1 2014 CHINESE BRIDGE SPEECH COMPETITION DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWS STAGE DE NOUMÉA 2014 YOUNG AMBASSADORS’ TRIP DELF SCOLAIRE 2014 FRENCH LANGUAGE NEWS NZGSE EXCHANGE—STANLEY HOLT GERMAN SCHOLARSHIPS GERMAN LANGUAGE NEWS REX PROGRAMME TEACHER”S REPORT UPCOMING EVENTS JAPANESE LANGUAGE NEWS NZALT CONFERENCE ILEP INITIATIVE LIA AWARDS 2014 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPANISH & CINEMA WORKSHOP IMMERSION SCHOLARSHIP SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWS NEWSLETTER Vol. 3 | 23 May 2014
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2014 CHINESE BRIDGE SPEECH COMPETITION
DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWS
STAGE DE NOUMÉA 2014
YOUNG AMBASSADORS’ TRIP
DELF SCOLAIRE 2014
FRENCH LANGUAGE NEWS
NZGSE EXCHANGE—STANLEY HOLT
GERMAN SCHOLARSHIPS
GERMAN LANGUAGE NEWS
REX PROGRAMME TEACHER”S
REPORT
UPCOMING EVENTS
JAPANESE LANGUAGE NEWS
NZALT CONFERENCE
ILEP INITIATIVE
LIA AWARDS 2014
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SPANISH & CINEMA
WORKSHOP
IMMERSION SCHOLARSHIP
SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWS
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 3 | 23 May 2014
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Chinese Language News
On May 17, the Confucius Institute welcomed 29
student contestants at Victoria University of Wel-
lington for this year’s Chinese Bridge Speech
Competition. The students from schools all
around New Zealand presented their skills in front
of parents, teachers and principals as well as dele-
gates from the Confucius Institutes, Chinese Em-
bassy and Chinese Consulates. They were judged
by an expert panel led by the National Adviser for
Chinese.
These 29 students, from:
Samuel Marsden Collegiate school (4),
Columba College (4),
Diocesan School for Girls (2),
Lincoln High School (2),
Westlake Boys’ High school (2),
Westlake Girls’ High school (1),
Christchurch Boys High(1),
Christchurch Girls High(1),
Mount Albert Grammar School(1),
Rotorua Boys’ High,
MacLean’s College (1),
Kelston Girls College (1),
St Peter’s College,
Wellington College (1),
Takapuna Normal Intermediate(1),
Kristin School (1),
Auckland Boys Grammar (1),
St Kevin’s College (2),
Tauranga Girls College(1)
competed in the Intermediate (14 contestants)
and Senior categories (15 contestants). The first
prize in senior category went to Luke Butler (Mt
Albert Grammar), Shannon Couper (Tauranga
Girls’) and Ashvini Navaratnam (Samuel
Marsden). Kathryn Robinson (Diocesan School for
Girls) won the first prize in the intermediate cate-
gory.
There were two outstanding features in the
speech competition this year. One is that about
80% of contestants have been to China either for
a long time stay or short time visit. This contrib-
utes to their confidence and profi-
ciency of speaking Chinese. An-
other feature is that four contest-
ants come from three schools that
do not formally offer Chinese to
their students.
This year, the first prize winner is
really lucky. He will not only go to
China to attend the Chinese
Bridge Speech Competition Finals,
but also has received $500 from
NZ China Council for his excellent
performance.
Chinese Bridge Speech Competition is an interna-
tional competition organized by Hanban, the Con-
fucius Institute Headquarter; Chinese Embassy
collaborating with Confucius Institutes cross the
world.
Chinese Bridge Speech Competition New Zealand 2014
29 Mandarin-
speaking
students from
around New
Zealand
participated in
the New Zealand
Chinese Bridge
Speech
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Upcoming
National
Advisor
Workshops
1 May – Labour Day
4 May – Youth Day
1 June – Children’s Day
2 June – Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival 端午 节
Dragon Boat Festival or duānwǔ jié 端午 节 occurs
on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese
lunar calendar. In 2014 it will take place on 2 June.
French teachers visit a little piece of France in the South Pacific to develop their language and cultural knowledge
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Stage de Nouméa 2015
It was an eye-opening experience to discover a franco-
phone culture outside France, rich in customs, traditions and
history. I made the most of my ‘stage’ to learn the colloqui-
al language and idiomatic expressions typical for the is-
land.
I used rugby as a pathway for my inquiry. I found a local
team where I assisted training and coached them before a com-
petition game.
Being able to step out of the usual tourist attractions and visit
the “Province Nord” allowed us a unique insight to New
Caledonia – the lives of the people, their unique natural envi-
ronment, workplaces, and industry.
The sharing of languages and culture was a very natural
thing to do.
This was a wonderful cultural, language and pedagogi-
cal experience.
The Nouméa programme provided an excellent social ex-
perience with homestay families ensuring that we could wid-
en our intercultural horizons.
3 weeks language immersion has revived my French, al-
lowed me to extend my vocab and improve fluency.
I realised that NZ is not just a little country in the Pacific nor a
little brother of Australia but that we are part of a large Pa-
cific family of many nations, many languages and
many cultures.
This was a brilliant opportunity to investigate our views
and assumptions about another culture through our
own inquiry and experiences.
I was able to put the language into context and use it
100% of the time, in fact I had no choice than to become a
real language user rather than a language learner.
Students in my school in Nouméa have written to my students
in NZ, this is good preparation for an exchange arrange-
ment.
If you are interested in participating, applications for the 2015 programme open in November 2014. For more information on the application process, have a look at http://www.ilep.ac.nz/pld-opportunities/pld-opportunities-abroad/french-programmes/stage-de-noumea
Kiyokazu Hatori, is a REX programme teacher. He worked as an assistant teacher for 15 months in Whakatane area and returned to Japan at the end of March. He reflected on his experience as a REX programme teacher and shared some of the highlights of his experience with us. I worked at three schools, Otakiri school, Edgecumbe college and Thornton school. I experienced some difficulty in my early days, but I enjoyed working there because I found they needed me and appreciated me.
At Otakiri school, I taught only Japanese. I am an English language teacher in Japan, so it was a challenging job, but all the teachers at Otakiri were always very supportive and that really helped me. I tried my best to make my Japanese lessons more interesting. Thankfully, about 90% students said they would like to continue their Japanese learning at secondary school. I am very happy to have such positive feedback toward my lessons.
At Edgecumbe college, I made some resources not only for a Japanese teacher and his students but also for the students who didn’t take Japanese lessons. I made three posters introducing Japanese greetings, food and J-pop cultures and put them on the wall of the library. Then, some students started greeting in Japanese to me. It was fantastic! I could give them the opportunities to become interested in Japanese language and cultures.
REX Programme Teacher’s Report
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At Thornton school, I helped the teacher, who joined the TPDL, as much as possible. I taught him Japanese after school and at his place as well. We could build a very good relationship. Before I came, Thornton school didn’t offer Japanese lessons, but now they have decided to continue Japanese lessons. That’s what I wanted and this result gave me fulfillment. Through my staying in New Zealand, I have learned a lot of things. This programme is very good for mutual understanding for New Zealand and Japanese teachers. I’d definitely like to help New Zealanders staying in Japan so that I could pay back to what New Zealanders have done for me here. The students at Otakiri School enjoyed their Japanese language and culture lessons with Kiyokazu Hatori and shared some of their exciting lessons.
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Kansai Two-Week Special Programme
ILEP is offering an opportunity for fully-registered current teachers of Japanese (Years 7-13) to attend a
two-week programme at the Japan Foundation Centre in Kansai, Japan. Term 3 holidays 2014:
29 September 2014 - 10 October 2014 Complete the ILEP application form.
The closing date for 2014 applications is 5 pm, 6 June 2014.
Application forms are available from Dmitry Mitenkov, the Intercultural Programmes Co-ordinator -
The Running of the Bulls, encierro, is an eight-day festival that takes place in some towns and villages in Spain, Portu-gal, Mexico and Peru. The most famous event takes place in Pamplona, Spain. The event involves running in front of a small group of bulls that have been let loose on a designated course on a sec-tioned-off subset of the streets in a town or village. The tradition is said to have begun in the 14th century. The Running of the Bulls takes place from 6 to 14 July in 2014.