english as an additional language (eal) parent workshop venus lee and lynn xie
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English as an Additional Language (EAL)
Parent Workshop
Venus Lee and Lynn Xie
Organization of EAL groups at RP
• Venus Lee Year 1 Beginner 8:00-9:30 Year 4 Intermediate 11:00-12:30
• Lynn Xie Year 1/2 Beginner 8:00-9:30 Year 3 Advanced 11:00-12:30
• Lydia Tkaczuk Year 1 Intermedite 8:00-9:30 Year 4 Advanced 11:00-12:30
EAL ProgrammeFour skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening
From the National Curriculum for England
EAL students learn the same Englishlanguage concepts as in the mainstream.
Importance of the Mother Tongue
The level of development of children’s mother tongue is a strong predictor of their second language development. Children who come to school with a solid foundation in their mother tongue develops stronger literacy abilities in the school language.
Jim Cummins
University of Toronto (2000)
At Home• Developing their native language
first will help promote English language and literacy.
• Age appropriate books - written in the native language and second language.
Get Reading Right
Unit 1: s m c t g p a oUnit 2: r l d b f s h i uUnit 3: v w y z j n k e Unit 4: ll ss ff zzUnit 5: sh ch wh thUnit 6: ck ng qu
Get Reading Right Camera Words
Unit 1: I the was to are sheUnit 2: day of a he today forUnit 3: all is me no they saidUnit 4: you play this come my haveUnit 5: like do says what going give
Unit 6: away see look very once we
Camera Word Learning• Increases fluency in reading.• Tricky words do not correspond
with phonetic patterns.• Regular practise is necessary.• Here are some strategies
– Snap games with sight words– Find words in the real texts – Hangman
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/resources/hangman/set1.htm
Helping Your Child at Home
• Reading at Home – Three Important Steps
–Pre-reading–During reading–After reading activities
STEP ONE
• Pre-reading– Picture walk– Make connections with what your child
already knows– Identify letters and sounds and high-
frequency words in the story.
STEP TWODuring Reading• Share the responsibility for reading.• Child chimes in on predictable parts.• Pretend to make a mistake and child
corrects you.• Prompting strategies
-reading along with fingers-what would make sense here-what does the word start with-do you see the word inside the word.
STEP TWO • Encouraging Good Reading
– I like the way you are using your finger when you are reading.
– I love the way you are looking at the picture for clues.
– I am glad that you notice the word you tried the first time didn’t make sense in the sentence.
STEP THREE
• After reading activities– Change the title or the ending of the
story.– Pick a word to create rhyming words for.– Identify/Draw a picture of favourite part.– Write a sentence(s) to describe the
picture.– Re-tell the story using words like first,
next, then and finally.– Act out a scene in the story.
Helpful Resources for Home
• Good English Picture Dictionary at home
• School library• Parent Online:
http://parent.sh.ycef.com/PUDONG/Login.aspx
• Use the computer at home for English activities.
Writing• Write for a purpose with your
child– Make writing handy by creating a box
with special stickers and note pads, pens and pencils, coloured paper.
– Make lists – shopping list, packing list– Postcards– Journal – about vacations
ONLINE ACTIVITIES
• www.starfall.com • www.peepandthebigwideworld.com• www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.o
rg• www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/
maths/dictionary.html