Course: Use of first and other languages

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Select section Use of first and other languages - introduction

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Use of first and other languages - introduction

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In the short video above, Dr Sarah Coles details the reasons why it's a good idea to draw on the skills children have in all their languages to support their access to the curriculum.
The following sections explain how to get started if you want to introduce the use of first and other languages into your classroom, give some low-cost, simple tips to get you going and provide resources you can use to share work in this area with colleagues in schools.
Select section Getting started

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Getting started
Claire Barker discusses the key things you should establish before planning for the use of first language in the classroom.
- Select activity EMTAS e-learning: First Language Assessment
  
  EMTAS e-learning: First Language Assessment URL
  
  Free to Hampshire maintained schools - contact EMTAS for a login.
- Select activity EMTAS Blog: How can I assess first language skills without speaking the language?
  
  EMTAS Blog: How can I assess first language skills without speaking the language? URL
Select section Planning

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Planning
Claire Barker explores ways to make multilingual approaches work effectively in your classroom.
- Select activity EAL MESHGuide: Using first language to support pupils' learning and social well-being
  
  EAL MESHGuide: Using first language to support pupils' learning and social well-being URL
Select section Top 5 strategies

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Top 5 strategies
In this video, Astrid Dinneen shares simple, quick, low-cost tips you can use to encourage the use of first language as a tool for learning.
- Select activity Great Idea: Translanguaging (The Bell Foundation)
  
  Great Idea: Translanguaging (The Bell Foundation) URL
- Select activity Use of IT - EMTAS free Guidance Library
  
  Use of IT - EMTAS free Guidance Library URL
Select section How to disseminate this

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How to disseminate this
In this section you will find a downloadable summary of key principles along with other resources to support dissemination to colleagues.
- Select activity Aide-memoire
  
  Aide-memoire File
- Select activity Videoscribe
  
  Videoscribe URL
- Select activity Videoscribe support pack
  
  Videoscribe support pack File
  
  Complements the EMTAS L1 Videoscribe. Use to explore how to use L1 as a tool for learning in your school and wider community.
- Select activity EMTAS training card: Writing in first language as a strategy for learning
  
  EMTAS training card: Writing in first language as a strategy for learning File
Select section Further reading

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Further reading
- Select activity EMTAS Blog: articles relating to first language
  
  EMTAS Blog: articles relating to first language URL
Select section Useful links and external resources

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Useful links and external resources

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Select section Mantra Lingua's Kitabu Multilingual Library

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Mantra Lingua's Kitabu Multilingual Library

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Select section Translanguaging

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Translanguaging

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