Supporting EAL Learners: Language and Learning Together
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Recognise the range of EAL learners and their strengths, welcome new arrivals well and make lessons accessible without lowering challenge.
- Assign to
- Teachers and support staff
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise the range of EAL learners and their strengths.
- Welcome new arrivals well.
- Make lessons accessible without lowering challenge.
- Assess understanding separately from English, and involve families.
The course
- 01Who EAL learners are
- 02The first weeks
- 03Accessible lessons
- 04Assessment and families
The decision they practise
In “Helen in the staff room”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Two first weeks for Oscar” and “Oscar’s first term”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Equality Act 2010
- Education Act 2002
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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