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KHDA - WHAT WORKS How we successfully teach grammar
and improve expressive language with upper primary/lower secondary
students of English as second language at Jumeira Baccalaureate School.
12th February 20121
Aysha Kamal – Head of Learning Support Primary Staff Inclusion Training
Agenda School Context Links to DSIB Indictors What EAL students need to know Ideas and strategies of how to teach EAL
students what they need to know Ideas and strategies of how to enhance
and develop expressive language Questions and Answers
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KHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Jumeria 1 Open since 2010638 students Pre-K to Grade 11 65 Nationalities357 EAL Students
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IPC in Primary National Curriculum for Maths and English
(Primary)MYP in secondary Diploma Grade 11
Jumeira Baccalaureate School
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3.1 Teaching for Effective Learning •Teaching strategies to meet the needs of all groups of students4.1 Curriculum quality •Provision for all the different groups of students 5.2 Quality of Support•Identification of students with special education needs•Support for students with special education needs•Advice and support for all students
DSIB Inspection Handbook 2012-2013
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
COMPARINGCONTRASTING
CLASSIFYING
QUESTIONING
SEQUENCINGDESCRIBING
NAMING SORTING (from known
criteria)
EXPLAININGLANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
PROBLEM SOLVING
ANALYSING RANKINGJUSTIFYING
HYPOTHESISINGGENERALISINGDEDUCING REASONING
EVALUATINGLANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
EAL Student Language
Acquisition Needs
Lexical sets
Specialist vocabulary
Antonyms
Synonyms
HomophonesHomographs
Word stress
Tenses
Lexical cohesion
Sentence stress
Linking learning
Word relationshipsTechnical vocabulary
Verbs/Nouns/Adjectives/Adverbs
Language functions
Sentence structure
Academic structures
Functional language
Modals
Survival language
Language Acquisition & Grammar ComparativesConditionals
Connectives
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
GrammarQuestioning Plurals
Linguistic Gymnastics Warming up the word Paint a picture Zone of relevance /
Emotion scale Barrier games Question harvest Making links Openers
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Language seminars Structures Readers theatre Technical language /
descriptive language Adverbs / Adverbial
phrases Possibilities
Sunflower, Daisy or Rose• The dog was by the gate. Art C.N Verb Prep Art C.N
• The doberman placed himself in-front of the gate.
• The poodle was perched beside the gate.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Substitutions Adjectives
The dark forest . . . The forest . . . The forest . . . The forest . . . The forest . . . The forest . . .
Sentence structures The cat on the sick is carpet has been. The cat has been sick on the carpet.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Shane’s Home
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Emotion ScaleShane looking at the
cat in the window
uneasy resignedtrying to be brave fearful carefree
Shane running at the beginning of
the story
Shane at home
envious
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
glummiserable
sadheartbroken
unhappy
grief-strickendistraught
blue
low
depressed
dark
dingyshabby
homely
safe
convenientsecluded
dangerous
derelict
cosy
large
cold
warm
spacious
luxurious
basic
cramped
tiny
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
As it gets darker and you are standing outside …
• What might Shane be thinking, feeling or saying…?• What would you be thinking, feeling or saying?
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Up, Down, All Around I’m very ashamed at it. He did it by purpose. Daniele went in bed. She got trouble from her mother. They waited for a lot of time on the line.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Connectives
• I got up late. I missed the bus.• I got up earlier. I caught the train.• Ali was clever. He got good marks at school.• I stayed awake. I got tired.
• Pirate Pete sailed on his boat. (after / so / until / whenever / but / before )
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Up-LevelHow can we make this sentence better.•The cat ran along the wall
– What sort of cat? (adjective)– How did it run (adverb)– Better word for run? Crept, scampered,
prowled– Add a connective – because…, when…
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Expanding A giant lived in a castle. He was hungry. He found some food. He went home.
Vary for mood - I went to the park. Vary the verb, noun, adjective, setting, atmosphere.
In the heart of the forest lived a wicked old woman, with her three brainless brothers.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Language Seminars
Articles Bring me a pencil. Bring me the pencil. Bring me the pencils.
Which would I use if I wanted one pencil? Which would I use if I wanted a specific pencil? Which would I use if I wanted all the pencils? Which would I use if I didn’t mind which pencil I had? How else could I ask for a pencil if I didn’t mind
which one I had?
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Language Seminars
Key connective Suggested action
Once upon a time Open hands like a book
Early one morning Hands to one side of head and pretend to wake up
Who Finger circle - index finger in air
First One finger
Next / second 2 fingers pointed to one side
After / after that Roll hands over in turning gesture
Meanwhile / in the meantime / while Tap ‘watch’
But Fingers down
Because Hands out open-palmed
So Roll hands forward and open as if giving
However Wave pointed index finger
Luckily / fortunately Thumbs up
Unluckily / unfortunately Thumbs down
Suddenly / To his amazement etc Stand agape, hold hands either side of face -show surprise
Finally Hand - one chop to other hand
In the end Bring hands together as if closing bookAysha Kamal – JBS Head of Inclusion
KHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Readers theatreMax is a cat. He is a big cat. He is a big, He is a big, fat cat. fat cat. He is a black and white cat. Max likes to be in the garden. He likes He likes to jump and runto jump and run, then he likes to come into the house and go to sleep on my bed. Best of all, he likes to play with he likes to play with me!me!
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Making Links in Texts REFERENCE A tall black figure was outside Sophie’s house. The figure turned andfaced her window, then he walked on. He came to Mr Goochey’s houseand then he stopped.
CONJUCTIONS He walked all day although he was exhausted. Finally he stopped outsidea small hotel in a village. If he went in, someone might recognise him,butunless he stopped to rest he would go no further. So, hoping he wouldremain unrecognised, he opened the door.
SUBSTITUTION He was given a new bike for his birthday. His old one was too small forhim.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
IMITATION ‘Newark was an old town, but it was an angry uneasy, place when
I first knew it. In snowy weather the streets turned to ice-rinks, the people shivered with cold. Dead brown, crisp leaves lay scattered over the deserted ground. The old, tired, helpless cathedral screamed with pain as it crumbled effortlessly, more and more each day. Down every street you could hear the gentle trot, trot, trotting of a horse and cart over the shiny cobbles.’
Paris is an old, withered place. In the summer the sun looks lazily over the crumbling town. Travelling dust clouds come and go like ships bringing goods from around the world. People are rarely seen, like nocturnal animals. It was a very small town.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Book talk – Pie Corbett
Col sat quietly, grabbed by a peace thathe had not known for a long while. ‘Atlast,’ he said aloud, letting the paddlesrest as he drifted on through the rushes.
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
A door banged. Kanwal jumped. What was that? It wasn’t Mr Ahmed because she could hear him whistling at the other end of the playground. Out of the silence, she heard steps. Somebody was coming closer. Somebody or something was coming down the corridor. Nearer. She stood still, so still that even the tables and chairs froze with her. Carefully, she peered round the edge of the door. A shadow slipped, quick as a knife, into the next room. Kanwal clenched her fist around the pen, her heart racing.
Reading as a Writer – Pie Corbett
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
She came down the lane. Aysha stormed across the Emirates Road without looking eitherway.
Coral Ocean stood on the edge of the playground and waited.No one came near. All the other kids seemed to be absorbed intheir own games. She gazed out through the railings andpretended to notice something interesting in the distance.Blinking back tears, she roughly rubbed her eyes and hopedthat no one would notice. ‘What’s up?’ A tall boy had comeacross and stood bouncing a tennis ball against the wall. ‘Clearoff,’ snapped Coral, turning away from him.
Writing as a Reader – Pie Corbett
Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of InclusionKHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
Learning is a Social ActivityWhen learning new words, EAL pupils need to:
SEE them HEAR them
WRITE them READ them
USE them in sentences
REVISE them
TRANSFER them in different contexts
Pupils learn best together !Aysha Kamal – JBS Head of Inclusion
KHDA – What Works Presentation (February 2013)
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Questions
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