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Polyglot 2007

 

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Editorial     Gayleen Mackereth  Read article  
NZALT President's Report 2007     Adèle Scott  Read article  


RESEARCH
Is there a future for Languages?   Dr Alistair McLauchlan  Read article  

Connecting Cultures in the Language Classroom   Dr Jonathan Newton (Victoria University)  Read article  



IMMERSION EXPERIENCES
Stepping Outside the Comfort Zone   Ali Turner (Ngatimoti School)  Read article  

Getting the best out of the immersion experience : Language Education and Exchange Programmes   Lynne Lett (University of Auckland)  Read article  



PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Report on Conference for Teachers of German in New Zealand   Judith Geare (Goethe Institut, Wellington)  Read article  

A wonderful opportunity   Dr Han Xi (National Adviser, Chinese)  Read article  

Taking up the opportunity - the Stage d'Hiver   Christine Black (James Hargest College)  Read article  

Doing the DELF / DALF   Ruth Bourchier (National Adviser, French)  Read article  

Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute in Urawa Training Programmes and new DVD material   Yuriko Kayamoto (National Adviser, Japanese)  Read article  

Goethe Institute Scholarships for teachers of German   Judith Geare (Goethe Institut, Wellington)  Read article  



INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Using podcasts and sound files in and out of the Languages Classroom   James Donaldson (Iona College)  Read article  

Literature through live online ICT interaction : The Spanish Civil War through Spanish eyes   Maria Lamberto Calvo (King's College)  Read article  

Why use ICT?
- the Otago Girls' ICT experience
  Chris Durrant (Otago Girls' High School)  Read article  

Let's get digital : Digital Learning Objects on TKI   Gunhild Litwin, Fiona Murray & Adèle Scott (Massey University)
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Why not Wiki? Using Wikis for interactive learning   Gayleen Mackereth  Read article  



TEACHING AND TESTING
NCEA and Cambridge, a comparison   Margarent Ubels-Rattray (St Peter's College, Auckland)  Read article  



TRIPS
We go to Nouméa   Leonie Beer (Southland Girls' High School)  Read article  

Queen Margaret College's exchange to Japan   Hidemi Fuke (Queen Margaret College)  Read article  



LANGUAGE SCOOP
Helen Clark speaks Spanish at Waiuku Primary School   Vivienne Lee & Kay Vincent (Waiuku Primary School)  Read article  



IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM
Dance in the language classroom   Liz Masson (Waitakere College)  Read article  

NZALT Canterbury - Regional Round Up 2007   Jo Guthrie (University of Canterbury)  Read article