English as an Additional Language (EAL) Parent Workshop Venus Lee and Lynn Xie

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Parent Workshop

Venus Lee and Lynn Xie

Organization of EAL groups at RP

• Venus Lee Year 1 Beginner 8:00-9:30 Year 4 Intermediate 11:00-12:30

• Lynn Xie Year 1/2 Beginner 8:00-9:30 Year 3 Advanced 11:00-12:30

• Lydia Tkaczuk Year 1 Intermedite 8:00-9:30 Year 4 Advanced 11:00-12:30

EAL ProgrammeFour skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening

From the National Curriculum for England

EAL students learn the same Englishlanguage concepts as in the mainstream.

Importance of the Mother Tongue

The level of development of children’s mother tongue is a strong predictor of their second language development. Children who come to school with a solid foundation in their mother tongue develops stronger literacy abilities in the school language.

Jim Cummins

University of Toronto (2000)

At Home• Developing their native language

first will help promote English language and literacy.

• Age appropriate books - written in the native language and second language.

Get Reading Right

Unit 1: s m c t g p a oUnit 2: r l d b f s h i uUnit 3: v w y z j n k e Unit 4: ll ss ff zzUnit 5: sh ch wh thUnit 6: ck ng qu

Get Reading Right Camera Words

Unit 1: I the was to are sheUnit 2: day of a he today forUnit 3: all is me no they saidUnit 4: you play this come my haveUnit 5: like do says what going give

Unit 6: away see look very once we

Camera Word Learning• Increases fluency in reading.• Tricky words do not correspond

with phonetic patterns.• Regular practise is necessary.• Here are some strategies

– Snap games with sight words– Find words in the real texts – Hangman

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/resources/hangman/set1.htm

Helping Your Child at Home

• Reading at Home – Three Important Steps

–Pre-reading–During reading–After reading activities

STEP ONE

• Pre-reading– Picture walk– Make connections with what your child

already knows– Identify letters and sounds and high-

frequency words in the story.

STEP TWODuring Reading• Share the responsibility for reading.• Child chimes in on predictable parts.• Pretend to make a mistake and child

corrects you.• Prompting strategies

-reading along with fingers-what would make sense here-what does the word start with-do you see the word inside the word.

STEP TWO • Encouraging Good Reading

– I like the way you are using your finger when you are reading.

– I love the way you are looking at the picture for clues.

– I am glad that you notice the word you tried the first time didn’t make sense in the sentence.

STEP THREE

• After reading activities– Change the title or the ending of the

story.– Pick a word to create rhyming words for.– Identify/Draw a picture of favourite part.– Write a sentence(s) to describe the

picture.– Re-tell the story using words like first,

next, then and finally.– Act out a scene in the story.

Helpful Resources for Home

• Good English Picture Dictionary at home

• School library• Parent Online:

http://parent.sh.ycef.com/PUDONG/Login.aspx

• Use the computer at home for English activities.

Writing• Write for a purpose with your

child– Make writing handy by creating a box

with special stickers and note pads, pens and pencils, coloured paper.

– Make lists – shopping list, packing list– Postcards– Journal – about vacations

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

• www.starfall.com • www.peepandthebigwideworld.com• www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.o

rg• www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/

maths/dictionary.html