News & Updates

Latest updates from TeachSign and NZSLTA.

• Southern Tutors Workshop Sept 2020

  01 September 2020

  Tutors Workshop for NZSL Level 1 Unit 7 - 9. Saturday 12th September 2020, in Christchurch.

• New Level One Resources

  19 June 2020

  TeachSign and Merge NZ are excited to launch new NZSL Level One resources: 20+ Deaf culture videos, 33 assessment materials, and 35 teaching / class sample videos.

• Southern Tutors Workshop July 2020

  18 June 2020

  Tutors Workshop for NZSL Level 1 Unit 4 - 6. Saturday 25th July 2020, in Christchurch.

• NZSL Board Grant

  15 January 2020

  NZSLTA receives $86,753 grant.

• NZSLTA Conference 2020

  19 December 2019

  New Zealand Sign Language Teachers Association will have their conference in Dunedin on 14th, 15th and 16th August, 2020.

• Level two project hits a milestone

  14 December 2019

  NZSL level two project is now half-way and on track.

• More new level 1 materials

  13 December 2019

  Level one teaching materials have been updated, along with new cool posters.

• New grammar, dialogue videos

  05 November 2019

  These new resources support NZSL level one teaching and learning.

• New Māori resources

  12 September 2019

  NZSL level one (units 1-3) have been adapted for teaching NZSL in Māori settings.

• First online tutor training

  24 May 2019

  Merge NZ organised a webinar for NZSL tutors, which was a success.

• New Deaf Studies graduates

  23 May 2019

  Twenty-three students graduated with "Certificate in Deaf Studies: Teaching NZSL".

• Latest Tutor Trainings

  21 May 2019

  Full day workshops have been delivered in three locations.