“A new pupil arrived this morning and we do not share a language.”
The course: Teaching Pupils Who Are New to English
Primary and secondary Reaching every pupil
What you will be able to do
- Plan a welcome that is calm and clear on day one
- Adapt tasks so a new pupil can take part without being left to copy
- Judge progress in English alongside progress in your subject
The programme, unit by unit
48 lessons in 6 units, 11 h 12 min in all. Lessons run about 14 minutes each, so you can fit one into a free period.
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Before the pupil arrives
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The first week
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Language through your subject
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Talk, reading and writing
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Assessment and progress
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Families, culture and belonging
What is in the course
Streamed video lessons, watched online.
- The first day, week and half-term with a pupil who is new to English
- Subject-specific examples in maths, science, humanities and English
- Strategies for supporting vocabulary, talk and writing
- Working with families who are new to the school system
Who it’s for
Teachers in schools with pupils who join with little English, including subject teachers with no EAL training.
Primary and secondary teaching.
What this course is not
- An accredited qualification. It is professional development, not an award from an exam board or a university.
- Live teaching. There is no live tutor and no timetable. You press play when you are ready.
- Marked or assessed. Nobody marks your work. Practice tasks are for your own planning and reflection.
- A replacement for your school. It does not replace your school's own induction, or a SENCo's advice about a pupil.
- Something to download. Everything is streamed online. There are no files to keep.
Watch it in your week
About 4 weeks at 3 hours a week
The lessons add up to 11 h 12 min, which is 11.2 hours. Give it 3 hours a week and 11.2 ÷ 3 = 3.7, rounded up to 4 weeks. That is about 13 lessons a week.
You have 24 months of access, so you can stop for a busy half-term and pick up where you left off.
- 1 hour a week12 weeks
- 2 hours a week6 weeks
- 3 hours a weekour suggestion4 weeks
- 5 hours a week3 weeks
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