Published by Wigan EMAS Team May 2008

Contents 1. Buddy Booklet 2. Topic List 3. Teaching Resources List 4. Website List 5. Pamphlet—Access and Learning 6. Pamphlet—Developing Literacy 7. Teacher Fan for Daily Activities 8. Pupil Fan for Daily Activities 9. Pupil Fan for Emotions 10. S.O.S Phrases 11. Classroom Objects and Commands (Flashcards) 12. School Subject Pictures (in colour) 13. School Vocabulary and Pictures– subjects, classroom,

school bag. 15. Numbers 1-10 Flashcards 16. Numberline 1—20 17. Number Square 18. Colours 19. Alphabet Sheet 20. Question Words 21. Days of the Week 22. Body Parts 23. Clothes 24. Initial Verbs—Pictures and Words

Name ___________________

Vocabulary Topic List

Please tick when visited

Colours

Numbers 1 – 10

Simple Verbs

Numbers 10 – 20

Everyday Objects

Adjectives of Size

Opposites

Prepositions

The Outside of the House

The Garden

The Living Room

The Bedroom

The Kitchen

The Bathroom

Clothes

Fruit

Vegetables

Drinks

Body Parts

Pets

Farm Animals

Zoo Animals

Days

Months

Seasons

Weather

The Street

The Park

The Hospital

The Farm

Sports

Shops

Toys

Shapes

Time

Words for +, -, x, ÷, =

Please tick when visited

Colours

Numbers 1 – 10

Simple Verbs

Numbers 10 – 20

Everyday Objects

Adjectives of Size

Opposites

Prepositions

The Outside of the House

The Garden

The Living Room

The Bedroom

The Kitchen

The Bathroom

Clothes

Fruit

Vegetables

Drinks

Body Parts

Pets

Farm Animals

Zoo Animals

Days

Months

Seasons

Weather

The Street

The Park

The Hospital

The Farm

Sports

Shops

Toys

Shapes

Time

Words for +, -, x, ÷, =

Teaching Resources www.guardian.co.uk – an archive of articles which can be used as reading materials for students www.games.englishclub.com www.bbc.co.uk/revision www.primary.resources www.english-to-go www.collaborativelearning.org – curriculum accessible activities for EAL pupils www.practicalpreschool.com – nursery rhymes and resources in other languages www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk – interactive language program * www.senteacher.org * www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/services/emas/materials/newtoenglish-html * www.mes-english.com * www.resourceshop.co.uk * www.sparklebox.co.uk * www.dvhooldlinkd.vo.uk – dual language signs * www.schoolslinks.com.uk * www.dltk-teach.com

DFES / DCSF Publications Aiming High : Understanding the educational needs of minority ethnic pupils in mainly white schools. DfES/0416/2004. ‘A Language in Common’: Assessing English As An Additional Language. QCA/00/584. The National Numeracy Strategy Supporting Pupils Learning English As An Ad-ditional Language, DfES2000. The National Literacy Strategy Supporting Pupils Learning English As An Addi-tional Language, DfES 1999. Excellence & Enjoyment : Learning & teaching for bilingual pupils in the primary years (Toolkit). DFES 0013-2006 PCK-EN Excellence & Enjoyment : Learning & teaching for bilingual children in the primary years – Teaching units to support guided sessions for writing in EAL (pilot material). DFES 00068-2007FLR-EN PNS – New Arrivals : Excellence Programme : Guidance. Ref –650-2007 BKT-EN Supporting children learning EAL – Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage. DCSF 00683–2007BKT-EN DfES – Key Stage 3 National Strategy Access & Engagement in English (all subjects available) (Teaching pupils for whom EAL is an additional language) Ref : DfES 0609/2002

WEBSITES Government websites offering guidance on EAL issues www.britishcouncil.org – teaching ideas and materials. www.inclusion.ngfl.gov.uk – lists of materials for EAL pupils produced by NALDIC and the col-laborative learning project. www.emaonline.org.uk – information, resources and materials for EAL theory and practice. www.standards.dfes.gov.uk www.ealinhounslow.org.uk – general guidance on supporting bilingual pupils in the mainstream classroom. www.manchester.gov.uk/education/emas - general guidance as above. www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk/default.htm - general guidance as above. Websites offering translation services www.hearofeurope.co.uk www.worldlingo.com www.yourdictionary.com/dictionl.html www.englishpage.com – lesson and language exercise with online dictionaries and thesaurus. www.a4esl.org www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish www.newburypark.redbridge.school.uk www.dgteaz.org.uk – (www.oxysearch.com) Dingle Granby Toxteth EAZ Action Zone, Liverpool.

Creating a supportive learning environm

ent C

reate a friendly, stress-free environment

• W

elcome new

arrivals into your class •

Ask them

to sit near the front of the class

Be prepared for the pupils to be reluctant to talk at first

• A

llow them

plenty of time to listen and tune in to English

Formalise support from

class 'friends' or 'buddies' •

Make sure buddies are clear about their role

• D

ecide how to acknow

ledge and reward their support

Help pupil’s understanding of the lesson focus

• U

se visual and other contextual support •

Com

municate objectives sim

ply and clearly Support pupils' understanding of instructions •

Speak clearly and use language consistently •

If possible, encourage other pupils or adults to interpret and allow tim

e for this to occur

Structure lessons to avoid lengthy, unbroken periods of teacher talk •

Ensure opportunities for pair or small group w

ork Find out about pupils' strengths and build on them

•

Make use of initial assessm

ent information from

EAL staff

• M

ake books or other resources available to take home

Where possible, talk to parents about the w

ork pupils are doing •

Suggest ways in w

hich they can provide support W

hen EAL specialists are available to support pupils, w

ork in partnership, w

hen possible

Supporting curriculum access and language learning

• U

se drawings, photographs, objects and picture dictionaries to com

muni-

cate key vocabulary •

Present information in the form

of key visuals such as diagrams and charts

• C

omm

unicate meaning through activity e.g. practical dem

onstrations, video, role-play, dram

a •

Encourage use of pupils' home languages by parents and

w

here available bilingual staff and pupils who speak the sam

e

language •

Give exam

ples appropriate to pupils' experience to illustrate

ideas •

Plan activities that enable pupils to hear English in contexts that support understanding e.g. practical activities that encourage talk during the activ-ity, gam

es and role-play activities and other focused collaborative tasks •

When pupils are ready, plan sim

ple comm

unicative activities

which encourage them

to talk, using language they have

previously heard •

Be a good m

odel of spoken and written English

-Use language clearly, consistently and precisely

-Be aw

are that not only technical vocabulary, but also many everyday

words and expressions can be very confusing

• D

raw pupils into w

hole-class discussion -A

ddress them by nam

e and be prepared to repeat questions -A

llow tim

e for pupils to answer

Helping pupils use their hom

e languages for learning •

Where pupils speak a com

mon language, encourage pupils to talk together in their

home languages

Maintaining a positive ethos to prom

ote this is essential •

Praise and reward pupils w

ho act as interpreters •

Make sure other pupils see that you respect and value pupils' bilingual com

petence •

Welcom

e and encourage home language support from

parents •

Encourage other pupils to teach you simple phrases in the languages spoken by

new arrivals e.g. w

ell done, please, thank you •

Learn key technical vocabulary in advance of lessons U

se bilingual dictionaries •

Prepare resources which includes som

e of this key vocabulary e.g. picture cards, w

orksheets •

Where possible m

ake pupils' home languages central to the w

ork of the whole

class e.g. in drama, role-play

• Encourage literate pupils to use and m

ake bilingual dictionaries and word lists

• Encourage pupils w

ho are literate to read and write in their hom

e or comm

unity languages

Acknow

ledgement to Education B

radford

Supporting Pupils, N

ew to English, in the Classroom

Access & Learning

EAL Team

Wigan “Every Child M

atters”

Supporting Pupils, New to English,

in the Classroom.

Developing Literacy

EAL Team

Wigan “Every Child M

atters”

Useful resources for N

ew to English pupils 1.

Key visuals e.g. tables, maps, diagram

s, grids, mind-m

apping 2.

Pictures and photographs 3.

Vocabulary lists 4.

Rough notebooks and whiteboards for planning 5.

Artefacts and props e.g. puppets, story sacks, m

ini-worlds, story boxes 6.

Bilingual dictionaries 7.

Simplified texts and text sum

maries

8. A

dapted worksheets to enable pupils to read and write small chunks of

inform

ation 9.

Audio-visual resources e.g. story tapes in pupils’ hom

e languages 10.

Games (picture based), e.g. barrier gam

es, picture lotto 11.

Use of dram

a strategies e.g. role play, acting out stories, hot seating 12.

ICT e.g. programm

es in English that are well-supported by graphics, multi-

m

edia software 13.

Resources that reflect pupils’ previous experiences and cultural

back grounds

Acknow

ledgement to Education B

radford

Developing reading and writing

• Build in discussion before reading, and oral practice

before written work

• Include plenty of visual support in texts

• Involve pupils in supportive shared reading experiences e.g.

whole class work with visually rich enlarged texts, reading and discussion in sm

all groups, using texts with rhyme and repetition

• Plan active reading tasks for pairs or sm

all groups of pupils e.g. text sequencing, gap filling

• Encourage bilingual staff and other pupils to translate and

sum

marise texts in pupils' hom

e languages •

Avoid asking pupils to 'com

plete' the same tasks that are carried

out by other pupils, without understanding. Consider adapting

worksheets, m

atching level of difficulty to pupils' needs Include tasks such as labelling and m

atching sentence halves U

se simple writing fram

es e.g. sentence completion

• Encourage collaborative writing with other pupils who share

the same hom

e language •

Be explicit about the key features of different types of writing •

Encourage pupils who are literate to write in their comm

unity languages

• A

gree support for homework with EM

A staff e.g. at hom

ework clubs or through work with parents

• Encourage pupils to m

ake use of other provision after school, e.g. City Learning Centre, com

munity clubs

• M

ake books available to take home

Practical activities to support pupils in their reading and writing developm

ent •

Labelling pictures e.g. maps or diagram

s with words, phrases or sentences provided elsewhere on the worksheet

• M

atching text and visuals - where pupils match sentences

or paragraphs to a sequence or set of pictures •

Cloze procedure – filling in gaps in sentences or paragraphs: -where the words are provided but m

ixed up -where a picture of each word is given -where the first letter of each word is given, but pupils supply the words

• Text highlighting or underlining – where pupils identify

key words or parts of the text that relate to a particular

question

• Sequencing sentences to form

a short, continuous piece of writing, which can then be written out

• W

riting sentences following a model sentence structure

e.g. from a choice table which enables a range of sentences

to be generated •

Using writing fram

es which provide structure for text & highlighting the variety of genres

• Com

piling a glossary of subject specific vocabulary

provided by the teacher, including

pictures and/or translations •

Using ICT that supports

understanding

Emotions fan

I don’t understand.

I don’t know.

Pardon?

I don’t speak English.

Help me.

Excuse me.

Please.

S.O.S Phrases

Repeat please.

Please.

Thank you.

My name is...

Hello.

Yes.

No.

S.O.S Phrases

School Subject Pictures

Maths Physics Chemistry Biology

English Geography History Art

R.E. Physical Education Music Food Tech

Design Tech Drama Dance ICT

PSHE

School Subject Pictures

French Italian German Spanish

Au revoir!

Ciao!

Arrivederci!

Buenos Días!

Adiós!

Salut! Tschus!

Guten Tag!

English

Hello!

Goodbye!

X PSH

E

CLASS RU

LES

Spelling

1. light 2. sight

spelling music

writing

√

geography

drama

art

ICT

design and technology

Subjects

reading

maths

RE

history

English

homework

science

languages

PE

PE kit

books

calculator

desk

paints com

puter

cloakroom

bin

display glue

The Classroom

tray scissors

teacher’s desk board

register

chair

paper

folders

School Bag

gel pens

pencils

lunch box

chocolate bar

pencil case

sweets

crayons

pen

colour pencils

ruler

money / purse

letter

bag

book

drink

key rubber

1

one

11

eleven

2

two

12

twelve

3

three

13

thirteen

4

four

14

fourteen

5

five

15

fifteen

6

six

16

sixteen

7

seven

17

seventeen

8

eight

18

eighteen

9

nine

19

nineteen

10

ten

20

twenty

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

0-20 Number Line

100 Square

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Basic Colours with words

red

yellow

pink

brown

green

blue

white

black

purple

orange

Basic Colours without words

Alphabet a

b c

d e

f g

h i

j k

l m

n

o p

q r

s t

u

v w

x y

z

Question Words

Who

Where

When

Why

What

How

?

today tomorrow

Days of the week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Keywords - body parts

head

eyes

nose

ears

m

outh

teeth

body

leg

hands

feet

knee

arm

Basic Clothes

socks scarf

trainers shorts

gloves jeans

skirt

tie

pumps trousers

hat

jacket

tracksuit

coat

cardigan

blouse

underwear

swimsuit

pyjamas t-shirt

shoes jumper

shirt dress

Initial Verbs Words and Pictures

dig

skip

paint

sing

eat

dance

laugh

swim

talk

cry

talk

listen

run

yawn

cut

throw

jump

play

crawl

climb

hide

watch

sleep

read

make

write

ride

brush

build

wash

catch

draw

clap

EMAS EAL Department

1st Floor Leigh Town Hall Market Street

Leigh WN71DY

Telephone 01942 404075