Description
EASL online course. This course covers early language acquisition, and how early years practitioners can support children learning English as an Additional Language (EAL). Explore the stages of learning for children with EAL, approaches and strategies for young learners, common communication challenges, and how to respect and encourage home language.
This course is suitable for practitioners working with babies and young children. For practitioners working with older children at school, the course ‘English as an Additional Language (EAL) in the Teaching section will be more suitable.
Learning outcomes
- You will know the stages of language acquisition, and the expected pattern of language development in the early years
- You will know what approaches and strategies work well with children learning EAL
- You will be able to respond appropriately to ‘code switching’ and understand the importance of learning a bit about a child’s home language
Advantages of this EASL online course
- In this multi-cultural society we live in, you’re likely to have children at your early years setting who are bilingual or multilingual and have English as an Additional Language (EAL). You need to know how this will affect their speech, language, and communication development and how best to support these children and include them in life at the setting.
- In order to know how to support children with EAL, we have to understand early language acquisition. This course will cover language acquisition in the first year of a child’s life in the tutorial, and the reading section provides information on how children learn languages and the stages of learning for children with EAL.
- This course will help you to understand good EAL practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and how to support children with EAL and their families.
- Additional activities encourage you to reflect on your learning
- There is also suggested extended reading that gives both practical information and links to websites to expand knowledge
You can view all of our short CPD courses here.
