Whakangungu
Professional Development

This course offers a basic introduction to conversational and classroom Chinese for non-native teachers who are interested in teaching or learning Chinese.

This course is designed for language teachers of junior programmes to explore different language teaching approaches that suit Years 9 and 10, equip themselves with practical strategies to build learners' confidence in all language skills, and implement newly learned approaches and strategies to provide a more solid foundation for senior language programmes for their learners.

Māpura is the glint, the spark of awakening and wonder in the eye of an engaged ākonga. It represents the shining quality of educational experience we seek for all learners, and speaks to the environment and structures required to enable and sustain this quality for mokopuna and ākonga. Māpura addresses the specific needs of gifted ākonga Māori and Pasifika, grounded in Māori and Pasifika worldviews, and centring indigenous knowledge, culture, and language.

This course is designed to provide participants with the support to successfully design and implement different types of communicative tasks. This will enable participants to make their languages lessons more interactive and engaging.

This course will support Chinese language teachers to successfully design and implement engaging Chinese classroom activities for enhanced learning outcomes.

This course is designed to support educators to understand, develop, and implement strategies to improve outcomes for students in multi-level language classes.

This course is designed to equip teachers with the knowledge and support to begin incorporating flipped learning into their language classrooms.

Join us to hear how an exchange to Germany can serve as a powerful motivator, offering students the chance to immerse themselves in the language and culture while enhancing their learning experience.

This course is designed to support teachers to inquire into their practice and improve outcomes for students

Join us to develop strategies for using three dimensional objects to create stimulating and realistic contexts for oral and written production activities.

Join us online to get familiar with using AI to create custom dialogues and Audacity to edit them for listening comprehension activities.

Learn about the latest academic research on language assistants and find out how they can bring languages to life in your class.