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Teacher Knowledge and Understanding

The opportunities that student teachers have to teach pupils learning EALwill vary from course to course and from placement to placement. Nevertheless, all student teachers will benefit from an early understanding of how to carry out effective classroom work with EAL learners. This essential teacher knowledge and understanding has most clearly been identified in The Distinctiveness of English as an Additional Language: a cross-curriculum discipline (South,1999). This is directly concerned with what teachers of pupils with EAL need to know in order to carry out effective classroom work.

Many of the resources in this section are drawn from this publication which defines the distinctive features of teaching and learning EAL. It outlines the learners and the tasks they face and explains EAL pedagogy through reference to five principles which underpin good practice. These resources can be used flexibly to support the preparation of students through taught sessions or as self study material. Many providers have found it useful to use the material in an introductory session on EAL as a part of their ITE programme

Section Editor

Nicola Davies

On this page you will find pages from the archived ITTSEAL site for teacher educators new to initial teacher training. Much of this material has been substantially rewritten and incorporated into our new site but we have maintained this archive to support referencing and site users.The PDF pages are arranged in the same structure as on the original site.

The distinctiveness of EAL pedagogy
The distinctiveness of learners task
Pupils learning EAL
Portraits of pupils learning EAL