Making Language Visible

Understanding the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of your students is vital to ensuring that your classroom is a community which values difference. This profile is easy to use, and slot into your program, allowing a reference point throughout the year of your students' backgrounds, and learning needs. Incorporates the EAL/D learning progression and ESL Scales. This is an editable resource.

ESL/EAL/D / ELL/ESOL/TESOL/EAL This is a simple, editable document to assist in planning for targetted teaching of EAL/D student needs. Use this document with the EAL/D Planning, programming assessing and reporting documents, specific for your grade.

This collaborative planning proforma facilitates a collaborative approach to supporting EAL/D students. It helps give a clear overview of the collaborative and direct sessions of support, as well as the lessons for focus during EAL/D specialist contact time. This is a vital tool in supporting collaborative teaching. ****Stay tuned for further resources to support collaboration between EAL/D and classroom teachers****

This document is based around the ESL Scales, EAL/D Learning Progression and ACARA Literacy Progression. It provides a means for teachers to monitor and assess EAL/D students in Year 3, as well as plan for teaching, that specifically targets the needs of EAL/D learners. This document can be used with my EAL/D Class profile and EAL/D language targets documents.