Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org/
Only Bilingual quizzes are recommended
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British Council
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-school.htm
Good site with variety of on-line and downloadable resources.
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Gordon Ward
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gordon.ward2000/listfiles.htm
Simple activities to use with newly arrived bilingual pupils.
Racing to English updates
http://www.racingtoenglish.moonfruit.com/
You can download some new or updated language activities to go
with your 'Racing to English' cd. Free downloads include:
picture dictionary, science vocabulary in seven different
languages from English: Albanian, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese,
Spanish, Swedish, Somali (courtesy of Lambeth EMAT), colour
pairs, African fruit and various other resources.
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Language of the Month
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Excellent site providing key words and greetings in a variety of
languages. Includes spoken language, information on country of
origin, suggested activities and resources for display.
Very useful for preparing to greet a new arrival in their home
language.
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http://www.grafixdesign.net/www.sig.co.uk/linguistic.html
The London SIG Bilingualism have complied resources in Arabic,
Gujarati, Portuguese, Somali, Tamil and Polish illustrating
the language and phonetic structures each language uses and
information about culture, religion, lifestyle and also some
useful expressions.
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Little Learners
http://www.littlelearner.eu/
EAL Resources for teachers in Polish, Romanian and Lithuanian.
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 Children's
Songs and Nursery Rhymes |
http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=eh
Welcome to Mama
Lisa's World, home of the
internet's largest collection of children's songs and nursery
rhymes from around the world. Whatever the culture a child
belongs to, whatever the flag he or she lives under, this is the
place to find the lyrics to kids songs, in English and in the
original languages! Some songs include MP3's and Midi music.
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http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/resources/faq.cfm
The
NALDIC FAQs series is as set of 10 downloadable podcasts
covering typical questions related to catering for the needs of
EAL learners. The podcasts will particularly help:
- trainee teachers to meet TDA standards on the way to QTS
- NQTs and class teachers develop pedagogy and practice
- EAL staff build capacity in schools through the use of
quality training resources
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Refugee Council
http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
The Refugee Council is the largest
organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees.
We not only give direct help and support, but also work with
asylum seekers and refugees to ensure their needs and concerns
are addressed.
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Teaching English
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
BBC and British Council website for teachers of English as a
Foreign Language.
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Tiscali
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/beginners/step_1.htm
Very good site featuring strategies, online and downloadable
resources, and assessment materials for newly arrived bilingual
pupils.
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 The
Treasure Box
http://the-treasure-box.co.uk/freeresources.aspx
A collection of
commonly used words and phrases in a variety of different
languages. These were originally planned for use in a primary,
or secondary school classroom but could be used for lots of
other purposes also a few Islamic Craft activity booklets,
language, jigsaw puzzles and self assessment posters and fans.
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