harris academy morden strategies to support eal students agnes wolanin eal manager
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Explain, model language
Instant Support StrategiesDraw pictures Listen
attentively
Use a bilingual or picture dictionary
Use visual aids
Use the internet
Simplify text and focus on key words
Highlight key words/phrases
Label diagrams
Pre-teach key words
Provide opportunities to practise key words in different contexts.
Develop bi-lingual key vocabulary lists
Classroom StrategiesMake eye contact Give time to plan and to
talk
Cue them in
Check understanding
Help them sequence
GEORGE
Envelope racePrepare a list of tasks, cut them into strips and put each strip into a separate envelope.
Prepare 1 set of envelopes for each group (the groups can have different tasks to complete – good for differentiation).
Students start on the first task. Once completed they need to race to you to get another envelope with another task. They continue until they’ve completed all the tasks. First team to complete all the tasks wins.
Kinaesthetic learners
differentia
tion
teamwork
motivation
Thesaurus Race
Students race each other to find 3 synonyms for the selected words/key words
Developing vocabulary
motivation
Pass the bomb!Students answer the question posed by the teacher as quickly as possible. The person who is answering holds the ticking bomb. Once they’ve given their response they need to pass the bomb to the next person.
e.g. - an adjective to describe a picture - a synonym for ‘say’ - the title of the book in which a character is … an orphan, rebellious….
competitionengagement
Market Squares
Students work in groups to become ‘experts’ in a given topic. One person from each table stays in their place to ‘trade’ their knowledge to members of the other groups.
Boosting confidence Kinaesthetic learners
Repetition aids internalisation
Colour dominationThe tasks/questions/quotes are written on the separate pieces of paper placed around the room.
Each student is given a different coloured pen. They walk around the room and record their answers on the sheets in a given time.
The person whose colour dominates the page wins.
Modelling languageindependence
Works well with creative tasks e.g. descriptive writing
Graphic organisers
• opportunities to explore vocabulary
• practice in explaining concepts
• visual organisers structure thinking
• you can reinforce the organisers with games
Sorting cards onto a visual organisersWhy it works:
Mind mapping• Visual• Encourage systematisation of
knowledge• Help in building associations• Useful revision tool
Fill the gap mind map
Mind mapping softwareLearning styles
Glogsters www.glogster.com
Glogster is a tool that allows users to create virtual posters combining text, audio, video, images, and hyperlinks and to share them with others electronically.
Glogsters Teach students to create a glog using a think-aloud approach; model the importance of selecting appropriate features, organizing the elements with the reader in mind, and developing ideas using multiple modes. Model for students how to use images and graphics to guide the reader.
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