EAL and Collaborative Learning

Thank you for your positive and lively participation in the workshop. I will continue to update this page, since I have some more resources to add on writing. Please email me if any links don't work, something is missing, you need more information, there is a topic you would like to see online, or you would like to send me one of your activities to share with other schools: stuart.scott@collaborativelearning.org

Here is the powerpoint I showed you, You are welcome to use it and adapt it for your colleagues.

Here is the link to research and a small bibliography

If you are interested in joining the EAL Bilingual online forum go to

http://groups.google.com/group/eal-bilingual

If you are interested in joining the Community Cohesion online forum go to

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coconetwork/

Here are links to the teaching materials I showed you:

Six Wives - character cards

Holes - character cards

The Wilsons and Technology

Solids, Liquids and Gases Connect Four

Angles Connect Four

Energy Connect Four

Gases Connect Four

Shape Monsters Connect Four

Bigger Smaller than Half Connect Four

Quadrilaterals Connect Four

Change in Your Pocket Connect Four

Vertebrates Connect Four

Vertebrates Barrier Game

Qualities of Materials Connect Four

Where Can You Find Me?

What Argument

Assessing EAL writing activity

To access the Early Years you need, to protect author's copyrights, to register with the project.

You can also find all these and other activities organised by subject on the summary page of activities.

I may have mentioned NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) the professional association for EAL teachers in England and if I did not I should have! They are putting together a series of podcasts of FAQs http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/resources/faq.cfm

From here you can subscribe in iTunes to automatically get all the new podcasts as they are released or view them in YouTube. The 6 podcasts so far are:

FAQ1 - How can I ensure that my new arrival EAL learners are set or grouped appropriately?

FAQ2 - Won't children get confused if they hear and learn two languages at the same time?

FAQ3 - How can analysing the language demands of the curriculum be useful when planning for EAL learners?

FAQ4 - How can I assess pupils if they can’t communicate with me?

FAQ5 - What is the point of getting EAL learners to write in their first language if I can’t read and understand it?

FAQ6 - Our school has a lot of EAL learners on the SEN register - is this a justifiable situation?

There are four more podcasts to come!

	Raising EAL Achievement through Collaborative Learning Hillview, Bexley, 28th April 2011		Collaborative Learning Homepage Summary of Collaborative Activities online Newsletter with future workshop information


	Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your positive and lively participation in the workshop. I will continue to update this page, since I have some more resources to add on writing. Please email me if any links don't work, something is missing, you need more information, there is a topic you would like to see online, or you would like to send me one of your activities to share with other schools: stuart.scott@collaborativelearning.org Here is the powerpoint I showed you, You are welcome to use it and adapt it for your colleagues. Here is the link to research and a small bibliography If you are interested in joining the EAL Bilingual online forum go to http://groups.google.com/group/eal-bilingual If you are interested in joining the Community Cohesion online forum go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coconetwork/ Here are links to the teaching materials I showed you: Six Wives - character cards Holes - character cards The Wilsons and Technology Snack Shop Basketball Scores Food and Babies Polar Bear Germ Warfare Solids, Liquids and Gases Connect Four Angles Connect Four Energy Connect Four Gases Connect Four Shape Monsters Connect Four Bigger Smaller than Half Connect Four Quadrilaterals Connect Four Change in Your Pocket Connect Four Vertebrates Connect Four Vertebrates Barrier Game Qualities of Materials Connect Four Where Can You Find Me? What Argument Assessing EAL writing activity To access the Early Years you need, to protect author's copyrights, to register with the project. You can also find all these and other activities organised by subject on the summary page of activities. I may have mentioned NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) the professional association for EAL teachers in England and if I did not I should have! They are putting together a series of podcasts of FAQs http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/resources/faq.cfm From here you can subscribe in iTunes to automatically get all the new podcasts as they are released or view them in YouTube. The 6 podcasts so far are: FAQ1 - How can I ensure that my new arrival EAL learners are set or grouped appropriately? FAQ2 - Won't children get confused if they hear and learn two languages at the same time? FAQ3 - How can analysing the language demands of the curriculum be useful when planning for EAL learners? FAQ4 - How can I assess pupils if they can’t communicate with me? FAQ5 - What is the point of getting EAL learners to write in their first language if I can’t read and understand it? FAQ6 - Our school has a lot of EAL learners on the SEN register - is this a justifiable situation? There are four more podcasts to come!

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Hillview, Bexley, 28th April 2011