Breda Matthews 
About me
I live in Warkworth and have worked in ESOL for more years than I care to admit!
I facilitate the Secondary ESOL Online community and am team leader of the Learning Village New Zealand. I own the English Language Resource Centre and provide summative assessment resources for English language and EAP unit standards, teaching and learning resources and professional development and advice to teachers and schools.
Previously I have taught in high schools and at Massey University and was part of the team that designed an online learning programme for the Ministry of Education. I have developed teaching and assessment resources for ESOL and EAP standards for the Ministry of Education and NZQA.
Follow my blogs on the Secondary ESOL Online group or at http://bredamatthews.blogspot.co.nz
Initial assessment for diagnosis, placement and funding
A summary of how to assess newly arrived students for funding and placement purposesGetting started with Google Apps
Getting started with Google Apps Last week I was privileged to attend a workshop run by Petronella Townsend and Simon Crosby of the UC Education Plus team. It was great working with so many enthusiastic and dedicated...Modern Learning Environments
Modern Learning Environments - or not? I once worked in a school where teachers would bet on what the most used word would be in the beginning of year staff meeting! This year I would imagine that the list included BYOD and...
Differentiation in Secondary School - Multi-levelled ESL classes
Differentiated blended learning centres
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Unit Standards
For secondary teachers using the EAP standards
Learning with Digital Technologies for Māori and Pasifika Learners
Resources, links and kōrero about Learning with Digital Technologies to empower Māori and Pasifika Learners.
Blended e-Learning Literacy
A community for all those interested in raising student achievement in literacy through the use of relevant e-Learning tools.
- Andrew Hancock
Hi Brenda, just wondering what might be a good starting point for finding ideas and or suggestion for texts for student use with US 31006 Read and understand a range of straightforward written texts independently Level 2 ? Would ESL news New Zealand be generally in terms of vocabulary range 1500 words and in terms of language as a website resource for reading?
Any help with selection of possible texts would be appreciated . - MPenEng
Hi Breda. I have updated my profile as you asked. Have I done enough for you to approve my membership to the group? Thanks!
- Lisette Williams
Hi Breda. I have updated my bio as you requested, just wondering if you could please approve my membership to the group? Thanks.
