VCE Bridging EAL 2016–2018

VCE Bridging EAL 2016–2018

Resources

Some of the print resources contained in this list may be out of print. They have been included because they may still be available from libraries, bookshops and private collections.

At the time of publication the URLs (website addresses) cited were checked for accuracy and appropriateness of content. However, due to the transient nature of material placed on the web, their continuing accuracy cannot be verified. Teachers are strongly advised to prepare their own indexes of sites that are suitable and applicable to the courses they teach, and to check these addresses prior to allowing student access.

General

Print

Baines, R (ed.) 1999, Beyond the shadows: passages to comprehension, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

deCourcy, M et al. 2012, PETAA Paper 183: Teaching EAL/D Learners in Australian Classrooms, Primary English Teaching Association Australia, Newtown, Sydney.

Hammond, J & Miller, J (eds.) 2015, Classrooms of possibility – Supporting at-risk EAL students.Primary English Teaching Association Australia, Newtown, Sydney.

Hertzberg, M 2012, Teaching English language learners in mainstream classes, Primary English Teaching Association Australia, Newtown, Sydney.

Washbourne, A 2011, EAL pocketbook: tools and techniques to create inclusive learning environments and lessons for students with English as an additional language, Teachers' Pocketbooks, Alresford, UK.

Websites

Adult Migrant English Service:

Australian Council of TESOL Associations, EAL/D Elaborations of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (2008):

Australian Council of TESOL Associations, Resources (2008):

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D): Teacher Resource (2013):

EAL Teaching Strategies:

Department of Education and Training, English as an Additional Language:

Department of Education and Training, Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre (LMERC):

The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University (1995–2015), ESL Instructors, Tutors:

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), English as an Additional Language(EAL) companion to AusVELS (2012):

Programs and applications

Collaboration: Padlet, Corkulous

Note taking: SimpleMind, Evernote

Presentation: Prezi, Wordle

Grammar

Print

Derewianka, B2011, A new grammar companion for teachers, Primary English Teaching Association Australia, Newtown, Sydney.

Murphy, R 2007, Essential Grammar in Use, 3rd edn, Cambridge University Press, UK.

Website

Education Services Australia, Teaching AC English – Punctuation and grammar:

Online language tools

Areas of study

Print

Clarke,K2004, Finding a job: a guide to successful job seeking, 2nd edn, Adult Multicultural Education Services, Melbourne.

Garner, J 2005,Job applications, User Friendly Resources, New Zealand.

Garner, J 2005,Job interviews, User Friendly Resources, New Zealand.

Gibbons, P 2006,Bridging discourses in the ESL classroom: students, teachers and researchers,Bloomsbury Academic, UK.

Gibbons, P 2009,English learners, academic literacy and thinking: learning in the challenge zone, Heinemann, Sydney.

Good, S 2006,At work in Australia.Book 2, Getting on with the job: workplace communication skills, Adult Multicultural Education Services, Melbourne.

Healey, J 2010,Financial literacy, Spinney Press, Sydney.

Parker, B 2006,Work education,Blake Education, Clayton South, Melbourne.

Smith, W 2004,Money stuff! A resource for the teaching and learning of commerce, Consumer Affairs Victoria, Melbourne.

Stoneman, S 2002, Life skills reading & activity book, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton South, Melbourne.

Sykes, H 1992, Top Drawer: teacher resource book, Phoenix Education, Melbourne.

Weston, F 2009,At work, Adult Migrant English Service, Sydney.

Websites

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Behind the news:

Australian Consumer and Competition Commission:

Australian Poetry Library:

British Council, English for university students:

Consumer Affairs Victoria:

Flash Fiction Online:

How to start a blog – Step-by-step guide:

Macmillan English, English in the Workplace:

News in Levels:

Project Gutenberg Australia:

Scamwatch:

Six Word Stories:

Special Consideration and Special Entry Access Scheme:

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