Auckland NZSL Activities
If you are learning NZSL or would like a refresher, come along to our open evenings at the Deaf Club
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Tutor Registration System
The new system was launched during NZSL week with around 50 people in attendance...
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NZSL Curriculum in Schools
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) in the New Zealand Curriculum was launched on 15 March 2007...
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NZSL Curriculum in Schools
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) in the New Zealand Curriculum was launched on 15 March 2007 by Hon Steve Maharey. The new curriculum, which is now available at the TKI Learning Languages website, acknowledges NZSL as an official language of New Zealand.
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) in the New Zealand Curriculum was launched on 15 March 2007 by Hon Steve Maharey. The new curriculum, which is now available at the TKI Learning Languages website, acknowledges NZSL as an official language of New Zealand.
The curriculum guidelines were developed through extensive consultation and collaboration with the Deaf community, parents, and NZSL users, as well as with leading national and international educators and teachers in the field. Over a four-year period, the draft guidelines were prepared, trialled in schools, circulated to other interested groups for comment, and refined into the final document.
The NZSL curriculum provides the basis for NZSL programmes in early childhood settings and in primary and secondary schools, and it gives students the opportunity to learn NZSL from the earliest practicable age. The curriculum guidelines are another timely addition to NZ’s suite of language curriculum guidelines.
Source: Te Waka Reo: National Language Policy Network News, Volume 2 - Number 3 – March 2007
Source: Te Waka Reo: National Language Policy Network News, Volume 2 - Number 3 – March 2007
Also click here to read an article in NZ Herald.
NB. Please also note that the NZSL curriculum is geared towards teachers teaching in a school environment, right from pre-school to high school. Teachers teaching such classes will need to be fully registered teachers with the New Zealand Teachers Council.
NB. Please also note that the NZSL curriculum is geared towards teachers teaching in a school environment, right from pre-school to high school. Teachers teaching such classes will need to be fully registered teachers with the New Zealand Teachers Council.
