About this course:
This professional development course is tailored to equip you, as an educator, with essential strategies and tools necessary to effectively support students using English as an Additional Language (EAL) in your diverse classroom setting.
You will delve into the stages of language acquisition and the factors that can influence this in EAL learners. By gaining insights of some linguistic theories and principles, you’ll be better equipped to scaffold your pupils’ language learning effectively.
Our expert practitioners will share evidence informed research to guide your inclusive teaching practice for EAL learners in KS1 and KS2. With focus upon instructional strategies and techniques, you’ll explore practical approaches to scaffold learning and promote language acquisition in your classroom environment.
You will also consider some effective assessment tools and strategies that identify language proficiency to inform the ‘next steps’ for EAL learners in all areas of the English curriculum. This will help you to monitor progress and provide targeted support for your children using EAL in the English curriculum and beyond.
With reference to recommendations from the EEF, you can be confident that this comprehensive training will support you to effectively adapt learning for your pupils using EAL. Armed with practical tools and techniques that can be implemented within existing school systems, you'll be better equipped to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment where all students can thrive academically and linguistically.
Learning outcomes:
- gain insight into the stages of language acquisition and linguistic theories for learning English as an Additional Language.
- identify opportunities and practices to identify a child’s language proficiency and interpret this to inform teaching approaches.
- understand principles and pedagogies for explicitly teaching all children in the different modalities of English (spoken language, reading and writing) with specific focus on how to support children using EAL in KS1 and KS2.
- feel upskilled and more confident in knowing how to identify the needs of the children using EAL and in designing adaptations to support children’s language acquisition and learning in English.
- Event Type: Training: Webinar