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Avoiding checkmate: A winning combination for a language proficient
Aotearoa
Georgina Ma & Christine Biebricher International Languages Exchanges & Pathways
chess & language
New Zealand Context
Population becoming increasingly culturally diverse
Population: 4,242,048
European
Pasific People
Other
MELAA
Asian
Māori
EnglishOther
Māori
Overview 1995 - 2015
1995
Curriculum statement: Mandarin & Spanish
‘The Second
Language Learning Project’ - NZ$ 4.8 m
2000
Review of 1992
Curriculum begins
Int. Language
Series: French & German
2003
Int. Language
Series: Chinese
1998
Int. Language
Series: Spanish & Japanese
Ongoing fund NZ$
1.9m
Regional Language Advisers
2015
Asian Language
Learning in Schools NZ$ 10
mil. Tranche 1
& 2
2014
Measuring NZ
Students’ Int.
Capabilities Report
Asian Language
Learning in Schools
(ALLiS) NZ $ 10 mil.
fund
NZ Business Growth Agenda
2011
Leadership Statement
for Int. Education
2006New
Zealand Curriculum
– Draft
2002
Curriculum Stock Take
Report
A Guide for
Learning Languages
in NZ Schools
Curriculum statement:
French, German &
Korean
2007
New Zealand
Curriculum
Learning Languages features as 8th Learning
Area
Our Future with Asia
2010
ICLT
Sales
French JapaneseSpanishGerman Chinese PasifikaOther
Secondary
French Spanish ChineseJapaneseOtherPasifikaGerman
83% 17%
Primary (Years 1 – 8)
Focus on 2015
No literacy credits
No national language policy
Multi-level & multi-language teaching
Threat of ALLiS funding
Taster courses
Verti
cal p
athw
ays
Sustainable language programmes
Attraction & retention of students
Languages are not valued
Lack
of r
esou
rces
Coherent & progressive learning
CHECKMATE?!
Key Players
Key Players & Roles
Teachers
Tertiary Institutions
Language Association
s
Principals
Business
MoEGovernment
Students & Parents
Career Adviser
s
NZQA
Strategy
‘Changing [a] country’s attitude to teaching and learning languages will demand a huge cultural change. It will rely on action from Government, schools, LEA [Local Education Authorities], colleges, universities, employers, parents and learners. Partnership is the key to making this strategy a reality. It is only if we work together on the implementation of this strategy that we will achieve real and lasting change for the future.’
Languages for All, Department for Education and Skills, 2002: 4
Strategy 1a: Bottom Up
1. Languages valued2. ‘Joined up thinking’ (Lo Bianco, 2009)3. Best practice
Strategy 1b: Bottom Up
1. Build capacity2. High standard, articulated programme3. Best practice
Strategy 2: Top Down
1. Significant investment in language teachers 2. Vertical framework3. Recognition for language learning4. Equitable resourcing5. Engagement
Strategy 3: Inside out
1. Public relations media campaign 2. Funding incentives3. Engagement
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‘Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a
winning game.’
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Australia: Australian Council for Educational Research. • Solved at McConchie (2007) Attitudes towards the study of languages in Australian Schools: The
national statement and plan – making a difference or another decade of indifference. Australia: Australian Council of State School Organisations and the Australian parents Council.
• Department for Education and Skills (2002) Languages for All: Languages for Life. London: Author. • Simpson Norris (2000) Using the LOTE planning framework. Commonwealth Department of
Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Australia: Author.• Jones, C. (2014) The shortage of students studying languages for NCEA level 3. SET, 2. New
Zealand. • Mann, A. M. Brassell and D. Bevan (2011) The economic case for language learning and the role of
employer engagement. United Kingdom: Education and Employers taskforce. • Ministry of Education (2002) Learning Languages: A guide for New Zealand Schools. Wellington:
Learning Media. • Spence. G. (2004) The Practice of Policy in New Zealand. Current Issues in Language Planning, 5:4• East, M. (2008) Learning Additional languages in New Zealand’s schools: The potential and
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