Up and Away - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

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The principal purpose of language support is to help children engage with mainstream curriculum
learning. Therefore, the best materials for language support are those that are in general use in the
school already.
Some examples include:
Posters
Activity books/sheets
Storybooks
Games
Materials for language support
Picture/photo dictionaries
Sets of cards
Phonics series
(often with CD)
Projects
Computer software
Reading schemes, nature, food pyramid, etc.
Developing writing skills, structuring sentences, text, etc.
Identifying and collecting vocabulary (word walls, etc.).
Activity sheets may be done in the mainstream class when a
child is newly arrived and cannot yet understand classroom
learning.
Particularly those with a high level of repetition and/or a focus
on the vocabulary being learnt in language support.
Encourage interaction while focusing on theme-based
vocabulary, question forms, word recognition, etc.
A few of these in the classroom will help both teacher and
pupils to overcome difficulties in making themselves
understood.
Learning vocabulary, sequencing, sentence building, telling a
story, prompting discussion.
Pronunciation, spelling, reading.
Picture resources for classroom, classroom ‘Big Book’ or
scrapbook, poster displays on different themes created by
pupils, audio recordings, etc.
Vocabulary development, creating text, identifying sounds.
It should be noted that much material used in learning support is very suitable for language support.