Frank Bruce fbruce at yellow.esinet.org.uk
Mon Mar 10 10:10:53 GMT 2008

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Has anybody else experienced the phenomenon of EAL 6th formers coming out of
the woodwork as exams approach with requests for extra time? This has
happened at my school even though I took pains to canvas 6th formers about
exam support last September and was given to understand that they would all
be fine.  Hitherto they have not needed extra time in tests. I understand
that EAL students who habitually use a bilingual dictionary are allowed up
to 25% extra time in exams. Before they knew that extra time was tied to the
use of dictionaries, they confessed that they used them very little.  What
do other people do in these circumstances?
Thanks
Frank Bruce
Norfolk