General
Here you will find a collection of ICT-based resources, embedded videos and links to support children at all stages of learning EAL
Topic outline
Immersive Reader
Video courtesy of Holyrood Secondary School - useful for practitioners and older children/young people
Useful tool walkthroughs from (Narrel Byrne)
Useful materials from Narrell Byrne: https://www.narrellbyrneealguidance.ie/
How to use Explain and send walkthrough
Using YouTube captions
Using Google Docs
ISL Video Tools
A step-by-step guide to help you add questions and tasks to YouTube videos.
Supportive wordprocessors and soft keyboard helper applications
Book Creator
This has an audio recording facility alongside other more traditional word processing tools. Book creator is now available in 10 languages. There is an example below (click the image to start reading) about how this tool can be used to support pupils learning EAL.Clicker Writer from Cricksoft (available for Windows/Mac, iOS and Chromebook)
Clicker Writer features realistic speech feedback, talking spell checker, audio note recorder and an intelligent word prediction tool. You can integrate images with text and access Clicker's expanding bank of word grids to support the writing process.
Grammarly helper application
This is an application as well as a plugin for browsers and other wordprocessors that supports the writing process in lots of sophisticated ways.
Texthelp's read&write helper application
From hearing emails or documents read out loud to text prediction, picture dictionaries, summary highlighters and a grammar, spelling and confusable words checker, read&write makes lots of everyday literacy tasks simpler, quicker and more accurate (from https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/products/read-write)
Note: read&write as an application is a subscription-based model but educators can get a free license. There are also free plugins for browsers.
Watch a walkthrough of all the major tools in read&write below:Download a help sheet for Read&Write (2 x A4 to print double-sided)
Home-school liaison: resources in other languages
Resources, including video material, in other languages to support home-school communication covering:
- learning through play
- getting your child ready for Reception class
- developing literacy skills (Year R through Key Stage 1)
- keeping your child safe online
- using Zoom and Google Classroom
Useful Links
Using Technology to Support EAL Learners in Primary Schools (courtesy of EAL Highland)
Using Technology to Support EAL Learners in Secondary Schools (courtesy of EAL Highland)
Demonstrator Tools for remote teaching (Video exemplars)
Networking
EAL-Bilingual Forum (Google group)
Blogs
Video Playlists
NALDIC ICT and EAL Vodcasts (11 part series)
Translated Keyword Lists (originally produced by Becta and now hosted by Mirandnet)
