National Numeracy Strategy: Supporting pupils with English as an additional language

Audience:	Key Stage 2 teachers, Key Stage 1 teachers
Date of issue:	Mar. 2005
Reference number:	DfES1438-2005WO

What is it?

The training file was provided for all LEAs alongside a series of national conferences. Copies were sent to LEA numeracy teams and others in LEAs in a management or support role where relevant. Although some of the training approach has been preserved, many of the original documents are provided here as web references only where appropriate. Minor alterations have been made to some of the content and no video presentation is included.

During 2004-2005, the Primary National Strategy, working in partnership with the Ethnic Minority Achievement Team at the DfES, has developed a pilot programme in 21 pilot and 45 associate LEAs. The programme aims to raise the achievement of children learning EAL by increasing the confidence and expertise of mainstream primary teachers in meeting the needs of advanced bilingual learners.

Advanced bilingual learners have been defined by Ofsted as those who have had considerable exposure to an educational environment within which English is the first language and thus are no longer in the early stages of English language acquisition.

Three key principles underpin the work of the pilot in defining effective support for pupils learning EAL and learning through EAL.

Bilingualism is an asset, and the first language has a significant and continuing role in identity, learning and the acquisition of additional languages,
Cognitive challenge can and should be kept appropriately high through the provision of linguistic and contextual support.
Language acquisition goes hand in hand with cognitive and academic development, with an inclusive curriculum as the context.

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