Registration to Linguascope gives you access to 6 Award winning websites
in all 5 available languages - French, Spanish, German, Italian and ESOL.
Click Here for a video presentation of Linguascope
or see short videos of each of the 6 websites at the bottom of the page
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Linguascope SCORM! A recent addition to the Linguascope family of resources and available as a FREE upgrade to all Linguascope subscribers.
Linguascope SCORM resources allow you to load rich Linguascope learning content into compatible Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). They are complete learning / assessment packages which include vocabulary presentation with native speaker support, along with interactive activities in reading, listening and writing. They are available in the current range of Linguascope languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian and English.
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See school testimonials below:
Award Winning Solution for Schools now available in NZ and Australia
Linguascope has won an award from the British Cabinet for the best practice in the use of new technologies in education, has received a 5 star rating from schoolzone.co.uk and featured as website of the month in “The Guardian” and “The Times”. Linguascope has subscribers in over 100 countries and is well suited to the NZ Curriculum. New Beginnings is proud to present this affordable language solution to your school to support your teachers, motivate your students and satisfy your parents. Registration gives access to all 5 languages – French, Spanish, German, Italian and ESOL and therefore can be used throughout your school.
“Sorry it took so long to respond to your email. I have been too busy investigating Linguascope and the many possibilities it offers our students. The clarity of the instructions together with attractive and colourful graphics will ensure that the site is a hit with our students. Already, some of my year 9 students have looked at the site and returned at lunchtime to have another go. I particularly like the idea that, because the content of the activities follows the NZ syllabus closely, it is easy to ask students to access the site outside class time. As a small school, we only have a limited amount of class time with our language students and it is great to be able to tell them to revise school work at night or at lunchtime via linguascope. The worksheets too are well presented and simple in content, thus instilling confidence in our students’ ability to understand and participate in oral activities in the classroom. They are also a good way of helping each student work at his/her own pace. Hooking on to the website was very fast. I rang on Wednesday and the passwords were issued the following day. By week’s end I was able to assess the material and include it in my class planning for the following week.
Thank you for introducing our school to this wonderful resource.”
Jacqueline Guile, East Otago High School – Feb 2007
“Linguascope has proved to be an invaluable tool for me as a secondary school teacher of French and Spanish. We have subscribed now for three or four years and the students love it. As a teacher I can use it on my Smartboard to introduce all new language to my students. It also allows me to allow my students to follow individual programmes of learning and revision. They can work at school and at home improving their vocabulary according to their interests. In fact we think it is so successful that this year our ESOL teachers have shared the subscription with us. Teachers can download ready made worksheets and there is a page where we professionals can share resources. The vocabulary ties in nicely with the levels 1-4 of the New Zealand Curriculum, therefore is most useful at years 7-10 if there are programmes running in languages at these year levels.“
Thanks again, Karen Hollis, Gisborne Girls High School, December 2007
"As a teacher in a small school, with multi-level languages classes and variable numbers of students taking languages, I have found Linguascope extremely useful. It provides constantly updated material arranged in useful topics across both the languages I teach (French and Spanish). With the one subscription I can cater for the absolute beginners through to those at NCEA Level 2 or 3. Pupils love the variety of the various Linguascope sites and have great fun while learning. From my own point of view I find the shared teacher resources and the downloadable worksheets very useful. I am really looking forward to using the new media page this year, which I think will be great for stimulating the seniors to discuss current events in France and Spain".
Paula Henderson, Rodney College, January 2008
We are pleased with the improvements to Linguascope since we last subscribed which was a couple of years ago. We find it particularly good because students can work at their own level and pace on the programme. It's a good tool for differentiation with some students consolidating what they know and others launching off into new areas and extending their grasp of the language.
Many thanks, Janet Welch, Westlake Girls High School, January 2008
We have found Linguascope to be a great learning tool and a support for our Year 9 taster courses in French and German. The activities are interesting and fun, and reinforce vocabulary in many every-day situations typically covered in the classroom. It helps to make language learning more accessible for a wide range of learning styles. The students love the computer-based games and activities!
Many of the downloadable resources are also a great help for busy teachers who want a worksheet or powerpoint quickly and don't have a lot of time to make up their own. It will never replace your regular teaching, but adds a new dimension to language learning for beginners.
Claire Garton, Christian Renewal School, January 2008
We subscribe to Linguascope and find it brilliant. I've got an interactive whiteboard so I use it all the time for review, introducing new vocab eg colours in year 9 as it has sound and the students love the games. We use these sometimes for team games as review and team building and light relief with the whiteboard, but they're also great for students to work on independently at home eg for homework and review. I've just discovered the blogs and this is going to be my challenge this year. As we have a school intranet system ie First Class, I want to put links to some of this in the year groups and topics so that students can access them from home for listening practice. So it is a great investment and I would recommend it highly for French and German.
Jeni Lemberg, Nelson College for Girls – January 2008
Watch a brief video of each of the Linguascope websites:
Also ...
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