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Amritsar, Punjab

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Name of the student - Samir Singh
Age : 7 years old
Grade : 1
Ethnic background : Punjabi
Country of Birth - India
City of Birth - Amritsar in Punjab
Religion - Sikh
Languages spoken other than English - Punjabi, Hindi

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Samir's parents migrated to Australia from India for better job prospects and future. He began school at the start of 2020. Language spoken at home  is Punjabi. In India he was taught English as a subject and hence is unable to speak or write in English. He finds comfort in talking in Punjabi to his parents, friends and the Punjabi community they are a part of for migrant's support.

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He is one amongst the two siblings in a family of four. He has a four month old sister who was born after they migrated to Australia. His father works as an IT administration and in the evenings drives a cab to meet ends. His mother is a house maker. Both the father and mother can communicate in limited English.

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Samir often misses his friends and extended family in India. The only family he has in Australia apart from his parents and sister are his maternal grandparents. At first he was shy it took him a while to open up and mingle with students in the same situation, speaking the same language as him.

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Their's seem to be a culturally oriented family living in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, where majority of their community people reside. They socialise often and participate in religious and cultural activities. Samir goes to Sunday Sikh School to learn all about his culture, language and religion. He is not enrolled in any after school activities apart from their temple activities which are usually very low priced.

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Samir has a mild auditory processing disorder which tends to make him easily distracted. There is a need for voice cancellation head phones and microphones to grab his attention in a big group or during team teachings.

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Learning needs -
Auditory Processing disorder which affects Samir's learning for which he requires noise cancellation head phones.
Audio Visual and Kinesthetic Learner
Differentiated work activity is planned for Samir which involves movement rather and keeps him attentive. Noise-o-metre is used as a technique to control the class noise level.

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Back in India the medium of instruction in his Sikh school was Punjabi. He was taught English as a subject however cannot speak or write in English yet. The number of students in his previous school back home were as many as 50 per class. He is very familiar with teacher centred learning, rote learning and learning with repetition.

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Interest, hobbies and Social skills, Ambitions

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Interest, hobbies and Social skills, Ambitions

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He has great love for cricket and Hockey(National Game of India) and plays it in his Sikh school.
He plays Soccer during lunch club in his Melbourne school.
He enjoys spending his time doing
arts and Craft.
His ambition is to be a pilot and is often seen making paper planes in class. He is extremely hard working despite his language barrier and auditory processing disorder.

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How to best facilitate learner's language needs?

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How to best facilitate learner's language needs?

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How this research of knowing the learner will change my teaching EAL students?

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How this research of knowing the learner will change my teaching EAL students?

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Strategies learnt through this research will successfully support all EAL learners.
These strategies include
Preparing material to aide teaching
Multilingual speaker
Merging the culture and learning as far as possible
Knowing child's passion and providing assistance in creating work based around it
EAL learners have different pace of learning the language
Their past experiences affect their learning
Children learn more freely in a safe and supportive environment conducive of learning.
Children learn from each other in class and through play outdoors.

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Australian classroom EAL experience and support

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Australian classroom EAL experience and support

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The support that he needs in the classroom is the need for translation by a multilingual speaker. Although he understands basic English , is unable to communicate fluently.
Peer support - Sitting next to Punjabi student helps him clarify his doubts, as most of the times he fears asking question from his teachers due to his past teacher-centred educational experience.
Visual prompt cards on display on his table offers him great support.
Small language learning groups to cater to individual needs so the experience is less intimidating for him.

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Language drills along with rhymes and repetition fosters effective learning.

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Languages spoken by Samir are Punjabi and Hindi. His first language is Punjabi which is used for conversation at home with parents and broader Community (Punjabi support group) that they are a part of.

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