Tips for English as an Additonal Language (E.A.L) Learners 

There are lots of activities that you can do at home with your child to help develop their English language.

• Develop Oral Language
  • Encourage your child to name objects found in the house in English (e.g. I Spy, Scavenger Hunt)
  • Guessing game: Allow your child to describe an object to you without saying its name and try to figure it out.
  • Conversations: “How are you?, what did you do today?, Do you like……?, etc.
• Reading
  • Raz-kids.com for online reading (ask teachers to set this up) https://www.raz-kids.com
  • Online read along on Youtube – search ‘Read-Along Books with Highlighted Words.’
  • Here are some suggested titles:

The Three Little Pigs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3pOEk7UbK0&list=PLEYSCf-ztDVhsE9ySTibqJnsWRYQDqI7y

The Gingerbread Man – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnAgA1aZGkY&list=PLEYSCf-ztDVhsE9ySTibqJnsWRYQDqI7y&index=2

Goldilocks and the Three Bears –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jkT5TyyJOQ&list=PLEYSCf-ztDVhsE9ySTibqJnsWRYQDqI7y&index=3

• Writing
  • Encourage your child to write a list of all the English words they know (foods, clothes, body parts, etc.)
  • Write a sentence about a picture. (this can be their own picture or one chosen for them.)
  • Practice writing letters and words using other materials (sand, water, playdough, strings/shoelaces, etc.)

Useful websites and apps:

Online picture books/audio books: www.storylineonline.net/, https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/, www.rong-chong.com/kids.htm

• Phonics/word building on Youtube: search ‘Alphablocks’ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg
• Twinkl (free to parents) visual and interactive activities for EAL: search ‘EAL’ https://www.twinkl.co.uk (Create an account to access resources)
• Fun and creative apps such as ‘Duolingo’, ‘Babbel’ can be downloaded through App stores. Ideal for learning words and phrases.