Osiris Educational | Teacher Training

EAL; philosophy and practice

Embed tailor-made AfL for EAL pupils

Create a common language of assessment in your class

Build solid foundations for new EAL pupils

Get the best-fit language development assessments for your students

Identify cultural differences and their impact on learning outcomes

Understand the cultural perceptions of:

• Standards of acheivement
• Definitions of success
• Assessment rigour and pressure

Compare and contrast EAL assessment and national assessment agendas

Master baseline assessment of ‘new arrival’ EAL pupils at all key stages

Ensure all subjects (maths, science etc) are taken into account when placing pupils

Implement an on-going assessement framework for acquisition of English language

Integrate long term EAL testing with national English assessment

Fuse together the evaluation of pupil progress in all subjects and EAL

Assessment to awaken potential

Use assessment outcomes to move learners forward                                                                                               

Boost the dialogue between results and follow-up actions

Adapt teaching instruction to match students’ needs

Give effective feedback to fuel thinking

Differentiation tactics to push all abilities forward