Welcome to Password Magazine
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Password is a magazine for ESOL students and teachers in New Zealand. It contains easy to read articles and exercises about New Zealand life, written by experienced, practising teachers. Articles and exercises are at four levels of difficulty (Sample Articles). There is also a Teachers’ Resource.


The levels and approximate IELTS equivalents are:

‡   (below 3)
*   (3-4)
**  (4-5)
*** (5+).

 

You can download extra sample articles for free if you register as a member.

Something new from Password.

Sample digital audio recordings


Hello readers

You may have read in our most recent copy of Password that, for a trial period, you can listen to some of your favourite Password articles as well as read them.

We have three sample digital audio recordings of recent Password articles here for your use and evaluation - just click on the links below:


(a) Password ‡ (below level 3 IELTS)

Bus Passes from Volume 35, no.2, page 4


(b) Password * (approximately equivalent to levels 3-4 IELTS)

My Passport from Volume 35, no. 2, page 5


(c) Password ** (approximately equivalent to levels 4-5 IELTS)

Clothes and Identity from Volume 35, no.2, page 8



Feedback survey

We are interested to find out if you found these recordings useful and would like us to produce others. Please let us know by taking just a couple of minutes to complete this short survey.

Thanks very much.



Click here to start the survey

 

 
 
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"Thank you for your useful and entertaining magazine...I and my fellow workers enjoy seeing Password arrive every few months." Cynthia Trace.

 

 

"I have used Password in my ESOL teaching for many years, finding it extremely helpful and interesting, both to myself and my students. " Margaret Henvest.

 

 

"We really appreciate Password at Whitireia and make good use of it. Congratulations on a good product."   Leith Wallace (ESOL Programme Manager, Whitireia Community Polytechnic).

 

 

"Need I say how much I've appreciated getting (Password). I'd like to say a great big thank you for it...I've been doing a lot of one-to-one tutoring recently, and Password is an excellent resource for this. It's simple format, different levels of New Zealand/English and interesting, relevant articles have, often, been just what I've needed." Angela Dold.

 

 

 
 

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