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EAL welcome book
An EAL Welcome Book which can be customised to suit your and your learner's needs and circumstances.
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New arrival diary template
A great little template to guide a new arrival and their mentor through the first few weeks in a new environment.

Transitioning interview and activity ideas
This questionnaire can be given to students before their transition to their new school or can be used by teachers in a first meeting interview. There are also activity ideas for the old and new school to make transitioning easier.
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Welcoming Ukrainian learners
A resource containing useful suggestions and links to articles and resources for welcoming and supporting Ukrainian learners.

EAL teacher guidance

The Learning Village is powered by Across Cultures. These articles are written by specialists in the area of EAL and include free downloads to support differentiation across the curriculum. For all articles, click here. To sign up to the monthly newsletter which includes these articles, click here.

How do EAL learners become effective writers?
15/04/2024
Teaching pre-literate learners
07/02/2024
SEND support: Past tense
07/02/2024
SEND support: Supporting deaf learners
07/02/2024
Using a multimodal approach in the classroom
10/01/2024
Why provide EAL learners with small-group teaching?
06/12/2023
SEND support: Word finding
27/11/2023
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