eal parent workshop march 2012
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March 15, 2012
The Loft
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What is EAL?
How does EAL work at YIS?
What can parents do to help their child?
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English as an Additional Language
Support students
Develop English proficiency
Access the curriculum
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homelanguageFirst language
Home language
Mother tongue
Native language
additionallanguage Secondlanguage or anotherlanguage different fromthe home language
4 Language Skills:
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
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LISTENING: Recognition of sounds, words,sentencesunderstanding
SPEAKING: Producing words, simple to complex sentences
READING: Recognizing symbols have meaning
WRITING: Producing text
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A student will be at different stages withgaps in certain skills.
LISTENING
Understands
some words
or sentences
But confusessounds
different from
home
language
SPEAKING:
simple
sentences
Cannot
producesounds
different
from home
language
READING:
Remembers
some details
Cannot
understand
some words
WRITING: likes
to produce
simple text but
has gaps in
knowing languagerules
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Age (learners stage of development)motivation
level of literacy in home language language background of child
parents literacy background feelings towards English learning style
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-playground language
-everyday language
-face-to-face interpersonal communication
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COGNITIVE=
Thinking at
higher levels in
English
ACADEMIC=
more technical
and abstractsubjects in
English
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ELC gr 2: Immersion in mainstream classes
Gr. 3-5:Co-teaching once a week on language focusPullout 4 lessons a week Referral process Language targets
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Focus on understanding NOTmemorization
CHECK class blogs and be informedabout the units of inquiry
Explain concepts in your home language
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MORE is NOT BETTEROutside school activitiesExercise sheets
Read TOGETHER in your home languageand discuss by asking questions
Provide LOTS of reading materials in yourhome language and check out books fromthe library
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BUILD new knowledge not just repeatfacts
Talk to your child to process their ideasand extend conversation (recast, extend,
label)
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Understand the writing processPlanningDrafting
ConferringRefining: revise, edit, proofreadPublish
BIG IDEAS first before SMALL PARTSDelay editing to avoid writers block
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Should parents stop speaking thehome language and only speak in
English?
Should children write sentencesagain and again in order to master
the content?
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Can you recommend book titlesfor my child to read?
Is it okay if my child learns manylanguages at the same time?
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We moved to different countriesevery year and my childs
education was in new languages
each year. Is this okay?
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