Websites
13 Ways to Offer a More Inclusive Environment – Famly – EAL in Early Years
Bilingual and monolingual baby brains differ in response to language
Bilingualism Matters – A research and information centre about bilingualism and language learning
Early Learning Resources EAL Resources (English as an Additional Language)
Free printables for teachers of young learners
Little Learners – Understanding EAL
Little Learners – Supporting EAL
Mantra Lingua UK – Dual language books and bilingual books and resources for bilingual children and parents and for the multi-lingual classroom – Useful videos, blog articles on bilingual topics of interest and access to bilingual resources, particularly books
NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) – the UK’s national subject association for EAL.
Supporting Oral Language Development in Dual Language Learners
Teddy Talk: Supporting EAL Children in Nursery
The Linguistic Genius of Babies – Ted Talks – Patricia Kuhl
Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner app (Search for this on the App Store on your Mobile Phone/Tablet). This free app has an Immersive Reader option. It can scan a page of text from a story. You can then read the page to the child or have the app speak it. Then go to the options, choose the open book icon and choose to have the text translated into one of 30 available languages. Return to the text and it will have been translated. Press ‘play’ and the app will read the translation of the page.