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A communication supportive environment is one that ensures that children’s speech, language and communication skills are planned for and supported throughout the day. It will look slightly different in early years settings and in school environments, but in general, it covers three aspects:
Sep 21, 2022 · Classroom resources on key actions to aid language development in school. First published: 21/09/2022. Many people take communication for granted, but for some children communicating is difficult. Language is used to teach a lesson and explain tasks and pupils are required to use language to extend, clarify and consolidate ideas.
Jun 27, 2021 · Third, teachers must be flexible and view difficulties in learning as professional challenges, rather than problems within the child (Florian and Black-Hawkins Citation 2011). Teachers are encouraged to find new ways of working by implementing strategies to support all children, which includes working collaboratively with other professionals.
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Dec 3, 2022 · In order to gain a richer understanding of the reality of teachers’ classroom language use in light of dominant CLT paradigms and emerging understandings of translanguaging, this article addresses the following research questions: How much English (L2) do teachers use in the classroom, and how has this changed in the last decade?
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First generation migrant children with no initial competence in the host country language of instruction require three to five years before acquiring basic interpersonal competence skills (BICS), according to several studies. They need five to seven years before gaining cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP). BICS and CALP are terms origina...
In this context, research shows that at primary school level, proficiency in home language literacy is a predictor of English literacy. The home language instruction medium in rural primary schools can lead to better academic performance, in comparison to using EMI. In a 2019 position paper, the British Council stated that primary school learners i...
The EMI approach is less effective than using a home language instruction medium for ‘content’ learning at school level, according to several studies. EMI at secondary school level leads to improved proficiency in the English language, but there is evidence of a negative effect on humanities subjects. Encouraging multilingualism via Content and Lan...
English as a first language. How are the classroom support strategies organised? There are two sets of classroom support strategies, one set for primary and one set for secondary. The strategies cover the four strands of language knowledge and use Listening Speaking Reading and Viewing Writing
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Languages in the primary classroom: teachers’ views and practices — Aston Research Explorer. Fiona Copland *, Sue Garton, Camilla Barnett. *Corresponding author for this work. English, Languages and Applied Linguistics. Aston Centre for Applied Linguistics (ACAL) School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
