Be able to provide English support to help learners access teaching and learning
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘National curriculum in England: English programmes of study’ on the Gov.UK website
- ‘Supporting young people at secondary school with literacy difficulties’ from Portsmouth’s Educational Psychology team
- ‘Removing barriers to literacy’ by Ofsted
- ‘Resources and articles to support teaching English to primary and secondary EAL learners’ on the NALDIC website
- ‘Empower young readers and writers: Phonics support for Teaching Assistants’ from Abigail Steel Training
- ‘9 strategies for improving writing skills in primary school’ from Bedrock Learning.
- ‘Teaching literacy skills to adults’ by Touch-Type Read and Spell
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘English support, skills, and strategies’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation ‘Helping learners to develop their English skills’.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the link below to visit the website of the National Literacy Trust which is an independent charity that works to improve reading, listening and speaking skills.
- Click to practise reading, writing and listening skills. You may wish to share this with your learners.
- ‘Getting all pupils reading’ on the Ofsted Blog looks at the challenges of getting primary pupils back on track with reading.
- Visit this video from Teachers TV where teachers demonstrate their successful strategies for improving literacy in teenage boys at Barry Comprehensive School in Wales.
- Click to read ‘Developing self-esteem in children’ from the Ed Psched website.
- Click to access a number of free literacy resources on the Sparkle Box website.
- Click to read these English classroom resources on the BBC’s section of ‘Primary Teaching Resources’.
- Click to read these English language classroom resources on the BBC’s section of ‘Secondary Teaching Resources’.
- Click to read ‘How to help children speak English with confidence’ on the British Council website.
- Think And Challenge
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