[eal-bilingual] 14 - 17 year old EAL students, low literacy, not placed

Dear Diana
What is the debate - whether or not to have EAL at this level? I didn't
understand the mail point.  What is the background of these students? What
is their entry point? Have they all done their GCSE? or they have a
different educational background from a different country?

Looking forward to hear more on this
Regards
Sanghita
(Sanghita Sen)

On 5/3/07, Diana Gray <digray4000 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>   We are having the same debate here.  In the local College they are
> offering Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills in addition to the EDexcel
> driving test.  The student has something to aim for in addition to an ICT
> skill.  However, they are not as high as GCSE but they are suitable for late
> entrants (into Year 11 for example) who are not able to access the
> curriculum through gaps in their education plus EAL needs.
>
>   Regards,
>
>   EAL Teacher
>
> sambadead at aol.com wrote:
>   Hi,
> Visit www.disguiseddevil.com and contact me. I will see how I can help
> you.
> Viv
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Murphyandjazz at aol.com
> To: eal-bilingual at lists.becta.org.uk
> Sent: Tue, 1 May 2007 11.54PM
> Subject: [eal-bilingual] 14 - 17 year old EAL students, low literacy, not
> placed
>
>
> I am a cluster based EAL teacher supporting c. 50 schools over all key
> stages (and some nurseries) alongside two support assistants. We are very
> limited
> as to the amount of direct support we can offer schools and so I try to
> get
> projects set up which can build capacity within the school and within the
> cluster.
>
> We have a large intake of Eastern European Roma students. Many come with
> minimal or no literacy skills in a written language. This is especially
> problematic in KS3 and KS4. There have also been some cases of young
> people
> not
> having a chance to access education due to lack of places available (esp
> for
> Year 10 and 11). These children do not fit into the category of being
> eligible
>
> for Adult education either as they are too young.
>
> I am concerned that these young people are not getting the chance to
> acquire
> any skills in English, or other subject areas, and are therefore heading
> rapidly towards a massive poverty trap. I am at a loss as to what to
> suggest
> next.
>
> Is this a problem that has been addressed successfully (or even partially)
> in any other area?
>
> Any suggestions gratefully received, many thanks
>
> Una
>
>
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