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Primary

Intervention

English as an Additional Language

Resources^{Barriers to EAL}^{Interventions.ppt}^{Camden EMAS Presentation on Intervention and EAL Learners.}

Dictogloss^{Dictogloss is a particularly useful activity for EAL learners because:}

^{It can be used as a way of presenting new factual information across the curriculum}
^{It encourages careful listening}
^{It engages children in talk about language as well as content}
^{It encourages children to work collaboratively}
^{It provides the opportunity to practise orally using the language modelled by the written text}
^{It makes children notice language they do not understand}
^{It encourages them to try out unknown or unfamiliar language}
^{It facilitates the acquisition of new language through the process of trying it out and collaboratively talking about meaning}
^{The complexity of the text may be varied according to the age and needs of the children}

^{(Excellence and Enjoyment: learning and teaching for bilingual children in the primary years)}