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EAL Programmes in the

Elementary School

at NIST

Early Years Year 1

Kyla Kopperud

13 September 2011


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ESL to EAL

ESL = English as a Second Language

EAL = English as an Additional Language


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EAL Specialists

Year 1Ms Cristina Landazabal

[email protected]

Coordinator

Ms Kyla [email protected]
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Todays Session

Language acquisition

Factors affecting additional language learning EAL Programme at NIST

How can you help as parents

Questions


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Ice Breaker

Turn to the person sitting beside you and

discuss:

How many languages they speak?

How they learnt these languages?

Whether or not they consider themselves abilingual


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Additional Language Acquisition

based on research of:

Krashen, Cummins, Chamot & OMalley, Thomas & Collier


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Mother Tongue/ First Language


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Advanced Language Proficiency

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What type of foundation are you providing?

How can you strengthen your childs

foundation?

Are you helping your child to build a hut or

a house?

Questions for Reflection


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BICS and CALP

Basic Interpersonal

Communicative Skills

Playground or Social English

1 - 2 years to acquire

Socially successful

Cognitive Academic

Language Proficiency

Academic English

5-7 years acquire

Academically successful


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Number of Years of Language Learning

LevelofLanguage

Proficiency

theoretically expected

learning curve

Basic Interpersonal

Communication Skills

Cognitive/Academic

Language Proficiency

Levels of Language Proficiency


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Level of mother-tongue proficiency

Family support

Motivation

Personality and learning style

Access to native speakers

Similarity of home language to English

Factors affecting language learning


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Cannot be put on a schedule or timetable

Rate differs

Pressure produces adverse results

How long will it take?


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Goals of the EAL Programme

Short-term:

to help English language learners become

successful both socially and academically in anEnglish speaking environment

Long-term: the successful development of bilingualism


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The EAL Programme at NIST

1 EAL teacher per Year level teaching team

Joint responsibility for language learning

Academic context of the classroom


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In-Class Support

Co-Teaching:Language support

Small group instruction

Large group instruction

Modifying and

scaffolding activities

The EAL Programme at NIST


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In-Class Support Withdrawal

Co-Teaching:

Language support

Small group instruction

Large group instruction

Modifying and

scaffolding activities

Explicit Language InstructionPhonics

Vocabulary Reading

strategies

Grammar, spelling

Pronunciation

The ESL Programme at NIST


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Placement and Movement

Placement

Admissions

6 week

observation and

assessment

period

Movement and Exit

Standardized assessment

Feedback from teacher; portfolio

Language learning continuum target

set and communicated during 3 way

conference


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Home support How to help?

Use your mother-tongue and insist that yourchild uses it at home

Read in English and discuss the story in yourmother-tongue

Encourage your child to get involved in after-school activities

Dont pressure your child to speak English


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Further Information for Parents

http://blogs.nist.ac.th/eal/category/news/
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