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Classroom language (to explicitly teach)

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Classroom language (to explicitly teach)

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Important classroom language to explicitily teach

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We are delighted to host the Toolkit for Diversity in Post Primary Schools which aims to help schools create and sustain a welcoming and inclusive environment for students and parents from all backgrounds and ensure equal success for all.

Please click on the link below

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The ELSP won the 2009 European Award for Languages - click here for details

Jury's comments " Feedback from involved teachers very positive about motivation of students and this is motivating for teachers...Very impressed with project...Valuable idea transferable to e.g. Gaelscoileanna."

Remember, these units are further supplemented with a wide range of appropriate language learning and self-study activities suitable for post-primary students to do individually, in pairs or in small groups.
We again acknowledge Gill & Macmillan for their permission to reproduce certain short texts in some of these Units.

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English Language Support Programme (Trinity Immigration Initiative)

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We are delighted to host the Toolkit for Diversity in Post Primary Schools which aims to help schools create and sustain a welcoming and inclusive environment for students and parents from all backgrounds and ensure equal success for all.

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Languages Connect School LibraryHome LanguageFunding Scheme

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Languages Connect School LibraryHome LanguageFunding Scheme

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Основной функцией REALT является помощь семьям в поиске места в школе. Эта работа включает в себя работу с семьями, директорами школ и сообществами, чтобы определить местонахождение школ и организовать школьный транспорт, где это необходимо.

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Основной функцией REALT является помощь семьям в поиске места в школе. Эта работа включает в себя работу с семьями, директорами школ и сообществами, чтобы определить местонахождение школ и организовать школьный транспорт, где это необходимо.

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In Irish primary and post-primary schools there is an increase in the number of learners whose home language is neither English nor Irish. We aim to provide school staff with a collection of practical and useful resources to both promote inclusion and diversity, and encourage language development.

Diversity & Inclusion

Teaching & Learning Resources

PDST Supports

Junior Cycle

An Intercultural Look at our Schools. A toolkit for self-evaluation and supporting cultural and linguistic diversity in our schools.

English Language Support Teachers' Association of Ireland providing high quality support, professional development opportunities and networking for teachers.

This education pack is aimed at teachers who wish to familiarise their students with facts and information about refugees.

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Official education portal of the Department of Education and Skills in Ireland. Curriculum focused resources and support for primary and post primary teachers.

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Become a School of Sanctuary - Schools of Sanctuary Ireland

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Becoming a School of Sanctuary is a self-directed culture and ethos that schools achieve over time based on the three Sanctuary Principles: Learn, Action and Share The Member School aims to effect these principles in the fabric of school life and to build a portfolio that showcases how this has come…

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The PPLI have recently released 'An Intercultural Look at Our schools Toolkit'.
A great toolkit for self-evaluation and supporting cultural and linguistic diversity in our schools.
Pre- translated surveys ideal for capturing the EAL learner voice.

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Great site for resources, support and CPD in the area of bilingualism and multilingualism.
Access the support of other EAL teachers who are teaching English language learners.

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On October 10th, 2023, an Extraordinary General Meeting of ELSTA passed a majority vote to dissolve this association.

We are sorry to inform you we are no longer accepting new members.

This website will close on December 31st 2023.

Please contact Oide at Oide.ie for support for EAL.

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ELSTA Ireland, EAL, multilingualism, Irish, primary and post primary teachers

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ELSTA English Language Support Teachers' Association of Ireland that supports teachers in Ireland who teach English language learners. We offer networking and professional development for Primary and Post-Primary teachers. We support multilingualism in Ireland.

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EAL resources list from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment from NCCA

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EAL resources list from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment from NCCA

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Ideal resource to promote Wellbeing across the school.
Monthly calendars packed with actions schools and teachers can take to help create a happier and kinder world!
Calendars available in the following languages
Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Polish,  Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Welsh.
Download Calendars here

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The ECML is a unique institution whose mission is to encourage excellence and innovation in language teaching and to help Europeans learn languages more efficiently. Our vision: A Europe committed to linguistic and cultural diversity...

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Apart from the free survey software, we also have access to QuestionPro's free survey templates . We've found many of them useful and powerful to collect insights from various stakeholders of our organization.

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The European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe promotes human rights and democracy through training and consultancy.

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Nasc provides the latest up-to-date public health advice to migrants living in Ireland.
In addition to public health videos voiced by doctors in over 30 languages, they also provide Back to School video messaging for parents.
Videos are available in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Irish, Italian, Hindi, Hungarian, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Tamil, Ukrainian and Yoruba.

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Translate Ireland produces easily understandable and impactful multilingual video messages on topics such as education, immigration and services.
The health-related multilingual video messages are presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, originally from other countries but who are now living and working in Ireland.
Videos are now available in 43 languages.

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Adapting and Managing Successful Transitions

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Adapting and Managing Successful Transitions

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00:51:55 Mount Sion CBS – Transitions with focus on EAL

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Adapting and Managing Successful Transitions

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Click on the image below to access a series of PDST supports for culturally and linguistically diverse learners

Welcome to the Post Primary EAL page of our website. You will find a range of useful resources, pedagogical strategies and active learning methodologies on this page.

Students for whom English is an additional language may require support and scaffolding.

There is no such thing as a 'typical' EAL learner.

Each student will have a different background and life experience.

Each student will have different pastoral, social, linguistic, academic, and cognitive needs based on their background and life experience.

To avail of school support in the area of EAL, please follow this link to our online form.

This section will be routinely updated with information on news and events.

An intercultural Look at our Schools Toolkit

An excellent tool for post-primary schools in Ireland wishing to address the intercultural dimension in the school.

Check it out here: https://ilaos.ppli.ie/

Margaret Mary Grant is the Administrator for Post Primary EAL. She can be contacted at margaretmarygrant@pdst.ie

Margaret Mary is based in Laois Education Centre, Block Rd, Beladd, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.

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Welcome to the Post Primary EAL page of our website. You will find a range of useful resources, pedagogical strategies and active learning methodologies on this page. Students for whom English is an additional language may require support and scaffolding. There is no such thing as a 'typical' EAL learner.

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PDST Post-Primary EAL Support Youtube Channel

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PDST Post-Primary EAL Support Youtube Channel

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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This site provides access to a wide range of wellbeing information and supports for schools, students and parents.

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The promotion of wellbeing is central to the Department of Education mission to enable children and young people to achieve their full potential. Promoting the wellbeing of our children and young people is a shared community responsibility and is everybody's business.

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The promotion of wellbeing is central to the Department of Education mission to enable children and young people to achieve their full potential. Promoting the wellbeing of our children and young people is a shared community responsibility and is everybody's business.

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NEPS psychologists work in partnership with teachers, parents and children in identifying educational needs. They offer a range of services aimed at meeting these needs, for example, supporting individual students (through consultation and assessment), special projects and research.

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NEPS psychologists work with both primary and post-primary schools and are concerned with learning, behaviour, social and emotional development.

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Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice

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Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice

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Supporting Children and Young People in a time of War Advice for Parents/Guardians from NEPS

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Supporting Children and Young People in a time of War Advice for Parents/Guardians from NEPS

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Supporting Children and Young People in a time of War Advice for School Staff from NEPS

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Supporting Children and Young People in a time of War Advice for School Staff from NEPS

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Make room for students’ home languages as part of the learning process. Let EAL learners make good use of their home language whenever possible.

If there are students in the class who speak the same home language, create authentic opportunities to allow them to draw on their home language to successfully collaborate and make meaningful contributions linguistically, conceptually, and academically.
Encourage students to
- Clarify  or discuss key concepts with a classmate who speaks the same home language.
- Summarise the important details about what they have just read, heard or learned with a classmate who speaks the same home language.
- Reflect upon the task at hand and negotiate an appropriate response with a classmate who speaks the same home language.
- Brainstorm (discuss, or write) ideas around a particular subject with a classmate who speaks the same home language.
- Quick-write as much as they can in a short amount of time about a particular subject or topic with a classmate who speaks the same home language.
- K-W-L:
Students can discuss or fill in the what they know, want to know and what they have learned about a particular topic with a classmate who speaks the same home language.
- Read materials in their home language, to build background, increase reading skills or clarify concepts. (Google, Wikipedia, YouTube)
- Make notes in their home language.
- Draft work in home language - translate to English
- Research a topic in home language- present in English
- Read task in English - answer in home language
- Annotate in home language - present in English
- Create a product in English -present  in home language (or vice versa)
These strategies will help the EAL learner say want to say without limiting themselves to the language they already know in English.
The fact that you don’t speak their language is not relevant.
What is important is that you acknowledge a student’s  home language and recognise that it is a learning tool for them.

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Typical class instructions can be a barrier to learning for EAL learners.
Classroom Instructions often include complex grammar, unnecessarily difficult words and phrases, phrasal verbs and idioms an EAL learner must get through to find the actual instructions.
Use simple, short, concise and clear sentences omitting any unnecessarily difficult words and phrases.
This is is even more important to remember when giving instructions on Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams.

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Remove the pressure to speak for some time

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Remove the pressure to speak for some time

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Passive language skills develop before active skills.
Allow EAL learners to observe at first, accept nods, gestures, pointing and facial expressions.

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Language mats to support teaching and learning

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Language mats to support teaching and learning

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PPLI has devised a series of language mats that can be useful for EAL learners.

Mats are available in Portuguese, Polish, Lithuanian, Russian, Ukrainian Spanish, Mandarin, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean.

These mats support teaching and learning by enabling dialogue between teachers and students.

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Language mats/Mataí teanga to encourage target language in the classroom - PPLI

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Students feel more secure and relaxed when they know what is happening and what will happen next. Signposting subject lessons  simply means making the planned activities clear to the students.
Teachers decide on sequence of lesson
Place visuals on the side of the board in order
Point to each visual as activity begins
Remove the pictures when the activities are finished.
This makes the progression of the lesson even clearer. (Great for SEN students too)
These are my own design, we use these visuals in every classroom as a whole school strategy.

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Have each teacher sit the EAL learner near the front, where they can see the teacher’s face straight on.
This will ensure the learner can hear properly and pick up visual clues from facial expression.
Sit the learner next to supportive peers who have been briefed to include and support them and allow them to work together at certain points in the lesson.

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To allow EAL learners greater access to lesson content teachers can provide students with keywords in their home language. Keywords can be displayed in the classroom, taken down from the board, printed off or emailed to students.
Explicit vocabulary instruction supports all learners. Select the critical words before the lesson, explain the words using a student friendly definition, explore the words using a Frayer organiser and consolidate the words by returning to them in class or ask students to return to them independently using apps or by engaging in retrieval practice in class.
Using the tiers of language supports CALP development. Students must be taught cross curricular academic language explicitly.
Google sheets can be used to create multilingual versions of key word lists, we will now demonstrate this.
Please see this document for more information on Explicit Vocabulary Instruction https://www.theconfidentteacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CTVG.-SEEC-model-.pdf
Multilingual key word lists can easily be created in Google sheets.
Watch here
Access to pre loaded Google Sheet
PLEASE MAKE YOUR OWN COPY BEFORE EDITING

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Organise ‘classroom buddies’ and brief them carefully. Make sure to plan support for each part of the day.
Schedule a buddy to help at different times - morning, break, lunch, afternoon.
Organise a buddy for each subject- levels, option bands etc..
Home Language buddies can double up as TECH BUDDIES to support with Google classroom or Microsoft Teams!
A buddy should be a trusted model of good behaviour who will support the new learner throughout lessons, clarifying activities and modelling how to speak English in a variety of contexts.