COURSE DETAIL
EAL for Teaching Assistants
This course aims to provide Teaching Assistants with the skills and knowledge they need to support pupils who are new to English. It covers the welcoming of new pupils and helping them adjust to the new school environment. It has a key focus on how to help pupils to learn in English.
Course details
100% online
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Approx. 12-15 hours study
£ 195.00
+ VAT **UK VAT is only payable if the billing address is within the UK
This course is for
- Primary and secondary Teaching Assistants
What you will gain from this course
- Confidence when dealing with EAL beginners
- Practical strategies and step by step guidance on working with new beginners to enable them to achieve
- A cohesive approach to working with EAL beginners
The course
- Looks at who our EAL pupils are and where and what they have come from
- Provides a clear guidance on their induction
- Covers the issues, both linguistic and social, relating to recent new arrivals
- Offers practical strategies to implement in the classroom to enable pupils new to English to participate and achieve in lessons
Course tutor
- Chiaka Amadi has worked extensively on EAL issues in both primary and secondary schools. As a local authority adviser, she has managed two national research projects on ethnicity, language and equality, and trained and advised governing bodies and leadership teams in preparation for Ofsted inspections.
Format
Typically taking 12-15 hours to complete, our online courses involve a set of reading and viewing activities and one written assignment (400 words).
- There are no scheduled interactions for our online courses, so you can study when it suits you, irrespective of your schedule or time zone.
- Participants and tutors engage with one another via the group discussion boards, sharing their experiences and responses to tasks.
- In order to receive a course certificate you should complete the activities and submit your written assignment within 3 months of your enrolment date.
If you are considering applying for the accredited course please be aware that it is not possible to convert the stand alone units into credits towards the accredited version due to the moderation requirements of The University of Greenwich.
Booking form
- Please obtain a Purchase Order Number from your organisation's finance team (if required) before submitting a booking.
EAL for Teaching Assistants
£195.00
This course aims to provide Teaching Assistants with the skills and knowledge they need to support pupils who are new to English. It covers the welcoming of new pupils and helping them adjust to the new school environment. It has a key focus on how to help pupils to learn in English.