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Secondary ESL students

The following publications are suitable for secondary ESL students.

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Teacher Support Material Stages S1 and S2 – Secondary new arrivals, Years 7–10

This material – from the Curriculum@work CD-ROM – covers Stages S1 and S2 of the ESL Companion. It provides information to assist mainstream teachers and ESL specialists to develop and provide appropriate curriculum for their newly arrived ESL students. It also contains units of work that introduce ESL students to new technologies.

The Curriculum@work CD-ROM is available from:

Information Victoria (http://www.information.vic.gov.au) Tel: 1300 366 356

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Teacher Support Materials Stages S3 and S4 – Secondary post-new arrivals Years 7–10

This material covers Stages S3 and S4 of the ESL Companion and provides information to assist mainstream teachers and ESL specialists to develop and provide appropriate curriculum for their newly arrived ESL students. It also contains units of work that can be searched.

The Curriculum@work CD-ROM is available from:

Information Victoria (http://www.information.vic.gov.au) Tel: 1300 366 356

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Beginning ESL secondary – Support material for teachers of secondary new arrivals

This resource provides support material for newly arrived secondary ESL learners. The material can be used with ESL students who:

  • have minimal English or no English
  • have arrived in Australia with literacy and schooling in their first language roughly equivalent to the stage of schooling they are entering in Australia.

Beginning ESL secondary – Support material for teachers of secondary new arrivals can be used by:

  • teachers in mainstream classes who may be unfamiliar with the needs of ESL learners new to learning English
  • ESL teachers
  • literacy coordinators who may be given responsibility for assisting newly arrived students in schools.

This resource contains four units of work: Time, Personal identification, Body and health and The classroom. Each unit provides:

  • learning outcomes likely from the topic
  • a list of functions
  • a list of language structures
  • a vocabulary list
  • references to other resources and materials that provide additional activities or information about the topic
  • worksheets that can be photocopied or adapted for use, and information about how to use them. The worksheets are designed to be used with extensive oral work and discussion.

The four units of Beginning ESL secondary – Support material for teachers of secondary new arrivals are available as PDF files:

This publication is also available by mail order from Languages and Multicultural Resources Centre (LMERC). For mail orders see Order form for ESL, Multicultural Education and LOTE materials (Word - 69Kb)

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First Language Assessment Materials

First Language Assessment Materials help to assess students' reading and writing skills in the languages of Arabic, Chinese, Khmer, Somali, Turkish or Vietnamese. It comprises sets of photocopiable assessment tasks and recording sheets.

The tasks were designed for newly arrived students entering Australian schools at the upper primary and secondary levels, however, some of the early tasks may provide useful information about younger students.

It is envisaged that the tasks will be most useful with students who have had little or no schooling in their first language.

This CD-ROM publication is available for purchase from the Languages and Multicultural Resources Centre (LMERC). For mail orders see Order form for ESL, Multicultural Education and LOTE materials (Word - 69Kb)

 

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Where's English?

Where's English? is a multimedia resource to develop the English language skills of students at the beginning stages of learning English as a second language.

It has been designed around the animated story of a 14 year-old girl, Anna, who has lost her pet blue-tongue lizard named English. The lizard leads Anna and her friend Lee on a search that takes place in the town of Bayside. They interact with family members, school friends and adults living and working in the town.

This resource is available for purchase from the Languages and Multicultural Resources Centre (LMERC). For mail orders see Order form for ESL, Multicultural Education and LOTE materials (Word - 69Kb)

 

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Language games for ESL students – Classroom activities for students learning English as a second language

These photocopiable materials can be used to make language games for English as a second language (ESL) and language other than English (LOTE) students, across all year levels. The games consolidate and reinforce skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing, and give students a chance to use a range of language functions important for working and playing with others.

Game packs can be prepared so that the games are readily accessible to teachers and students. Many suggestions on how to play a range of games are provided. The games are based 19 topics that are usually taught to newly arrived ESL students including: Actions, Animals, Beach, Body, Clothes, Food, Plants and gardens, School, Transport and Weekend activities.

Language games for ESL students – Classroom activities for students learning English as a second language is available for purchase from the Languages and Multicultural Resources Centre (LMERC). For mail orders see Order form for ESL, Multicultural Education and LOTE materials (Word - 69Kb)

 

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Word study for new arrivals – Practical word-study materials for teachers of primary and secondary ESL students, beginning their English language learning

These materials are designed to assist ESL students to develop early literacy skills in English through a focus on the vocabulary and grammatical features which early learners of English are most likely to use.

The materials provide a range of word study activities that can be selected from and adapted to meet individual class and student needs. The vocabulary and grammatical features in this kit have been chosen for their appropriateness to ESL learners in the early stages. It is anticipated that teachers will add to and adapt the content according to the needs of their students.

This publication is available for purchase from the Languages and Multicultural Resources Centre (LMERC). For mail orders see Order form for ESL, Multicultural Education and LOTE materials (Word - 69Kb)

 

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ESL learners in the middle years – Strategies for the mainstream classroom

ESL learners in the middle years of schooling face additional challenges to those faced by their peers. These may relate to identity, culture or learning a new language at the same time as they are learning content in that language. Most of this learning takes place in a mainstream classroom.

This 30-minute video has been produced to provide strategies that teachers can implement to assist middle years ESL learners to access the mainstream curriculum.

This video is available for purchase from the Languages and Multicultural Resources Centre (LMERC). For mail orders see Order form for ESL, Multicultural Education and LOTE materials (Word - 69Kb).