ESOL Codes
Vocab Tasks
Handy Resources
Type of ELLs
100

The full junior immersion course

What is ESJ1?

100

a graphic organiser used to arrange the key words and concepts on a topic.

What is a Structured Overview?

100

A game in which the answers to questions are given and the contestant must instead pose the correct question to match this answer.

What is Jeopardy?

100

'ELL'

What is the acronym for 'English Language Learner'?

200

Junior immersion English with mainstream core classes and options.

What is ESJ2?

200

An arrangement of key words and concepts on a topic. Lines connect the words or subtopics showing their relationship to the central idea and to each other.

What is a concept map?

200

An activity  in which one student becomes a character/thinker/scenario/concept and their partner must ‘interrogate’ them with an increasingly incisive series of questions.

What is the 'Hotseat'?

200

Migrant

What category means students whose families have emigrated to NZ?

300

Year 10 ESOL option line (with mainstream core and 1 other option).

What is 10ESL?

300

The specialist word is left in the sentence and, instead, a word that contributes to the meaning is left out.

What is an Interactive Cloze?

300
A vocabulary revision system in which definitions are written on the opposite side of card to the appropriate word.

What are flashcards?

300

New Zealand Born

Which category means tudents who were born in New Zealand but speak English as a second language?

400

Level 2 NCEA ESOL - Offers a full UE pathway with regular option lines.

What is 12ESL?

400

The teacher uses the structure of a poem or creative paragraph previously studied and deletes phrases rather than words. Students use their imagination to complete phrases. There are no correct answers.

What is a creative cloze?

400

A similar program to 'Kahoot' in which students answer as many questions as possible within a given timeframe.

What is Blooket?

400

Refugees

Which category means students from countries identified as qualifying for refugee status?

500

Senior ESOL - Language acquisition for lower proficiency English Language Learners. Assessed with Unit Standards. Vocational pathway - Not UE literacy pathway.

What is ESS1/ESS2?

500

2-3 keywords that will ‘unlock’ other concepts in your field of study.

What is a Language Focus?

500

A group for teachers of ESOL and ELLs (English Language Learners) in New Zealand to share resources and ideas.

500

International Fee Paying

Which category stands for students who are paying international fees and often living with homestays?

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