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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Exploring Bilingual/Immersion Programme Approaches PAST Webinar

21 mins
Rae explains why bilingual and immersion education is inextricably linked. She explains what ‘Enrichment’ and ‘Heritage’ models look like in an Aotearoa context. ‘Medium of instruction’ is unpacked along with ‘Rotation’ as model which has been trialed in the Samoan unit in Māngere East.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | The Pedagogy

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | The Pedagogy

Drawing on her extensive experience in rumaki and reo rua settings, Jane Cooper shares her personal experience and practical insights into effective pedagogical practices that support language acquisition. She brings a wealth of practical knowledge gained through years of teaching, leadership, and curriculum development.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Growing a Unit

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Growing a Unit

In Jane's final kōrero, she offers practical advice for schools and communities establishing new Māori-medium units, drawing on lessons learned, challenges encountered, and the strategies that have proven to be effective over time.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Practical Advice for Kaiako in Bilingual Spaces

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Practical Advice for Kaiako in Bilingual Spaces

Malo talks about some of the approaches she has used including a ‘rotation’ approach. She also talks about ‘code switching’ - what this is and why it isn’t advised as an approach then elaborates on the strategies, they do adhere to if their goal is ‘bilingualism’.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capacity and Common Pitfalls

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capacity and Common Pitfalls

In this segment Malo talks about the importance of teacher capacity and common pitfalls when setting a new bilingual class or unit.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capability and Setting Up a New Bilingual/Immersion Unit

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teacher Capability and Setting Up a New Bilingual/Immersion Unit

In this video Rae sets the scene with some important points around big picture system change. What enables quality practice in a bilingual setting, the importance of leadership and touches on renowned bilingual educator Jim Cummins’ work.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Time on Task

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Time on Task

Rae discusses the advantages of a bilingual brain and shares research that supports this. What defines a bilingual unit is also explained.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Common Underlying Proficiency and Linguistic Interdependence

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Common Underlying Proficiency and Linguistic Interdependence

In this video Rae explains why students in bilingual and immersion setting experience strong literacy and academic outcomes despite spending more time in their heritage language.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teaching for Transfer and Translanguaging

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Teaching for Transfer and Translanguaging

Teaching for transfer and translanguaging: This video unpacks what these two words/pedagogies are and what this might look like in a class.

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Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Task Based Learning, Communicative Approaches and Vocab Learning

Dual Medium Learning Spaces | Task Based Learning, Communicative Approaches and Vocab Learning

Rae unpacks these effective pedagogies for a bilingual setting and points out they are actually drawn from the second language acquisition field.

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