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English as an Additional Language

Welcome to the section of our website that is designed to help you if you are teaching learners of
English as an Additional Language (EAL)
This section has been added over the summer of 2004 and was written by Diane Coppard of the EMASS team, who works at Limehurst High School in Loughborough.
The EMASS (Ethnic Minority Achievement Support Service) can be contacted as follows:
Anne Ratcliff
Service Manager
Ethnic Minority Achievement Support Service
Beaumanor Hall
Woodhouse
Loughborough LE12 8TX
Tel:   01509 891394
Fax:  01509 891394
e-mail:emass@leics.gov.uk
Here are links to information that we hope you find useful:
Services available to teachers – and how to find them Word doc, (27kb)
Inclusion: general strategies to help to include ethnic minority pupils Word doc, (26 kb)
Speaking and listening, reading and writing Word doc,(29kb)
The Leicestershire context: specific information on various cultural groups; the different educational experiences these pupils may have had Word doc,(27kb)
Features of other languages Word doc, (29kb)
New arrivals: admission procedures; initial assessment and induction; pupils with very limited English; support for the newly arrived pupil Word doc(35kb)
Making provision for more-advanced learners of EAL Word doc,(30kb)
External examinations for learners of EAL Word doc,kb)
Suggested texts from other cultures and traditions/anti-racist texts Word doc,(27kb)
Published materials that might be useful Word doc,(29kb)
Further reading Word doc,(26kb)
Choosing texts         Help with file formats used on this website word doc (kb)
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further information

Contact: English / Literacy Team
Tel: 0116 305 6605
or 0116 305 6337
Email: literacy@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
11 October 2006
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