Bilingual Glossaries

This website has a large number of bilingual glossaries for EAL  pupils to use in class to support their learning. They are available in all these languages and for a number of secondary subjects.

Ririro (audio stories in other languages)

It is Ririro’s mission to give all children in the world free access to a variety of stories. The stories can be read, downloaded and printed online and cover a wide range of topics, including animals, fantasy, science, history, diverse cultures and much more.

The stories can be read in English, Polish, Spanish, Arabic and others. (Please note that Russian and  Ukrainian are NOT available. )

Click here to be taken to the Ririro website.

Linguacuisine – for learning a new language

Learning languages through the sharing of recipes and culture.

Click on the image to go to the website and download the app.

 

As they say…

We hope you will enjoy learning languages while cooking and also that you will take part in our online community and add your own favourite recipe using our ‘recipe builder’ – the Linguacuisine authoring tool.

Help people all over the world learn about your own language, culture and cuisine and learn yourself about other countries. Tell others how the cooking went and how the food tasted on our online community.

Talking to children about Covid 19

Talking to children about Covid 19 using talking mates, video and hand washing guidance.

https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/supporting-children-and-young-people-during-covid-19/

Also available in many different languages  https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

Covid 19 Guidance in 44 different languages

Here is a link to translated information from the NHS from Doctors of the World.

Use this to share with parents and older pupils.

https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirus-information/

Be Bilingual Leaflets

These leaflets are published by Aberdeenshire EAL Service and promote bilingualism and the benefits of maintaining and developing home languages. They are published in a number of different languages and aslo have links for further information.

Shared Resources for English and ESOL

The following resources have been shared by Steve Cooke, ex-chair of NALDIC for you to use in your classroom. If you have any resources you would like to share please send them in to EAL Highland.

Listen and fill in the missing verbs – Alex’s holiday

Sequencing short phrases activity to create a Snail poem

Animal Haikus

Animal Haikus instructions

Matching questions to parts of text – Penguins live in the Antarctic

Shared Resources for Maths

The following resources have been shared by Steve Cooke, ex-chair of NALDIC for you to use in your classroom. If you have any resources you would like to share please send them in to EAL Highland.

Maths resources 1b – England Jamaica what crops can you grow

Maths resources – England Jamaica climate graphs

Maths word problems – World Cup Time Differences Brazil

Maths word problems – Basketball scores with answers