[senco-forum] EAL Yearb 11 student

Candidates who have been in the UK for less than two years and for whom

If this is the case, has he tried reading out loud to himself?  I have had candidates in the past who have done this for different reasons.  We just put them in the same room as those who are being read to and they mutter away to themselves.
  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Sharon Fawcitt <sfawcitt at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
  See regulations below concerning readers for EAL students. If he is allowed
Extra time due to his EAL status, then he must have been here less than 2
years - so the following regulation applies (from current regs - page 5
section 2.2.6

>>Candidates who have been in the UK for less than two years and for whom
English
is an additional language cannot have a reader unless a history of need and
provision can be established in their first language. A reader will not be
allowed if a
candidate's literacy difficulties are primarily caused by English not being
their first
language.<<

Sharon F
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Subject: [senco-forum] EAL Yearb 11 student

I have a Polish boy in year 11 who has been asking me about access
arrangements for GCSEs. He says he needs someone to read to him as he finds
it very difficult to understand written English. Also he finds it difficult
to write in English. 

Does anyone have any suggestions as to tests I might use for GCSE exam
access arrangements applications. 

I know he is entitled to use a Polish/English dictionary and to have extra
time but he feels this will not be sufficient. 

I generally use WRAT reading and spelling, Penny Allcock handwriting,
Edinburgh and often Word Chains. I could use Raven Matrices to ascertain
his level of thinking. 

It would be helpful if there were an assessment for EAL students that I
could also use to ascertain if it is an EAL difficulty or if he is special
needs too? 

What do other people do?

Liz
Secondary

Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall