NCCRESt

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Many Voices: A Journal of New Settlers and Multicultural Education Issues. Volumes 6-12.

The seven issues of this New Zealand journal contain brief articles on a variety of immigrant and multicultural education issues. Topics include: the role of English language instruction in creating opportunities; Pacific Islander university students; lecture listening and note-taking techniques; the language of geography examinations; audiotape libraries; supporting native language use in child care centers; implications of world English for English language teaching; teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Vietnam; a home tutor conference; bilingual tutors and refugees; ESL funding; special education; meeting ESL students' needs within the school system; teaching English to absolute beginners; problems of recent Chinese immigrants; speech act analysis and its role in first language/cultural maintenance; community language schools; team teaching in the polytechnic institutes; bridging cultural gaps; inservice teacher education; language learning at home; a training program for Pacific Islanders; language content and perspectives of national curriculum programs; Samoan resources for the New Zealand curriculum; developments in Pacific Islands education; answers to questions primary school teachers ask about assisting students from non-English-speaking backgrounds (NESB); a German language weekend school for native German-speakers; successful bilingual teaching techniques; the linguistic and educational background of Lao immigrant students; designing Samoan language programs for New Zealand students; finding instructional materials for NESB students; guidelines for training peer and adult volunteer tutors of NESB students; the cultural and educational background of NESB Asian students; Cook Islands Maori instructional materials; student attitudes about English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes; language maintenance in the Korean community; and newly migrated Samoan students. Works of creative writing are included in some issues. (MSE)

• Author/Creator: New Zealand Dept. of Education, Wellington
• Date Published: 00-00
• Notes: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 2 Search the catalog at the library of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Many Voices n6-12 1993-1998 ISSN: 1171-1353 English Government Level: Foreign Document (RIE) 022 Collected Works--Serials EDRS: EDRS Price MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.
• Year: 1996

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Teachers and Schools: School Administration & Finance
• Subject: Community Schools
• Subject: Creative Writing
• Subject: Curriculum Design
• Subject: Educational Needs
• Subject: Elementary Secondary Education
• Subject: English (Second Language)
• Subject: Ethnic Groups
• Subject: Foreign Countries
• Subject: Foreign Students
• Subject: geography
• Subject: Heritage Education
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Immigrants
• Subject: Independent Study
• Subject: Introductory Courses
• Subject: Language Maintenance
• Subject: Language Research
• Subject: Limited English Speaking
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Native Language Instruction
• Subject: Pacific Islanders
• Subject: Program Descriptions
• Subject: Refugees
• Subject: Samoan
• Subject: Second Language Instruction
• Subject: Special education
• Subject: Teacher Education
• Subject: testing
• Subject: Uncommonly Taught Languages
• Subject: Vocational Education
• Subject: Vocational English (Second Language)

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