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Teaching Basic Literacy to ESOL Learners Marina Spiegel and Helen Sunderland, LLU+ 2006. Course materials and a teacher's guide, which are a practical guide to teaching new English learners.
It covers every aspect of literacy in ESOL; reading, writing, learning preferences, materials and assessment. There is also a chapter on dyslexia. Published by Avanti Books Ltd, call 01438 747000.
Black Authors & Published Writers
Directory Edited by Grace Adams this is a photo-illustrated
indexed listing of the black literary market place. The chapters
feature black authors, writers, playwrights, publishers, producers,
agents, bookstores, critics/reviewers, advertising, marketing
and publicity sources - all alphabetized and categorized under
author's name or service company, and subject matter. For
more information visit: http://www.bapwd.com/BAPWDirectory.htm
The EAL Teacher:
descriptors of good practice (National Association
for Language Development in the Curriculum, August 2002).
Publication that presents the findings of a consultative excercise
and research project supported by the School of Education,
University of Birmingham.
EFL Reading This website provides free graded reading
materials for students and teachers. It contains stories to
suit every level and taste including horror, adventure, and
ghost stories. Each story comes with exercises and a glossary.
Though the material has been directed at additional language
learners it should be of interest to reluctant readers There's
also a special football history section. Visit www.gradedreading.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
The IC TESOL course was co-devised by Cactus TEFL
and the London-based English Language School, Malvern House.
The course is of 40 hours' duration, and runs part-time over
4 weeks in central London. It provides a useful insight into
ESOL related teaching and would be perfect for those facing
EAL teaching situations who wish to adopt TESOL-based methodologies
as part of their established teaching repertoire. The course
also offers teaching practice with genuine students who are
non-native speakers of English. Cost £295. Courses run every
month, and full details of the course can be found at www.cactustefl.com/tefl/course.php?course_id=2479
Kala Kahani A website produced as part of an arts,
literature and culture project developed in partnership by
Charnwood Arts, Loughborough University and East England Arts.
It focuses on diverse art forms and approaches to South Asian
literature, with the aim of developing practical projects,
promoting cultural work, and facilitating dialogue and contact
between people of varied backgrounds. Website: www.kalakahani.co.uk
Literacy and Development Book comprising a collection
of case studies of literacy projects around the world. Contributors
present in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings of
literacy and of the literacy programmes that have been developed
to enhance them. Includes chapters on women's and older people's
literacy, and case studies from countries including Peru,
Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Mali, Nepal, Iran,
Eritrea and Ghana. Cost £18.99 (paperback).
Published by Routledge, 2001. ISBN 0-415-23451-4.
Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia - A Challenge for
Educators A useful reference book on assessment and support
for bilingual learners and those needing to acquire a foreign
language. Often dyslexic bilingual learners are not identified
as their principle difficulty is seen as a bilingual one,
yet if dyslexic, they will require a different type of support.
Published by David Fulton Publishers in association with the
British Dyslexia Association. Freecall 0500 618052.
The Other Languages: a guide to multilingual classrooms,
Viv Edwards, 2005. Published by the National Centre for Language
and Literacy to provide support to teachers and others who
work with people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
It includes maps of where the languages are spoken; information
on religion and education in countries of origin; samples
and explanations of different writing systems; a photocopiable
survey form for finding out which languages are in your school;
and a guide to non-English languages most commonly spoken.
Cost: £7.50.
Contact: National Centre for Language and Literacy, University
of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY. Tel:
0118 931 8820. Website: www.ncll.org.uk.
The Real Histories Directory Online directory created
by the Runnymede Trust to support teaching and learning about
cultural diversity in the UK, by providing details of relevant
resources. It includes storytellers, dual language books and
culturally diverse toys, and can be searched in a number of
ways including by subject area, by region, by name, by resource
type, and by keyword. Users can also submit details of resources
to share with others. Visit www.realhistories.millipedia.net.
Raise the Standard: a practical guide to raising ethnic
minority and bilingual pupils' achievement informed by policy
and practice in cities across the European Community,
by Phil Green for DIECED. Published by Trentham Books, ISBN
1 85856 127 2, price: £16.99. Available from
www.amazon.co.uk
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Aiming High: Raising the Achievement of Ethnic Minority
Pupils (DfES 0183/2003) outlines the Government's policy
for continuing to raise standards for all young people whatever
their ethnic or cultural background and ensuring that all
education policies address the needs of every pupil in every
school. To download this report visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ethnicminorities/raising_achievement/763693/
Aiming High: Meeting the needs of newly arrived learners
of EAL (DfES 1381/2005) These materials aim to support
schools who may be working with newly arrived isolated learners
of EAL in settings which may have little or no access to expert
Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) support. The materials aim
to provide some practical ideas, examples of supportive practice
and links to useful websites. For more information visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/inclusion/newarrivals/
Aiming High: Partnerships between schools and TESS in
raising the achievement of Gypsy Traveller pupils (DfES
1382/2005) This leaflet summaries key aspects of effective
partnerships between schools and advisory or support teachers
who work for local Traveller Education Support Services (TESS).
It looks at ways to promote achievement and how curriculum
relevance and diversity as well as joint planning and partnership
teaching can raise standards. For more information or to download
the leaflet visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/inclusion/tess/
ActionAid produces a range of multicultural books,
teaching materials and resources to help teachers to bring
a wide variety of cultures and traditions into the classroom.
A catalogue is available on request.
Contact: ActionAid, Hamlyn House, Macdonald Road, London N19
5PG. Tel: 020 7561 7561. Email: mail@actionaid.org.uk
Website: www.actionaid.org.uk.
A Language in Common The QCA has developed a set of descriptions for early achievement in English as an additional language that covers stages before the National Curriculum minimum scale. The descriptions are set out in A Language in Common: Assessing English as an additional language. The descriptions are designed to show how different types of behaviour indicate small progress steps towards language competence. The descriptions can be applied to pupils at any age (primary or secondary). For more information visit www.qca.org.uk/2933_500.html, to download the booklet (pdf) visit www.qca.org.uk/3359.html , or buy (£5) from http://orderline.qca.org.uk.
Assessment of pupils learning English as an additional
language (DfES, 2003) This document offers guidance to
schools on the effective assessment of their EAL learners
so that they may make rapid progress during Key Stage 3. The
focus is on how data gathered through assessment of learning
can be used formatively and feed back into classroom planning,
teaching and learning. Some of the case studies also include
helpful assessment for learning models which are also significantly
contributing to pupil attainment in these schools. To download
this guidance visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/respub/en_assess_eal
Bengali Women's Support Group traditional tales. Two
vividly illustrated bilingual books of age-old, traditional
tales retold for primary school children, and published by
the BWSG. Entitled 'Grandma's Treasure Trove' (£5.95)
and 'The Snake Prince & Other Folk Tales From Bengal'
(£7.95).
Contact: Bengali Women's Support Group, c/o 11 Donnington
Road, Sheffield S2 2RF.
EAL: More than Survival, by Graham Frater (2003).
Basic Skills Agency survey to find effective practice in key
stages 1-3. It focuses on the acquisition of English literacy
skills in school by the children of linguistic minority communities
living in England and Wales, providing evidence about effective
practice and identifying some of the common underlying trends.
Cost: £4.50. Product code: A1568.
Contact Basic Skills Agency Publications on 0870 600 2400.
English with the Finglies CD-ROM Designed for primary
school children having their first contact with English this
features an animated story that presents language and simple
grammatical structures in context. There are interactive activities,
worksheets and flashcards, a teacher's guide CD-ROM; and reinforcement
and extension exercises after each episode. All the material
can be printed/photocopied as required. To download examples
of the interactive exercises and teacher's guide visit www.ydemas.com/finglies.
To order or for more information email finglies@ydemas.com
Ensuring the attainment of black Caribbean boys (DfES,
2004) These support materials have been developed in partnership
with three project schools in each of three London LEAs. They
supplement the suite of materials designed to raise the attainment
of underperforming pupils that London Challenge and the Key
Stage 3 Strategy are developing with schools and LEAs. To
download these materials visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/respub/ws_inc_bcb
ESL in the Mainstream An Australian programme of 10
well structured workshops covering EAL learning in the classroom,
specific issues raised in the teaching of reading and writing,
oral development and cultural inclusion. It is aimed at age
8+ and secondary, however there is also an early years programme.
For more information visit www.eslmainstream.com
Fabula Software This software is designed to support
billingual literacy and allows teachers and children to create
bilingual storybooks by inserting texts and scanned drawings
or photographs into simple templates and adding special features
of their own. The Fabula software, plus further information
on the project, and reading lists is available free of charge
on their website at http://fabula.mozdev.org/.
The Global Dimension Booklist from Leicestershire
County Council Library Services for Education covering recent
recommended multicultural fiction for ages 3+ to 16+. For
details email lse@leics.gov.uk
Into the Enchanted Forest: language, drama and science in primary schools A story created in a multicultural classroom in Bradford by teachers, lecturers and student teachers to help upper primary children to learn science and develop their language. The teachers reflect on the use of a multisensory environment and how working in English and the children's first language helped to heighten the pupils' enthusiasm and focus their learning. Cost £12.95.
Trentham Books, 1999. ISBN 1 85856 132 9. Tel: 01782 745567 / 844699.
My New School Induction, Inclusion and Assessment Pack.
This pack is targeted at new arrivals to UK schools and
has 432 reading cards and a CD in 9 different languages. It
has a borad game, teachers handbook, two activity books with
worksheets with permission to be copied, five game boards
and oral discussion cards. It helps students to learn school
rules, curriculum requirements and the school system. Visit
www.interruptedlearning.com
or call 01908 520465
Multicultural Literature in the Classroom, ed. Joan
Goody with Kit Thomas. As a result of a NATE project to promote
the reading of international/multicultural literature in schools,
this publication brings together accounts by teachers of their
experiences in a variety of classroom contexts (years five
to 12), both inner city and rural. These accounts aim to demonstrate
the scope of the literature concerned and the rich range of
possibilities for its use. Cost £5.50 (£4.50 to
NATE members). ISBN 0 901291 75 7
Contact: NATE, 50 Broadfield Road, Sheffield S8 0XJ. Tel:
0114 255 5419.
Ofsted Race Equaltiy Scheme 2006 The new race equality
scheme sets out the methods by which Ofsted aims to eliminate
discrimination, foster good race relations and promote equality
of opportunity. For more information visit www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=2577
Provision in literacy hours for pupils learning English
as an additional language Guidance on meeting the needs
of EAL learners in the delivery of literacy hours. NALDIC
discussion paper, 1998. Cost: £3.50.
Contact: NALDIC. Tel: 01923 248584. Fax: 01923 225130. Website:
www.naldic.org.uk
Raising the achievement of bilingual learners in primary
schools: evaluation of the pilot programme (DfES, 2006)
In January 2004, it was announced that the Primary National
Strategy would work in partnership with the Ethnic Minority
Achievement (EMA) Unit within the DfES, to develop a pilot
project in 21 local authorities, with the aims of increasing
'the confidence and expertise of mainstream primary teachers
in meeting the needs of advanced bilingual learners' and of
closing the attainment gap between bilingual learners and
those whose first language is English. To download the evaluation
or the research summary visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/features/inclusion/biling_eval/
Realbook News. Free publication produced twice a year
to help adults to select suitable books for children beginning
to learn English as an additional language. It grew out of
the work of the editor, Opal Dunn, as a consultant for the
Council of Europe on early foreign language learning.
Contact the editor on opald@realbooks.co.uk,
fax 020 7704 6686 or download copies from www.realbooks.co.uk.
Recommended reads for primary
EAL learners
Nina Dohel, EMAG advisory teacher in Greenwich,
and Maggie Gravelle, senior lecturer University of Greenwich,
explained in the April 2001 edition of the Primary English
magazine that they felt that the NLS guidance on supporting
EAL pupils in primary school was not based on sufficiently
rigorous criteria. Below is a list of their recommendations
that are based on the following criteria which have emerged
from research in this area:
- relates to children's experience
- provides positive images
- values cultural diversity
- contains repetitive language
- encourages participation
- provides interest and challenge.
Bryant-Mole, K (1997) Food, Heinemann
Bryant-Mole, K (1996) Toys (History from Objects),
Heinemann
French, V (1999) Rainbow House, Wayland
Hawkins, E (1999) Mum's Late, Tamarind
Hudson, CoW (1990) Bright Eyes, Brown Skin, Tamarind
Kessler, C (1995) Muhamed's Desert Night, Just Us Books
Kurtz,J and Lewis, EoB (1995)Mamo on the Mountain, Victor
Gollancz
Medearis, A (1995) Too Much Talk, Puffin
Morpurgo, M (1996) Sam's Duck, Walker Books
Onyefulu, I (1998) My Grandfather is a Magician, Collins
Picture Lions
Swain, G (1999) Eating, Frances Lincoln
Tofts, H (1998) I Eat Vegetables, Zero to Ten
Removing the barriers: raising the achievement level of
minority ethnic pupils DfES publication (Ref: 0001/2002)
intended to identify key points in improving the attainment
of pupils who belong to minority ethnic groups. Suggestions
are based on good practice observed in schools and are intended
as a starting point. Researchers found a strong link between
success and the extent to which parents and the community
were involved in the life of the school. High expectations
by teachers, supported by parents, was found to lift ambitions.
To download (pdf) this report visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ethnicminorities/links_and_publications/763009/
To order a hard copy call 0845 60 222 60, email dfes@prolog.uk.com
Supporting Pupils Learning EAL (Ref: DfES0239/2002)
The Department for Education and Skills has developed guidance
intended to support schools with the development of strategies
to promote inclusive teaching and to raise the attainment
of pupils learning EAL. It includes a module on the use of
a first language in the literacy hour.
For more information visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/63381/
Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms,
by Viv Edwards. A set of three titles providing proven, practical
strategies to help children learning English as a second language
to develop their literacy skills. The titles cover reading,
writing and speaking and listening. Cost £5.95 per title.
Contact: National Centre for Language and Literacy, The University
of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY. Tel:
0118 931 8820. Website: www.ncll.org.uk
Teaching English in Primary Classrooms, by Mina Drever,
Susan Moule and Keith Peterson. This book demonstrates how
exploring language and the ways it works can be stimulating
and fun for children and satisfying for teachers, as they
see grammar come to life. Drawing on research on how children
learn both first and subsequent languages, and responsive
to the requirements of the curriculum and the literacy hour,
the authors have developed a whole-class and group learning
approach. Cost £13.95.
Trentham Books, 1999. ISBN 1 85856 177 9. Tel: 01782 745567
/ 844699.
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Breaking the Language
Barriers: report of the working group on English for speakers
of other languages. Report addressing the needs of adults
who, because it is not their first language, need help to
develop skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing
in English. To view a summary or the full report visit www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/
The British Museum is offering
free 90-minute tours for adults studying English as an additional
language. Tutors need to book in advance through the box office,
on 020 7323 8181. For more information visit www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/education/furtherandhigher/events.html,
call 020 7323 8850 or email learning@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
Cambridge Training and Development
Ltd
Provides multimedia and paper resources for adult learners,
including ESOL learners, aimed at improving language, literacy
and numeracy. For more information visit: www.ctad.co.uk
or call 01223 470480
Easy English Dictionary. A
first, simplified dictionary for adult learners from Language
post, which is designed to help entry level ESOL learners
to read and understand English words. It comes with a CD-ROM
that features worksheets with tasks based on the dictionary.
(£7.65) For more information visit: www.languagepost.co.uk,
or call 0121 515 1854.
The ESOL Literacy Resource Pack CD-ROM of materials
developed to meet the needs of adult ESOL learners. The multi-sensory
teaching units enable the students to learn at their own pace
and improve their reading, writing, spelling, handwriting,
punctuation and study skills. The pack includes teaching materials,
a teachers' guide and a record of student achievement. Cost
£50.
For more information email lisa@esolliteracy.co.uk
or visit www.esolliteracy.co.uk.
Integrated ESOL curriculum. Richard Paton, an EFL teacher and course designer based in London, has
developed a systemic synthesis of the Adult Literacy Core Curriculum for ESoL Entry 3 and three other approaches to English language teaching and testing: the International English Language Testing System (the Cambridge IELTS Course Workbook – Cambridge University Press);
Headway (Oxford University Press); Reward (Macmillan Education). He explains his reasons and how it might be used by others in the document. Download integrated curriculum [WORD]
Talking employers' language is a NIACE promotion to
help Polish-speaking adults improve their English skills
for the workplace. With European Social Fund and DfES support,
NIACE have produced a free 8pp leaflet to highlight the benefits
to employers of providing ESOL onsite, or alternatively to
encourage their employees to ring learndirect's Polish helpline
for advice and guidance. Alongside the leaflet NIACE has produced
a series of postcards specifically to promote the Polish language
line to employees. You can order postcards or the employers'
leaflet free of charge by sending an email to alw@niace.org.uk
telling us how many you need, or call the NIACE Campaigns
& Promotions team on 0116 2044 200. Alternatively visit www.niace.org.uk/signupnow/September2006/Orderform.htm
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200 Ways to Say Well Done (Basic SKills
Agency) is a booklet that gives parents and carers
the confidence they need to praise and encourage their children's
reading. It is available in ten community languages. For more
information on this publication visit:www.basic-skills.co.uk
or call 0870 600 2400
Activity pack for extended holidays abroad. Pack developed
by Rochdale Partnership Education Service (with Single Regeneration
Budget funding) so that Pakistani or Bangladeshi families
can make the most of extended visits to their home country
to broaden their children's education. Activities are intended
for families to do together and parents (and children) are
encouraged to contribute in their mother tongue. Cost £10
(plus p&p).
Contact the Partnership Education Service, Floor 2, Crossfield
Mill, Crawford Street, Rochdale OL11 5RX. Tel: 01706 747270.
Email: education@rochdale.gov.uk
ESOL learning materials for family literacy, language and numeracy programmes. Produced by Skills for Life, this CD-Rom can be obtained free from DfES publications, ref: FLLN/ESOL. Call 0845 6022260 or email dfes@prolog.uk.com.
Help Your Children to Learn: information
for African Caribbean parents A 'Resources for parents
by parents' leaflet produced by the National Black Boys Can
Association with the Department for Education and Skills.
This leaflet can be obtained by calling Prolog: 0845 60 222
60, quoting reference HYCL/6
Learn with Grandma Dual-language stories set in prehistory with activities for grandparents. For more information, visit www.4learningenglish.com/index.htm
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ICAR is the Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees
in the UK. It seeks to promote understanding of asylum seekers
and refugees in the UK; to provide accurate and independent
information; and to encourage information-based debate and
policy making. It is an excellent resource which could be
of use to libraries working with refugees and asylum seekers.
Tel: 020 7848 2103, email: icar@kcl.ac.uk
or visit the website: www.icar.org.uk
Bilingual Folk Tales Colourful illustrated books
that each tell a popular folk tale from a different country,
matching the English translation against the tale told in
its original language. Suitable for early years and primary
schools. Each book carries details of the country where the
folk tale originated. Tel: 020 7820 3042 Website:www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/practice/eshop/folktales.htm
Empower Teachers Teacher training and recruitment
specialists have been funded by the London Development Agency
(LDA) to support refugee teachers. Teachers need to have a
home office document stating they are a refugee and allowed
to work in the UK. Through funding from the LDA they are able
to offer 50 refugee teachers the opportunity to gain qualified
teacher status, experience in UK schools and to learn about
the British education system. Website: www.empowerteachers.co.uk/
Email info@empowerteachers.co.uk
Tel: 0845 451 4500
English Vocabulary Workbook Refugee Council English
language teaching tool for use with children of primary school
age or older. Best used in conjunction with Words for School
Series (see below). Cost £2.50 ISBN: 0 946787 63 8 Website:www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/practice/eshop/vocabularyworkbook.htm
ESOL Refugee Pack Editor Jennifer Langer has compiled
this pack with specific reference to Somalis, but
applicable to all refugees, aimed at beginners and elementary
levels. The pack provides bilingual narratives of refugees'
personal experiences and 24 situations with dialogues for
language practice. There is also information for tutors about
the Somali refugee group. Jennifer Langer also publishes Intermediate
ESOL: examining the system in Britain, designed to help
adults new to Britain examine and understand British systems,
and runs workshops with refugee writers for schools, colleges
and other organisations.
Contact: Jennifer Langer, Refugee Writers Ink!, 31 Halleswelle
Road, London NW11 ODH. Tel: 020 8458 1910. Email: jennifer@chemesol.freeserve.co.uk
Pathways to Learning for New Arrivals
Following consultation with teachers, pupils, the Refugee
Council, Ofsted and others, this is intended as a 'one-stop-shop'
for information on integrating newly arrived pupils. It includes
backgrounds on pupils' countries of origin, legal rights and
entitlements, it shows ways to adapt the curriculum, gives
ideas for activities, and demonstrates good practice through
case studies. For more information visit http://www.qca.org.uk/
REEP provides educational and language support to
refugees and asylum seekers to help them settle in Sheffield.
Set up 12 years ago, the organisation offers English classes,
careers and employment advice and runs a mentoring project
and orientation classes. ESOL programmes accredited by the
Open College Network are offered along with more informal
EAL, literacy and EAL with IT classes. Contact: Alpha House,
10 Carver Street, Sheffield S1 4FS. Tel: 0114 281 2113. Fax:
0114 249 3361. Email: admin@refed.plus.com
Website: www.refed.plus.com
Refugee Bibliography Selected bibliography on refugees
and associated issues for teachers of the Citizenship Curriculum
at Key stages 3 and 4, and 16+ education. Covers: fiction;
refugee testimonies (including some from young people); teaching
materials both about refugee issues and for refugee children;
the reception of refugees in the UK; globalisation; sources
of facts and figures; and contact organisations and websites.
Prepared for the DfES by the Institute of Race Relations.
Download the bibliography from www.irr.org.uk/education/resources/index.html
Refugee Education: Mapping the Field, by Jill Rutter
& Crispin Jones, 2001. Aimed at teachers, academics and policy-makers,
this book describes some of the successful initatives to support
refugee children in schools, covering induction, home/school
liaison, combatting racism, and the psychological adaption
of refugee young people. Cost £15.99. Trentham Books ISBN-10: 1858561167
Relearning to Learn The National
Union of Teachers has produced a booklet offering advice to
teachers new to refugee families. The DfES-funded publication
is based on the outcome of discussions at a symposium held
by the union last July, and on the expertise of teachers already
working with refugee children. The booklet lists six guiding
principles for teachers and is available free of charge.
To download the booklet visit
www.teachers.org.uk/story.php?id=1972 or contact the Education
and Equal Opportunities department of the NUT. Tel 020 7380
4719.
The Refugee Women's Resource Project at Asylum Aid
has launched its new information resource room, open to legal
advisers, support workers, researchers and asylum-seeking
and refugee women at: Refugee Women's Resource Project, c/o
Asylum Aid, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS. For details
contact Debora Singer on 020 7377 5123, or email deboras@asylumaid.org.uk.
Skills audits for asylum seekers and refugees A practitioners'
manual, which provides experienced practitioners, volunteers
and people starting work with asylum seekers and refugees
with a method of analysing an individual asylum seeker's skills
and experience. Published in 2006. Cost: £22.95.
Contact NIACE on 0116 204 4200 or visit www.niace.org.uk/publications
for more details.
Supporting Refugee Children in 21st Century Britain: a
compendium of essential information Revised Edition, Trentham
Books, Jill Rutter, 2003. This edition of Supporting Refugee
Children is a vital source of information for teachers and
anyone working with refugee children and their families. Cost
£19.99 ISBN: 1 85856 292 9
Words for School Use series, 2001. Produced by
the Refugee Council this is a series of illustrated classroom
word lists in languages spoken by refugee children (Albanian,
Arabic, Persian, Kurdish Sorani, Kurdish Turkish, Somali,
Serbo-Croat Bosnian). Targeted at newly arrived children who
are just beginning to learn English, they can also be used
for children who have little or no literacy skills in their
mother tongue to help them develop reading and writing skills
in those languages. Cost £2.40 each.
Tel: 020 7820 3042
Working with refugees and asylum seekers is a free
pack of support materials for providers of English for speakers
of other languages, produced by a consortium of partners in
support of the Skills for Life strategy. It provides information
on setting up provision, delivery, training and resources,
as well as background information on legal definitions and
requirements and the profile of refugees in the UK. Contact
DfES Publications on 0845 60 222 60, reference WRASPACK.
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numbers of ethnic minority pupils have developed their
own materials to help teachers meet the needs of EAL pupils
and communicate effectively with their families. Below
are some useful LEA resources that have come to our attention.
If you would like to include your authority's resources
on this site email julia.strong@literacytrust.org.uk |
Strategies to Support EAL Pupils in Literacy (£5)
The Advantages of Being Bilingual - Multilingual Parents'
Leaflet in 10 languages (£5).
Make Time for Rhyme Around the World A pack to support
nursery nurses, parents and teachers in their work with multilingual
children. Includes a guide to songs and rhymes in community
languages with English translations and an accompanying audio
tape. Cost £10.
Persuasive writing in Year 6 Training pack including
a video and a presenter's pack including accompanying training
materials.
For a catalogue of all the Hounslow Language Service publications
and information about the above publications, call 020 8583
2299.
Good Practice Guide: Working with children who use English
as an additional language produced by Leicester's Early
Years and Childcare Partnership. Aimed at all those providing
early education for three and four year-olds, in whatever
setting. Cost £10.
Contact the Early Years and Childcare Partnership on 0116
225 4885.
(September 2006). This report, commissioned by the Mayor,
has found that in some London boroughs 48% to 50% of pupils
are black, yet only 16% to 18% of their teachers are of similar
heritage. It provides an update on the numbers and distribution
of black teachers in London, with comparative data on the
distribution of pupils and the general population, and considers
what steps are necessary to address the problems of recruiting
and retaining a representative teaching workforce for London.
For more information visit www.london.gov.uk/gla/publications/education.jsp#btl
Learning Design, a publicly-owned specialist educational publisher,
is part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Education Directorate.
It makes available teaching materials devised by Tower Hamlets
teachers, who work with pupils speaking over 90 languages,
to teachers in other parts of the UK and abroad, in nursery,
primary, secondary and further education. Resources includes
dual and mono-lingual stories in African, Asian and European
languages, including Albanian, Amharic, Bengali, Chinese,
English, Greek, Ibo, Irish, Japanese, Kurdish, Somali, Tamil,
Tigrigna, Turkish, Vietnamese and Yoruba. Learning Design
also provides translation services.
Contact: Learning Design Ltd, Ground Floor South, Towpath
House, Limehouse Court, 3/11 Dod Street, London E14. Tel:
020 7093 4051. Website: www.learningdesign.biz.
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| This is a far from exhaustive list of booksellers, publishers
and suppliers of children's books in a range of languages.
It includes large suppliers as well as smaller local shops.
Many booksellers and suppliers offer discounts to schools.
Our thanks to CLPE in the compilation of this list. If
you have any bookshops to add to this list email sam.brookes@literacytrust.org.uk.
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Africa Centre has a wide range of material on and from Africa.
It stocks a small number of books in African languages for example
Swahili, Twi and Yoruba, and also Portuguese books from Mozambique.
Contact: African Centre, 38 King Street, London WC2E 8JS. Tel:
020 7240 6649.
African Books Collective distributes books from a
wide variety of African publishers.
Contact: African Books Collective, The Jam Factory, 27 Park
End Street, Oxford OX1 1 HU. Tel: 01865 726686. Fax: 01865
793298.
Barahona Centre provides a database of more than
7,000 recommended books in Spanish for children and young
people. It also provides a database of books in English about
Hispanic/Latino people and cultures. Visit www.csusm.edu/csb/
for more information
BIS Publications specialises in resources that depict
the achievements of people of African-Caribbean descent, with
the aim of inspiring children from this background to aim
higher. It is also developing dual language publications.
Contact: BIS Publications, PO BOX 14918, London N17 8WJ.
Tel: 0845 226 4066. Email: info@bispublications.com.
Website: www.bispublications.com.
Eastside Books is a community bookshop with a good multicultural
selection and lists of dual language books.
Contact: Eastside Books, 178 Whitechapel Road, London El 1
BJ. Tel: 020 7247 1216. Fax: 020 7247 2882.
European Bookshop stocks French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, some Scandinavian languages.
Contact: European Bookshop, 5 Warwick Street, London W1R 6BH.
Tel: 020 7734 5259.
Grant & Cutler specialises in West European languages
and, as far as children's books are concerned, on language
learning rather than literature. The range of provision varies
between one language and another.
Contact: Grant & Cutler, 55-57 Great Marlborough Street,
London W1V 2AY. Tel: 020 7734 2012.
Guangha specialises in Chinese books.
Contact: Guangha, 9 Newport Place, London WC2H 7JR. Tel: 020
7437 3737.
www.gwales.com
G Wales is an online dual language inquiry and ordering service for Welsh language and Welsh-interest books.
Language Land is an online store that offers a range of dual language books, audio CDs, CD-Roms, games and puzzles in over 20 different languages, suitable from birth through to teenage years. Languages include European as well as Asian and Middle Eastern, including Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Arabic and Tamil.
Visit www.languageland.co.uk or call customer services on 020 8123 9862.
Letterbox Library is a bookclub specialising in non-sexist
and multicultural children's books. Quarterly annotated catalogues.
Contact: Letterbox Library, 71-73 Allen Road, Stoke Newington,
London N16 8RY. Tel: 020 7503 4801. Fax: 020 7503 4800. Email:
info@letterboxlibrary.com.
Web: www.letterboxlibrary.com.
Loki Books specialises in Jewish literature both in
translation and by UK writers and encourages women writers
in particular. Web: www.lokibooks.com
Mantra Publishing Ltd is a key supplier of multicultural
and dual-language resources in English with Arabic, Bengali,
Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujerati, Japanese, Punjabi, Portuguese,
Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Yoruba.
Contact: Mantra Publishing, 5 Alexander Grove, London N12
8NU. Tel: 020 8445 5123. Fax: 020 8446 7745. Website: www.mantralingua.com
Magi Publications has a range of dual language texts
in English with Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujerati, Punjabi,
Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
Contact: Magi Publications, 22 Manchester Street, London W1M
5PG. Tel: 020 7486 0925. Fax: 020 7486 0926.
Milet Books produces a wide range of dual language
children's books in English plus Arabic, Albanian, Bengali,
Chinese, Gujerati, Turkish, Urdu or Vietnamese. The
adult section of Milet specialises in Turkish books
including audio books.
Contact: Milet Publishing Ltd, 6 North End Parade, London
W14 0GS. Tel: 020 7603 5477. Fax: 020 7610 5475. Website:
www.milet.com
Caribbean 'dialect' country tales of Maya' an Missa'
Mangoose by Marcia Barritt is an book and audio CD about
Caribbean rural life in the early 1950's. It is fictional,
illustrated and intended to encourage creativity through usage
of the Caribbean dialect 'Patwa' for both adults and children.
For more information visit www.marciabarritt.co.uk
Multilingual Matters is a publishing company specialising
in books on all aspects of multilingualism. It also produces
a regular newsletter for bilingual families around the world.
Tel: 01275 876519. Website: www.multilingual-matters.com.
Multilingual Talking Stories are designed by Hounslow
language and teaching services. This resource comprises three
stories, each represented in English and nine other languages,
plus one story each with British Sign Language and Rebus.
The pack costs £12, for further information call 020 8583
4166.
One World Book Company specialises in multicultural books,
with a particular emphasis on African American titles.
Contact: One World Book Company, 8 Rickett Street, London SW6 1RU.
Tel: 020 7381 4994. Website: www.one-world-books.demon.co.uk/main.htm.
www.open-sez-mefestivals.co.uk
A collection of multicultural resource books for teachers of nursery and primary school children, covering each of the seasons. Providing a host of multicultural celebrations, art projects, cooking, stories, songs, and poems relating to different religions throughout the world. Outside In: children's books in translation. The aim
of Outside In is to raise the profile of children's books
in translation. Currently only 1% of British children's books
are translations. Authored by Deborah Hallford and Edgardo
Zaghini. Published by Millet Publishing
www.multiculturalbooks.co.uk/
Paublo Books supply and promote multicultural books from sources all around the world.
Passionet is the UK's largest online black and urban
bookstore. Its titles and categories include biography, fiction,
children's books, and mind, body and spirit. Visit www.passionet.net
Paublo Books Ltd offers multicultural books by mail
order plus an annotated catalogue.
Contact: Paublo Books, Pentax House, South Hill Avenue, Northolt
Road, South Harrow, Middlesex HA2 0DU. Tel: 020 8422 7954.
Fax: 020 8423 6713. Website: www.multiculturalbooks.co.uk
Roy Yates Books is a supplier specialising in dual
language and foreign language children's books.
Contact: Roy Yates Books, Small Field Cottage, Cox Greeen,
Rudgwick, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3DE. Tel: 01403 82299.
Fax: 01403 823 012.
Ruposhi Bangla stocks books in Bengali.
Contact: Ruposhi Bangla, 220 Tooting High Street, London SW17
OSG. Tel: 020 8672 7843.
Soma Books specialises in multicultural books with
a particular focus on India. Stock includes dual language
texts, American imports, books in Spanish. Free catalogues
provided.
38 Kennington Lane, London SE11 4LS. Tel: 020 7735 2101.
Tell Me A Story That I Can Understand A series of
dual-language audio tapes featuring classic children's stories
in a wide range of languages, including Albanian, Arabic,
Cantonese, French, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Bengali,
Turkish and Urdu. Stories currently available are Goldilocks
and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Jack
and the Beanstalk, with more to come in the future. Cost £4.99
each.
Contact Mirage Children's Theatre Company on 020 7349 9969.
Website: www.miragetheatre.co.uk
Victoria Park Books stocks a dual language books and
culturally diverse stories and reference books, for children
and young people from birth to age 18.
174 Victoria Park Rd Hackney London, E9 7HD. Tel: 020 8986
1124.
Zeno specialises in books in Greek.
6 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LP. Tel: 020 7836 2522.
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