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Resources

1. Topic-based worksheets
2. Graphics
3. Give it a Go - DIY topics and worksheets
4. Phrasal verb worksheets
5. Games
6. Now You're Talking - community language cards
7. Grammar goodies
8. General

Resources for teaching  

Topic-based worksheets

Parent helps on school trip 2011 (complete)  Ideas for using graphics  Vocab and text A school note  Permission slip Phone call Tuesday morning Getting on the bus Singing on the bus Welcome to city zoo Don't feed the animals! Finding the toilets Home time		Worksheet Elections 2011		Worksheet Fishing in NZ 2010		Graphics Coping after a disaster 2010 (complete) First aid, emergency kit, building damage Civil Defence, liquefaction, house damage		Worksheet A hospital stay 2010 Graphics A hospital stay (sequence) Packing for the hospital Hospital information board Taking temperature Taking blood On the scales Anaesthetic Recovering
A street collection 2011 (complete) Ideas for using graphics Vocab and text Observing the collector Sorry, no money I've already donated Saying hello Thank you! Taking a flower Thinking of volunteering		Worksheet Car accident 2010 Graphics Car accident (sequence)  Nose-to-tail accident Is anyone hurt? Moving the cars Exchanging information Checking the car Phoning for help		Worksheet Visiting the dentist 2010 Graphics Visiting the dentist (sequence) Toothache Making appointments Dental clinic reception Dentist's chair X-ray Discussion		Worksheet Welcoming in winter 2010 Graphics Welcoming in winter (complete) Lady with umbrella Waiting for the bus Picking mandarins Family having a meal Car stuck in the mud Walking the dog Worksheet Keeping your home dry in winter 2007 Worksheet Winter 2005		Graphics Spring in the park 2010 (complete)  Tui, feeding ducks, admiring flowers, the playground Gardening, exercising outdoors
ANZAC Day 2011 (complete) Ideas for using graphics Vocab and text Time, date, flags Elements of service  At the going down of the sun ... The last post Observing silence Soldiers march past Morning tea RSA open day		Graphics Summer at the beach 2010 (complete) Ice cream van, sunbathing, swimming Dog walking, lifeguard, gathering kaimoana Worksheet Summer time 2005 Worksheet  Summer in the city 2004		Worksheet Autumn 2010 Graphics Autumn (complete) Sports, on the footpath,  Easter egg hunt Stacking firewood, raking leaves, climbing trees Worksheet Autumn 2005		Worksheet What is a toy library? 2011 Parenting young children 2009		Worksheet Grow your own 2008
Kiwi Funeral 2011 (complete) Ideas for using graphics Vocab and text Newspaper notice Arriving at the chapel Elements of the service More service elements Carrying the coffin to the hearse Reception		Worksheet Xmas 2008 Worksheet Xmas and New Year holidays 2006 Worksheet Public holidays 2007		Worksheet Treaty of Waitangi 2003 Worksheet Matariki		Worksheet Recycling begins at home 2007		Worksheet Waterwise 2008
Kiwi wedding 2011 (complete) Ideas for using graphics Vocab and text Invitation Bride comes down the aisle  Wedding service Throwing confetti Wedding photo Speeches and cake cutting The married couple's first dance Married couple leave the wedding		Worksheet Free time 2007 Worksheet Sports and recreation 2007 Worksheet Socialising 2007		Worksheet Around our homes 2008		Worksheet New in New Zealand 2008		Worksheet Using the classifieds 2007
		Worksheet Buying a house 2003		Worksheet lnsurance 2006		Worksheet People at your door 2006		Worksheet Immunisation 2009 Worksheet Health in your lessons 2008
		Worksheet Fire safety in the home 2007 (English Language Partners centres hold related video) Worksheet Keeping safe 2003		Worksheet Finding our way 2008		Worksheet Numbers in our lives 2007		Worksheet Text messages 2010
		Worksheet Neighbours: hero or heroes? 2008

 

 

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Graphics

60 everyday illustrations 2010

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Above 16 graphics
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(5MB)
 
 
 

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Give it a go

DIY topics and worksheets for ESOL home tutors and learners

Cover and acknowledgements Contents and introduction and tutoring tips

1 Small talk with neighbours
2 The weather
3 Your region
4 Food
5 Home hospitality
6 Your life
7 Bicultural New Zealand
8 Junk mail
9 Bills
10 Phone calls and visits from strangers
11 Getting the most from English Language Partners
12 Making an appointment
13 Getting your licence
14 Shopping
15 Buying and selling
16 Emergencies
17 Phone call to a business
18 Following instructions
19 Birthday parties
20 School camps
21 A new baby
22 Talking to the teacher
23 Pets
24 Christmas and New Year
25 Public holidays
26 Summer holidays
27 Finding a job
28 Interviews

  

 

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Phrasal verb worksheets

• Using come
• Using cut
• Using do
• Using go
• Using make
• Using run
• Using see
• Using take

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Games

"What is that sound?" ESOL listening game

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Tutor reference

Now You're Talking - community language cards

Amharic		Arabic		Assyrian		Bengali		Cambodian/Khmer
Cantonese		Farsi		Hindi		Japanese		Korean
Kurdish		Lao		Mandarin		Punjabi		Russian
Samoan		Serbo-Croat		Somali		Spanish		Tamil
Te Ao Maori | The world of Maori		Thai		Tongan		Ukrainian		Vietnamese

 

  

  

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Grammar goodies
 
 
 
 
Small talk
 
Talking about the future
 
Participles 
Third person pronouns
 
Affixes (Part 1)
 
Affixes (Part 2)
Contracted forms
 
Critical literacy
 
Expressing good wishes
Nouns and verbs
 
Personal pronouns
 
Phonics
Phrasal verbs
 
Prepositions
 
Pull the grammar out of the learner's language
Softeners
 
Verbs tenses
 
Vocabulary

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General

• Teaching vocabulary as part of a balanced programme - Paul Nation (Notes by Dorothy Thwaites, Workshop for TESOL Waikato, 16 July 2011)
• Working with large heterogenous classes - Penny Ur (Notes by Dorothy Thwaite, from webinar 5 May 2011)
• Password index | Password website
• Pronunciation workshop handout
• Pronunciation help FORVO website: 'All the words in the world. Pronounced'
• Designing a worksheet? Tips for Word 
• Ideas for resources tutors already have or can make in 10 minutes
• Teaching tips for ESL teachers
• Organisational factors that affect delivery of adult literacy, language and numeracy provision Review of international literature by Linda Leach, Nick Zepke, Penny Haworth, Peter Issacs, William Nepia (Massey University, 2009)
• Driving in New Zealand: the practice programme Resources for learner drivers and their coaches. For information contact Programme Facilitator practiceadmin@nzta.govt.nz |0800 PRACTICE)

 

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