theme 2 session 30 intro to EAL

theme 2 session 30 intro to EAL

Open Ended

What are your memories of learning an additional language? Think about how you learnt the language, how you felt when you were beginning to learn, how you felt as you gained more knowledge, how easy it was to learn.

Fill in the Blanks

what does eal stand for?

Multiple Choice

what will children often do when first beginning a new language?

• try to join in with all activities

• have a silent phase where they speak very little (if at all)

• try and use language as much as possible

• stick to one other child and copy what they say

Open Ended

Give three examples of ways in which you can help teach EAL learners.

Multiple Choice

Usually, EAL learners will have the same ability to learn and understand the curriculum but just need additional help in accessing the language and cultural understandings.

• True

• False

Open Ended

How can you make EAL learners feel valued in the classroom?

Open Ended

Give an example of how EAL learners may benefit from using their first language in the classroom.

Open Ended

What would you like to learn about EAL?

Multiple Choice

The young person begins communicating in complex sentences.

• Stage 1 silent/receptive

• Stage 2 Early production

• Stage 3 Speech emergence

• Stage 4 Intermediate fluency

• Stage 5 continued language development/advanced fluency

Multiple Choice

This stage may last for an extended time as learners continue to develop their new language, achieving accuracy with increasingly complex sentences.

• Stage 1 silent/receptive

• Stage 2 Early production

• Stage 3 Speech emergence

• Stage 4 Intermediate fluency

• Stage 5 continued language development/advanced fluency

Multiple Choice

Several thousand words are known and can be combined into short sentences as the second langauge becomes 'connected'.

• Stage 1 silent/receptive

• Stage 2 Early production

• Stage 3 Speech emergence

• Stage 4 Intermediate fluency

• Stage 5 continued language development/advanced fluency

Multiple Choice

The child/young person 'collects' new words and may say combinations of two words or short phrases.

• Stage 1 silent/receptive

• Stage 2 Early production

• Stage 3 Speech emergence

• Stage 4 Intermediate fluency

• Stage 5 continued language development/advanced fluency

Multiple Choice

Time is spent learning new vocabulary.

• Stage 1 silent/receptive

• Stage 2 Early production

• Stage 3 Speech emergence

• Stage 4 Intermediate fluency

• Stage 5 continued language development/advanced fluency