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Pasifika in New Zealand

• Pasifika communities and languages
  • Pasifika communities in New Zealand
  • Pasifika languages in New Zealand
• Pasifika and education
  • Pasifika languages in schools
  • Why are Pasifika languages keys to learning?

Being bilingual

• How do bilingual people use languages?
  • What is bilingualism?
  • Why do bilinguals ‘switch’ languages?
  • Attitudes to bilingualism
• Bilingualism and successful learning
  • Is bilingualism a problem?
  • Is bilingualism an advantage?
  • Are languages linked?
  • Affirming biliteracy
  • What if students aren’t strong in either language?

What helps students to learn?

• What do students think?
  • What do students believe about learning?
• Identity and motivation
  • Student views on language
  • Investigation A
  • Investigation B
  • References
• How can teachers help Pasifika students learn?
  • Being a good learner
  • Family background and teachers
• Connecting with students
  • Investigation
  • References

Language and school

• How do we use language in school?
  • Who talks in class?
  • A caring and inclusive classroom environment
  • Affirming Pasifika languages in the mainstream
• Learning the language of education
  • What is academic language?
  • How many words should my students know?
  • Which words do my students need next?
  • What makes sentences hard for learners?
  • Generic patterns in texts
  • Scaffolding students’ writing
  • Finding information in complex texts

Supporting language development

• Goals
  • How long does it take to learn a language?
  • Curriculum outcomes and language outcomes
  • How can language learning be promoted?
  • Extending students’ existing learning strategies
  • How do you assess bilingual EAL students?
• Students working together
  • What do students learn from interaction?
  • Learning from talking and writing
• Focus on language
  • Learning from listening and reading
  • Helping students notice words and grammar
  • Feedback can help students notice grammar
  • Learning to use more complex sentences
• Curriculum and language development
  • How we scaffold language
  • How language-learning tasks can help language development
  • Fluency, accuracy, and complexity in language
  • Supporting spoken output
  • Effective language-learning activities

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Ministry of Education Pasifika and ESOL resources

Research links

Glossary

• References

Development and intellectual property