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There are some very simple things that we
can all do to ensure that our EAL learners are
able to thrive at QEA:
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1. Make them feel welcome – in our country, at our Academy and in our classrooms.
2. Support and encourage them – with
their school subjects, but also with the
development of their skill as a bilingual.
3. Improve the accuracy of their English
but don’t over correct them, this could
discourage them from trying again.
4. Have high expectations of them, they
are not incapable they are just facing a
different challenges and they still need
to have tasks that are cognitively challenging.
5. See their additional language or languages as a positive thing, something
that should be celebrated and embraced.
There are lots of ideas and tips for different
tasks and strategies that will work with EAL
learners in the new book “EAL pocketbook”
that will be available in the library soon.
Also, please remember that you can drop me
an email or see me in person if you feel that
there is something that I can help with.
Kirstie Dixon - [email protected]
Thank you to Karen Caygill-Coombs for
her contribution to this new section of
sQEAk.
We would like this to become a regular
feature, and welcome any examples of
ideas that have been tried and tested.
A template is available in the Teaching and
Learning folder on the network.
Jason helpfully pointed me in the
direction of a simple, graphic application
on Word, called Smart Art, which provides
templates to create a visual display of
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