Children from refugee backgrounds: learning English as an additional language
Bell Foundation
Bell Foundation: EAL assessment framework and tracker
The Bell Foundation's award-winning EAL assessment framework for schools and digital EAL assessment tracker are available free of charge to all schools in the UK...
Bell Foundation: EAL strategies and classroom resources
The Bell Foundation offers a range of free resources to support EAL teaching and language development within EYFS, primary and secondary settings.
The Great Ideas pages offer strategies and ideas recommended for EAL learners.
‘The majority of these approaches can be used with everyone in the class, but they are particularly important for EAL learners because they provide a rich context, additional support, opportunities for collaborative learning and exploratory talk, and all the important features of good practice in meeting the educational needs of EAL learners.’
Understanding the language and literacy needs of EAL learners
National Literacy Trust: Understanding the language and literacy needs of EAL learners
There are four resources on the site:
- assessment of pupils with English as an additional language
- a whole school EAL reflection tool
- EAL glossary of terms
- reading development for learners of English as an additional language
Young Interpreters Scheme – Hampshire EMTAS
Hants.Gov.UK: Young Interpreter Scheme
The Young Interpreter Scheme® provides peer support to pupils who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL)
‘The Young Interpreter Scheme® recognises the huge potential that exists within each school community for pupils of all ages to use their skills and knowledge to support new learners of English so that they feel safe, settled and valued from the start.
Young Interpreters undergo specific training to prepare for this role and are selected on the basis of different personal qualities they may have.’
Registration to the Young Interpreter Scheme costs £70 per school and includes unlimited access to either Primary or Secondary Moodle + one year’s access to subscription page (worth £25). A range of branded badges, stickers and other items are available to purchase.