[eal-bilingual] Serious professional development for EAL TA

Hi Noreen,

I can't direct you towards EAL specific undergraduate courses but you
could take English language courses with the OU that would be relevant
(I work there by the way so beware of bias!). 

There is no EAL PGCE, you would have to train in a mainstream subject if
that's the route you want to follow , so this might be a better route
anyway as you could go on to do a PGCE in English. (But you can, of
course, enter the profession through other routes, such as the Graduate
Training Programme - GTP)

Visit:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/classifications/education_and_teacher_tra
ining-language_and_literacy.shtm
for a description of the OU courses.

Cheers,

Frank

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[mailto:eal-bilingual-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Noreen
Hussain
Sent: 08 June 2007 10:09
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Subject: [eal-bilingual] Serious professional development for EAL TA

Is there anyone out there that can help?

I am a EAL Teaching Assistant currently doing a diploma in Ethnic
Minority Achievement which is worth one third of a degree. In order to
achieve a full degree, i need to accumulate a further two thirds of a
degree enabling me to access a PGCE, QTS programme. Is anyone able to
direct me towards relevant further studies in the area of EAL??
My concern for qualification increases as my personal responisibility as
a sole teacher for new arrivals is steadily increasing.

Noreen

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