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Helping Children with EAL to Learn English (2)
Helping children learn English
- Don't push children to speak before they are ready - they need to listen and understand first.
- Don't correct them - just give them a model to copy.
- Left to themselves, children will probably learn several nouns (e.g. car, book) and
disconnected phrases (e.g. 'you not play'). You can help them to learn the action words they need.
- Action rhymes and songs are a good way to help language development, but you need to make sure they are meaningful. For example - "Clap your hands" - you need to teach the meaning of each word separately
- hold out hands and say "hands" and let the child copy
- clap your hands and say "clap" and let the child do the same
- Work with children with EAL in a small group and speak at their level for a regular amount of
time each day.
- Talking about what they are doing will make language learning meaningful for them.
- Playing games with a small group can be a good way of teaching language structures.
e.g. Instructions… "Shahin, open the box"
"Nadia, give out the cards"
At the end… "I'm first", "I'm second"
- It can be useful to write down the language structures - e.g. questions you are going to use so that you can share them with other adults who work with the children. Hearing consistent structures will make it easier for the children to learn.
Letterbox Library & Mantra are good sources of dual language materials – see List of Suppliers.
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