Making a DifferenceCollaborative LearningPowerpoint, Resources, LinksBuckinghamshire METASGreen Park Conference Centre, 11th February 2011 |
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Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your positive and lively participation in the workshop. Thanks to the METAS team for all your help in explaining the activities. I will continue to update this page. 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: stuart.scott@collaborativelearning.org Here is the powerpoint 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/ These networks are going to be even more important when the Local Authority closes all the shutters! Here are links to the teaching materials I showed you plus a few extra I did not have time to show you.: Six Wives - character cards for sorting into groups Metals - character cards for ditto Ancient British, Anglo-Saxon and Viking place names Anglo Saxon Crime and Punishment You can also find them and others organised by subject on the summary page of activities. I belong to NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum), which is the professional association for EAL teachers in England. If you are given responsibility for bilingual learners in your school, you should consider asking your head to join. We 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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