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3) Report by Sara Partika | Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik
Work Placement Institution:
Little Learners Pre-School, London
Situation 1
Description of the situation
The whole group is sitting in the garden, listening a story the teacher is telling. One little girl is
ignoring them. She wants to play a game in the garden and keeps standing up, because she wants
to walk around. The teacher says, “Sit down and listen to the story!“ But the little girl doesn’t
understand what the teacher says because she speaks another language. Sometimes the girl
understands a little bit but most of the time the girl doesn’t understand what the teacher means.
Observed support
The teacher says to the little girl, “Sit down please“ in English and makes a movement with her
hands. The move shows her to sit down. She doesn’t understand what the teacher means. Then
the teacher uses the language of the girl (Indian) to say, “Sit down“, which is why she now
understands what the teacher asks her to do. At the same time the teacher repeats the sentence
in English.
Advice for the practical implementation in German day care centres
When the children don’t understand what you ask them to do, you can show them what you mean
using gestures. When you speak the native language well you can tell the children what you want
in the native language and then repeat the same sentence in English.
Situation 2
Description of the situation
A new child comes into the group and doesn’t speak English. It is very important that the new child
learns the English language quickly.
Observed support
Every teacher has „visual cues“. These “visual cues“ show pictures of things from everyday life and,
above that, the expression explaining the picture. When the child wants something she/he asks
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