NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH

TE POUHERE O WHAKAAKO O TE REO PĀKEHĀ O AOTEAROA

NZATE: to promote, support and advocate for the teaching of English in Aotearoa

Registrations can be made via this link or by scanning the QR code above.

NZATE Practice Exams

It has been brought to our attention that there are two errors in NZATE’s L2 English practice exam this year. Firstly, on the NZATE L2 Unfamiliar Text resource booklet, we have misspelt the author’s surname in the article “Why it’s so hard to quite Facebook Messenger”. On the resource booklet we have written Mathers, rather than Mathias. The correct author’s name is Shanti Mathias. Our sincerest apologies.

Secondly, the cut scores in our original (first shared) assessment schedule for the L2 Close Reading of Written Unfamiliar Texts was incorrect. Cut scores for all year levels are as follows:

Cut Scores
Score range:

Not Achieved

Achievement

Achievement with Merit

Achievement with Excellence

0 – 6

7 – 12

13 – 18

19 – 24

This error has been corrected on the re-uploaded exam docs.

NZATE Conference 2025

Registration opening Term 4 2024

Do you have questions about the upcoming NCEA changes or the new Literacy and Numeracy standards?

Let us know using the form below. We will endeavour to answer each question, and seek clarification from NZQA and/or the Ministry of Education.

Book Reviews

Book review

A Canoe Before the Wind – Vitale Lafaele

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Book review

Green Rain by Alastair Clarke

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Book review

A Forager’s Life: Finding my heart and home in nature by Helen Lehndorf

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Book review

Between the Flags by Rachel Fenton

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Book review

The Ghost House by Bill Nagelkerke

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Book review

The Ghost House by Bill Nagelkerke

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Te Tuhi Māreikura

A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Podcasts

Resources

English in Aotearoa #113 – October 2024

English in Aotearoa #112 – July 2024

Kupu Posters

English in Aotearoa #109

2024 Practice Exams

$500.00

Elevating Voices