EAL

The EAL (English as an Additional Language) Department caters for the needs of students for whom English is a second language. These learners include a wide range of English levels, from total beginners to students with a higher level of proficiency in English. 

The aim of English language teaching to speakers of other languages is to develop learners’ communicative competence or fluency (Code A to Code E). This is achieved by teaching learners to use systems of complex communication in formal, informal, specific and abstract situations.

PROGRAMME OF STUDY 2024-2025

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

  A rolling EAL Induction Programme for early stage learners is designed to provide newly arrived students with the basic literacy skills across the curriculum.  Classes are grouped by students’ level of English.

Year 7, 8 and 9

Knowledge: Word classes

 

Thematic vocabulary

 

Skills:   structuring sentences  

Concepts

Text structure

Knowledge: A range of sentence structures

Skills:   structuring sentences  

 

Concepts

Text structure 

 

Knowledge Tenses

 

Skills: changing verb forms

Concepts: Time

Knowledge: Literary devices

Idioms and figurative speech

Skills: decoding meaning, inferencing, reading and writing skills

Concepts: Comparison

Knowledge: Morphology of words – prefixes and suffixes

Types of texts and register

Skills: spelling, decoding meaning, making links, reading and writing skills

Concepts: roots of language and meaning; contexts, audience and functions of language

Knowledge: Modals

 

Imperatives

 

Phrasal verbs

 

Skills: giving instructions, making suggestions, evaluative, writing and speaking.

 

Concepts:

Necessity

possibility

Knowledge: Passive voice

Collocation

Academic Word Lists 

Skills: reporting, reading, writing, listening and speaking skills

Concepts: Context and register; neutrality; objectivity and subjectivity

 

IGCSE ESL 0991 Exams. at KS4, Exams from 2024 onwards

Exam Board:  Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), Syllabus Cambridge IGCSE® (9–1) English as a Second Language 0991 (Count-in Speaking). Entry to this examination gives EAL Students the opportunity in gaining an additional English language qualification, while at the same time reinforcing their work in GCSE English. A grade 5 or above is accepted as a GCSE grade and as an entry requirement by most universities in the UK.  

 

Useful websites:

www.cie.org.uk

www.englishvocabularyexercises.com

www.text2mindmap.com

www.vocabulary.com

www.socrative.com

www.eslprintables.com

Optional subject – International GCSE in English as a Second Language (IGCSE in ESL) 0991

This syllabus aims to enable learners to use English to communicate effectively in a variety of practical contexts.

The topical sequence reflects the holistic approach starting at a personal level, and extends to wider perspectives including family, social and global.

Year 10 

 

Knowledge: 

Goals and achievement

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:     use appropriate register and style/format for the given purpose and audience

Knowledge 

Student Life

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:  engage in a conversation and contribute effectively to help move the conversation forward

Knowledge

Health, Fitness and Sport 

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:  understand what is implied but not directly stated, e.g. gist, writer’s purpose, intention and feelings

Knowledge Media and films

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:  show understanding of the connections between ideas, opinions and attitudes; understand what is implied but not directly stated, e.g. gist, speaker’s purpose, intention and feelings

Year 10 PPE Preparations





 

Knowledge  

Travel and Tourism

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:     use appropriate register and style/format for the given purpose and audience

Year 11 1st PPEs Preparations

Year 11

Knowledge

Technology

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:    engage in a conversation and contribute effectively to help move the conversation forward

Revision +Reading and Writing Exam practice for Nov. PPE

Knowledge 

Shopping and the consumer society

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:

engage in a conversation and contribute effectively to help move the conversation forward



 

Knowledge 

Education & Work, Interviews, Career

 

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:  understand what is implied but not directly stated, e.g. gist, writer’s purpose, intention and feelings

Knowledge Environmental issues

Skills: skimming, scanning, close reading, writing, summarising, speaking and listening

Concepts:     make connections between ideas, opinions and attitudes; understand what is implied but not directly stated, e.g. gist, speaker’s purpose, intention and feelings

Revision +Reading and Writing Exam practice for final exams.

ENRICHMENT

Extracurricular activities such as trips to Hounslow Library, the London Zoo, the Science Museum, the Richmond Theatre and the Sky Academy Studio are organised in order to enrich students’ learning and cultural experience. An accelerated reading scheme is provided with each student as an integral part of their learning of English.  Students are assessed with their reading age and reading level so that they can choose the books they enjoy. Each student is also set up with an individual account in learning grammar in a structured, progressive and guided way with uk.ixl.com. Students learn at their own place from Reception to Year 13.

HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD

a.  Helping your child to read - Apart from homework, your child should be reading in English at least three or four times a week for at least 30 minutes. As well as fiction, this could also include newspapers and magazines.

b.   Helping your child to write - Encourage your child to proof-read their writing twice. They should proof-read once for meaning, then check it again for any mistakes in spelling and basic punctuation such as capital letters, commas and full stops. 

c.  Helping your child to spell - To help your child with spelling, one strategy you can use is to ask them to write out the correct spelling three times and learn them by heart. You can then test them.

d.  Helping your child to listen in English - Listening to English will help develop their language skills. Try to expose your child to spoken English at home by regularly watching the news, and other TV programmes in English. The school library and the EAL department also have books with CDs as does the local library.

e.  Helping your child with their homework - Make sure you log on to Google Classroom and check your child’s homework on a daily basis. 

 

For further information, please contact Mrs P. Bridge, Head of EAL and Literacy Co-ordinator

pbridge@lampton.org.uk

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