conference 6 October 2009 The 12th National Conference for Community Languages and ESOL takes place in Dunedin from 1 to 4 October 2010. Click here for further information.  NZALT - Language Perfect Vocabulary Olympics27 September 2009 Earlier this month, NZALT President Adèle Scott attended the NZALT - Language Perfect Vocabulary Olympics Awards Ceremony at Otago Girls' High School. Click here to read about the event. NZALT Professional Development Award - revised deadline 14 August 2009 We have changed the timing of NZALT's Professional Development Award, in order to make it easier for members to apply. Applications for this will now be due on 30 September each year, including 2009. We would welcome applications from members in the coming weeks. LangSem Registration 14 August 2009 Registration forms for Waikato LangSem on 4th Sept and Victoria LangSem on 19 Sept are available here Student Competition 2009 : Design a Languages Banner 4 August 2009 NZALT is pleased to announce our Student Competition for 2009. Entries close on Monday 28th September NZALT Financial Statements 2009 1 August 2009 In preparation for the AGM, we publish here NZALT's financial statement for the year ending Jan 31st 2009. Reminder : SCALEs consultation 2 July 2009 The Ministry has extended the deadline for submissions for the NCEA Standards-Alignment consultation process to Sunday 5th July. This might give a few more teachers the opportunity to respond thoughtfully. Please ensure your voice is heard by making the response via the Research New Zealand website. NZALT supports this process and reminds our members that we take seriously our role of representing members' views. Japanese Speech Contest 2009, Massey University 2 July 2009 The Massey University Japanese Speech Contest 2009, sponsored by the Japan Foundation, will take place at Massey University on Friday 14 August from 1.00 to 5.00 pm. Further information and contact details are available by clicking on the link.  International Languages Week : buy some stickers to help you celebrate this event at your school1 July 2009 These popular stickers are now available for purchase by NZALT members. Click here to download an information sheet and order form. Remits for Annual General Meeting 1 July 2009 At the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on August 7 in Wanganui, there will be some remits presented which make some changes to the Constitution. Click here to read the remits and accompanying material. Please contact your Regional Officer if you want to submit feedback on the changes. Update on SCALEs project 9 June 2009 The next round of consultation in the process of aligning NCEA standards to the NZ Curriculum has been announced. You should have also received notification of this in your school. Please click on the header link to read further. Calling for editors for NZALT's publications 15 May 2009 Applications are invited for the positions of editor for NZALT's two annual publications, Polyglot and New Zealand Language Teacher. Job descriptions for these positions are available here for Polyglot and here for NZLT. If you are interested or can recommend anyone else for either of these positions, please get in touch. Apply in writing to chris.durrant@otagogirls.school.nz. Applications close 31 May 2009. Membership subscription refunds 20 April 2009 As part of our membership incentive scheme, six lucky members have been drawn from those who had paid their 2009 sub before 1 March. The following members will receive a refund of their subs for this year :
- Leo Wilson, Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland- Eru Miha, Whakatane Intermediate School - Megan Nelson-Lalu, Otaki College- Manu Ménard, St Matthew's Collegiate, Masterton- Taka Kuze, Cashmere High School, Christchurch- Lesley Taylor, John McGlashan College, Dunedin
Funding support for members to attend NZQA Moderation Workshops 7 April 2009 NZQA is holding a number of workshops around the country to support best practice in moderation. 25 NZALT members will be selected to have their attendance fee ($95) paid for by NZALT. For more information and to register go to the NZQA website. ALANZ Conference, 2 - 4 December 2009 2 April 2009 The Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand is presenting a conference at AUT, Auckland. with the theme : Participation and Acquisition : Exploring these Metaphors in Applied Linguistics. Click here for further information. NZALT Certificates of Excellence 16 March 2009 NZALT makes available Certificates of Excellence for members to issue to their students for high levels of success in NCEA exams. The deadline for applying for Certificates of Excellence is 8 April (end of term 1). Click here for further details and to download an application form. Frequently Asked Questions 26 February 2009 In an attempt to make our website more user-friendly, we have set up a 'Frequently Asked Questions' page, which you can access from the 'About NZALT' page. You can find answers to many of the questions that members commonly ask. This should be your first port of call if you have a query. If you have an important question which you think should be added, please get in touch with us. Have you forgotten your login details? 5 February 2009 Recently I have received numerous requests for login details (member number and/or password). Please note your membership number is on your invoice. When your data was originally put into the online database, your password was set to your first name, as registered with us, including a capital first letter (passwords are always case-sensitive). If you have not changed it, then it will still be the same. Further information about accessing the database is on the membership page and in Frequently Asked Questions. Membership update 1 February 2009 Invoices for 2009 have been sent today by email to members. If you have not received an invoice, it is likely we have an incorrect or expired email address for you. Please check the NZALT database and contact the webmaster. Again we are offering the chance to have your subscription refunded. Pay before the end of February and you will go into the draw to be one of six lucky members to receive a refund of their 2009 subscription. There are three major changes to subscriptions and payments :
Alignment of NCEA standards within the New Zealand Curriculum (update) 20 January 2009 It has been decided to extend the consultation on the initial draft matrices until 13th February. Many of you have already taken advantage of this opportunity and the project managers thank you for your input to date. Please remember this is your FIRST opportunity to give the writing team feedback. You will have further opportunities to respond to this work (draft standards, conditions of assessment and the like) in the coming months. The project managers empathise with the current situation which asks you to view the draft matrices through a lens which is not yet in focus (i.e. The new New Zealand Curriculum 2007). Please remember that the new Achievement Objectives for all languages emphasise communication and the importance to make meaning. There is now a true acknowledgement of the real communication that takes place in the classroom. We all look forward to seeing the refined curriculum guidelines (to replace language specific documents that exist now) that will further increase our understanding of the curriculum in practice in the classroom. In the meantime this STANDARDS-CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT project will continue to make changes to the existing unit and achievement standards based on the matrix which you have seen (taking into account your feedback). All the best for the beginning of the school year. Even though there is an extended timeline for implementation (2011 for Level 1/2012 for Level 2/2013 for Level 3), we are urged to complete this work soon so that there is adequate time for trialling and preparation. We will keep you up-to-date on developments.
Yours in languages New Zealand Language Teacher journal 29 December 2008 The NZALT journal, New Zealand Language Teacher has been sent to NZALT members. If you did not receive yours, please check the postal address we have for you by logging into your page on the NZALT database. Further queries to the webmaster. Email addresses 20 November 2008 Please ensure the email address we have for you is correct. This is particularly important for when we send out invoices at the start of 2009. You can check your current details by logging into the NZALT member database via the membership page of this website.  Polyglot 2008 now available online10 November 2008 This year for the first time, our journal Polyglot has been published in electronic formal and is now available to members via this website. Members have been sent an email with instructions for how to access the articles. A number of emails have been returned. If you have changed email address, please update your details in the NZALT database. It is essential that we have a current, active email address for all members |