[eal-bilingual] Supporting EAL pupils

Hi Vivien!

The Suffolk and Norfolk EMAS teams have run the DCSF EMA distance 
pilot diploma for teaching assistants for the last two years, and they 
have developed some excellent practice (and good dissertations!) in EAL 
in the mainstream in several schools. I know because I have been 
involved in moderating these dissertations.  I suggest you contact them 
and join their network. If you have trouble finding contact names/nos 
email me directly.

Stuart

----Original Message----
From: vivien.wand at ntlworld.com
Date: Jan 21, 2008 10:21 
To: <eal-bilingual at lists.becta.org.uk>
Subj: [eal-bilingual] Supporting EAL pupils

Hello All,

I work as a TA in a large, low diversity secondary school in East 
Anglia where we now have several isolated EAL learners (children of 
migrant workers mainly from Portugal, Lithuania and Russia).  I enjoy 
working with them very much and as a result am also doing a degree in 
English Langauge Teaching.  

I am currently working on my dissertation "How can TAs give effective 
language support to non-English speaking pupils in mainsream secondary 
education?"  I'm finding lots of information on the principles which 
underpin effective practice of teaching and learning EAL but what I'm 
really looking for are practical suggestions for TAs in the classroom 
to help these pupils access the lesson, ie. modifying tasks etc.

Any input or comments would be very welcome.
Regards.
VJW

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