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Resources for global education :
==== languages | EAL | multicultural | global | intercultural | Asia | Aboriginal cultures | citizenship | human rights. ====  wiki of the Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre LMERC is a Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) specialist resource centre for teachers and educators across a range of areas including: Languages (over 60 different languages) and English as an Additional Language (EAL), global and multicultural citizenship, aboriginal perspectives, intercultural understanding and values.

LMERC staff loan resources to teachers in Victoria, and research and review online materials which can be accessed through this site or our Online catalogue.

APOLOGIES, THIS SITE IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. LINKS TO ALL RESOURCES ON THIS SITE ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE LMERC LIBRARY CATALOGUE h[|ttp://lmerc.softlinkhosting.com.au] TEAL Tools to Enhance Assessment Literacy @http://teal.global2.vic.edu.au/

New annotated units of work uploaded: = Unit 3: Insects and other bugs, year 2, stage A2 Full unit of work and empty unit templates

http://teal.global2.vic.edu.au/annotated-units-of-work/unit-3-insects/

Unit 2: A fair go – rules and laws, Years 5/6, B2 and B3. Full unit of work and empty unit templates http://teal.global2.vic.edu.au/annotated-units-of-work/a-fair-go/

Other recent additions to the TEAL website  Connections between oral and writing tasks: You are now able to read about the connections between the TEAL Writing Assessment Tasks and the TEAL Oral Assessment Tasks. Details are at the bottom of the writing and oral task pages. ==

== EAL Teaching Guides and Model Units
 * Scaffolded science topic for EAL students **

Model Science and Content Unit:
Science and Language Ecosystems for EAL students. (Full text free to download). Developed by Miranda McCallum & Jenny Miller Soft copies also available from the LMERC library catalogue. Search using the title //Science and language ecosystems// (unit of work). Teacher's guide and templates also available from the same record. Click on the file field.

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 * Where's English at school interactive resource (new version)
 * Word study for new arrivals
 * Talking in tune: a guide to working with interpreters
 * Language games for ESL students
 * No English: don't panic 1 & 2
 * Beginning EAL-Secondary: support material for teachers of secondary new arrivals.
 * Beginning ESL:support material for primary new arrivals

= Refugee Bridging programs =

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 * Introduction
 * Guidelines
 * Support Materials - contents
 * Internationalising Schooling Guide - now available online to help your school internationalise . ||

=** Websites of interest : **=

[|Mirrors, windows, doors] Mirrors Windows Doors is an online magazine founded and written by Marjorie Coughlan (formerly of Paper Tigers website). The aim of the site is to draw attention to the riches of children's and YA books from across the world that highlight cultural and multicultural diversity. Features: book reviews, lists of diverse literature, interviews and articles. Find about authors from Asian countries you may not have come across before.

Multicultural children's book day Founded by two bloggers dedicated to promoting literature featuring diverse characters.

[|First Book Blog] Great blog post on the Stories for all project which aims to stimulate the demand for affordable culturally diverse and representative literature to children. Thanks to Julie Purcell for recommending this blog in her informative article 'The Case for diversity in youth literature', Literature Base 26:2, May 2015.



Model Science and Content Unit:
Science and Language Ecosystems for EAL students. (Full text free to download). Developed by Miranda McCallum & Jenny Miller

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