AMBRIT English as an Additional Language (EAL)
POLICY
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- Ambrit's EAL programme is designed to
provide English language instruction to non-native English
speakers. Our aim is to prepare students to participate in
normal curriculum activities as soon as possible after their
arrival at the school.
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- We work to achieve this in the
following ways:
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- 1. EAL students are identified throughout the
school:
- through the administration of
standardised tests and
- by consulting students' portfolios,
school reports and records.
The standardised test used is:
- Prep & Grade 1 - The Idea
Oral Language Proficiency Test
- Grades 2 & 3 - The Idea
Reading and Writing Test and The Idea
Oral Proficiency Test
- Grades 4, 5, & 6 - The Idea
Reading and Writing Test and The Idea Oral Proficiency Test
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- Children who result as "non English
proficient" or "limited English proficient" on The Idea
Test are designated as
E.S.L. students. Children who result as being "fluent English
proficient" will not be classified as EAL students, even though
English may not be their primary language.
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- 2. EAL teachers collaborate with subject and
class teachers to facilitate the integration of EAL students
into mainstream classes. This is done by the subject or class
teacher and the EAL teacher working in partnership to meet the
student's needs.
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- This partnership operates in any or
all of the following ways:
- EAL teachers participate in
mainstream classes where he/she works with EAL students (and
any other students who may request assistance) on specific
activities.
- EAL teachers develop programmes to
support classroom content areas, thereby providing
opportunities for students to develop their competence in
specific language skills through the study of relevant,
curriculum related subject areas.
- EAL teachers work with subject or
classroom teachers to produce assessment procedures to monitor
EAL students' progress. All documented information pertaining
to students progress is kept in the students' EAL files and is
available on request to students, teachers, and parents.
- EAL teachers, in certain cases, work
intensively with students, outside the regular classroom, to
support mainstream classwork and to address individual
needs.
- EAL teachers act as a resource for
subject and class teachers through the provision and
preparation of materials, consultation on support strategies
and practical assistance
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- 3. EAL teachers are available, on request, to
meet with parents to discuss their child's progress. On these
occasions, EAL teachers will stress the importance of
continuing to develop oracy, literacy and cognition in the
child's primary language.
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