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- English as an Additional
Language (EAL)
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- Welcome
Letter from the EAL Coordinator
- English as an
Additional Language (EAL) Policy
- Ways to Help your
Child in the Ambrit Language Program
- EAL Links
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- *EAL
Newsletter*
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Welcome to the English as
an Additional Language (EAL) Webpage
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- What's in a name?
- Until this year the department with responsibility
for those children for whom English is not their
mother tongue was called the English as a Second
Language (ESL) department. In line with current
thought and practice in this area Ambrit has changed
the name to English as an Additional Language. This
title takes into account those children who may be
learning English as a third or even fourth language.
It also reinforces the idea that they are adding
English to their other languages and not replacing
them with English.
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- Who are we?
- The teachers in the department work in close
collaboration with their mainstream colleagues to
provide support for all those children who are English
Language Learners (ELL). This group includes all those
children who are studying in English where English is
not their mother tongue. They receive support from us
according to their needs and their English
proficiency. All ELL students are assessed by us to
determine their progress.
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- The teachers working in the EAL Department are:
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Eleni Dimmler
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1st Grade and 2S
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Eileen O'Rourke
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3rd Grade and 2C
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Nicky Shamash
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4th Grade
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Maria Casson
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4th Grade
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Jennifer Kightley
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Co-ordinator, 5th and 6th Grade
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Robin Gilbody and Jon Marshall support
individual ELL's in 7th and 8th Grade with their
curriculum work.
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- We are happy to meet you at any time. Please get
in touch with us by email.
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- Where are we?
- Our home is the Language Centre which is on the
lower ground floor. The centre is used as a resource
room for EAL and Italian as an Additional Language
(IAL) teachers, and a classroom for large group, small
group and individual lessons involving English and
Italian language learners.
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- In the meantime keep in touch with your child's
EAL teacher. We will have a conference report for you
in the spring.
- Thank you for your attention.
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- Jennifer Kightley
- EAL Co-ordinator
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