Useful websites/ publications for supporting pupils with English as an additional language
(Secondary schools)
General guidance/ information
· EAL area on Wokingham Schools Hub website http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/mea/eal/
- This area includes a Toolkit for supporting new arrivals; Polish and Arabic dual language resources; a list of websites with teaching materials in other languages; guidance documents; teaching materials; training and network meeting materials
· National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
www.naldic.org.uk
- An excellent source of guidance on teaching EAL pupils.
· Ofsted good practice case studies
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/goodpractice
Information about pupils’ countries, cultures, languages
· http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html; http://www.worldinfozone.com
- Provide background information about learners’ home countries including maps and photographs.
· Information about the differences between English and other languages:
- See the New Arrivals Toolkit page on the Wokingham Schools Hub for information about several languages, and also see http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/index.htm
· Information about cultures and languages:
- A booklet produced by Milton Keynes LA is available on the Inclusion and Celebration page on the Wokingham Schools Hub: http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/mea/eal/eal-guidance/inclusion-and-celebration/
Free teaching resources - including some in first languages
· British Council EAL Nexus
https://eal.britishcouncil.org/free-resources-teachers
Includes a searchable database of quality teaching resources, as well as guidance on teaching and assessment. It also has sections for learners and parents.
· http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/
Bracknell Forest LA
– Science resources (apparatus; using a microscope)
· http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/spellingmat.htm
- Geography word mats
· Maths word book (KS2 - 4)
- In Arabic and Polish – on the Wokingham Schools Hub: http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/mea/eal/
- In Hungarian, Portuguese, Thai, English – http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/Forms.htm
- Available to purchase from Hounslow Language Service in Albanian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Dari, French, Japanese, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Portuguese, Romanian, Somali, Spanish and Turkish - all with English.
· Maths vocabulary in several languages:
http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php?option=com_zoo&view=frontpage&layout=frontpage&Itemid=492
· http://www.toticity.co.uk/eal-students.html
- This website has free training videos on supporting EAL students in Maths as well as materials translated into Polish on line graphs, scatter diagrams, reversing puzzles and algebra puzzles. More materials to support EAL students are available to purchase.
· Writing frames:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/research-new/teachingandlearning/publications/writingframes.pdf
- A booklet including photocopiable writing frames for recounts, reports, explanations, instructions, persuasive writing, discursive writing
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/research-new/teachingandlearning/publications/writingacrosscurriculum.pdf
- A booklet including photocopiable writing frames, including frames for writing in Science, Technology and Maths
· https://www.sgsts.org.uk/SupportForVulnerablePupils/EMTAS/SitePages/English.aspx
- Materials for teaching Macbeth and Shakespeare’s sonnets.
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
- BBC website containing revision activities for key areas and skills. Often recommended to EAL learners to catch up on core content although not designed as such.
· http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
- Online dual language and monolingual books.
· Oxford Owls e-books
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/FindBook
- A huge library of free eBooks with visuals and audio, some with activities.
· http://www.teachitelt.com/
Teachit English Language teaching resources.
- PDF copies of many resources are available free of charge. A payment of £25 per year enables access to editable versions of resources, audio resources and interactive resources.
· http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
- A website with activities to support teenagers to learn English. Includes reading activities; videos for developing listening skills; writing activities; grammar and vocabulary activities; videos, games, puzzles and competitions.
‘Phrases for school’ booklets
· http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/Forms.htm
- ‘Phrases for school’ booklet in Czech, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and Thai.
On-line dictionaries and translation
- Use Google to search for ‘(name of language) dictionary’.
Also click on ‘language tools’ on the Google home page to translate text, or a web page or a document.
Resources for working with parents
· Booklets for newly arrived families answering questions about the English education system. Available in English and a growing number of other languages.
http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/mea/eal/faqs-document-for-newly-arrived-parents/
· Letters for parents in different languages
www.primaryresources.co.uk/letters/index.htm
and
http://www.education-support.org.uk/teachers/ids/translated-letters-for-schools/
Also - http://www.ealhls.org.uk/pdfs/catalogue.pdf - available for £9.17+VAT
National Strategies materials
- All available to download from the National Strategies EAL materials pages on the Wokingham Schools Hub: http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/mea/eal/eal-guidance/national-strategy/
· Access and engagement at KS3
– Subject specific guidance on supporting EAL pupils in each NC subject.
· Teaching units to support guided sessions for writing in English as an additional language
– These are aimed at pupils in Years 2-6 but could be used for older pupils if age appropriate texts are used.
· New Arrivals Excellence Programme Guidance
– Comprehensive advice on supporting newly arrived pupils with EAL
· Ensuring the attainment of more advanced learners of EAL: CPD modules
- CPD sessions, which include suggested teaching activities and resources, on developing the reading, writing and speaking and listening of advanced learners of EAL.
Resources to buy
· http://uk.mantralingua.com/
– Dual language story books, and resources including: Science CD Roms; ‘Talking pen’ subject posters for English, Maths and Science with first language explanations of key terms.
· Bay Foreign Language Books
http://www.baylanguagebooks.co.uk/schools.php
– Stockist of dual language dictionaries
· http://www.badgerlearning.co.uk/ecommerce/primary-resources/library-reading-boxes/eal/9781846913129-Dual-Language-English-and-Polish-Books-Pack.aspx
- Pack of 8 dual language story books available in Polish/ English and Portuguese/ English £43
· http://www.ealhls.org.uk/
Hounslow Language Service
– Dual language and other resources available to purchase including ‘Teaching beginners in secondary schools’; Activity booklets on Shakespeare plays and other texts used in English; ‘Supporting Advanced EAL learners at KS5 with essay writing skills’; ‘Supporting KS4/5 EAL students with exam questions, techniques and strategies’; ‘Vocabulary development for more advanced EAL students’.
· Racing to English
http://www.racingtoenglish.co.uk/ordering.html
– An excellent CD of resources and activities for EAL beginners (£45 + £5 p and p)
· Clicker 6 software
http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/products/tools/clicker/home.aspx
Write on Line software http://www.cricksoft.com/uk/products/tools/writeonline/default.aspx
- Software for reading and writing which provides extensive visual and audio support, and sentence building activities. Clicker also has audio stories.
Clicker resources at www.learninggrids.com
Support for texts used in KS3 and 4 English lessons:
· http://www.cuttingedgepublications.com/publication_list.html
- Simplified versions of KS3 and GCSE English texts with teaching packs. Audio CDs are also available.
· http://www.macmillanreaders.com/
- Readers at different levels including classic texts used in English lessons. Worksheets and some audio resources are also available
· Fast Track Classics – available via various websites
– Abridged versions of classic novels (with glossaries) with accompanying CDs. Comprehension, vocabulary and language activities are available to download.
· http://www.classroom-resources.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_English_as_an_Additional_Language_1188.html
- Abridged versions of texts often taught for KS3/4 English, some with workbooks
· http://www.ealhls.org.uk/pdfs/catalogue.pdf
- Booklets for students on Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Of Mice and Men.
Miscellaneous:
· voycabulary.com
- Will make a link to an online dictionary out of every word in a piece of text or on a webpage. A more advanced learner of English who may still be struggling with the occasional keyword can click on any word and get an instant meaning.
· http://lingro.com
- Enter a website address and you can then click on any words on the website to get a definition (and translation). The words looked up can be used to create wordlists to learn.
· Wikipedia
– Pages can be translated by clicking on the language on the left of the page
· Simple Wikipedia
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- A version of Wikipedia using simpler language.
· www.tools4noobs.com/summarize/
- Produces a summary of text or web pages
· Formulator Tarsia software (free)
http://mmlsoft.com/index.php/products/tarsia
- Enables the creation, printing and saving of jigsaws, domino activities and a variety of card sort activities.
Further guidance:
Lists of useful websites/ publications on the following topics are available on the Wokingham Schools Hub http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/mea/la-support-for-mea-eal/:
Materials in other languages
Supporting newly arrived beginners in English – useful resources
English language learning software/ websites
Resources for working with minority ethnic parents
Resources for an inclusive ethos
EAL, SEN resources list
Resources to support EAL reading
Readers for EAL learners KS2-4