If you have any practical resources, please email details to Brenda b.dalheim@unimelb.edu.au (and identify which category to list them under).
Author/Publisher: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
The English as a Second Language Companion to the Victorian Essential Learning Standards provides a framework for assessing student achievement and developing effective learning programs for the many students in Victorian schools who are learning English as a second language.
These students are a diverse group, of different ages, at different stages of learning English, from differing first-language backgrounds and with varying amounts of education in their first language.
The ESL Companion provides an overview of:
* the broad stages of English language development * an outline of the major components of ESL curriculum * a set of standards describing the expectations for ESL learners.
Teachers should use the ESL standards to assist them when assessing and planning English language learning programs for ESL students.
Author: Cori Williams Cori Williams is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology/Faculty of Health Sciences/ Curtin University. Cori has been interested in cross cultural issues in language for longer than she cares to remember. As a part of an honours degree in linguistics at the Australian National University she studied Australian Aboriginal Languages and Education, and completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in Speech and Hearing Science. Currently she is Head in the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology at Curtin University. In 2010 she was a National Tour speaker for Speech Pathology Australia on cross cultural issues in language.
Cori presented at the Catholic Education Office (Melbourne) Student Services Conference, 31 August, 2011. Her presentation addressed the need to identify language disorders in children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Author/Publisher: Sue Bremner
This article provides a brief insight into ESL students and provides some tips for teaching of students for whom English is a second language.
Author/Publisher: DEECD, 2000
This powerpoint ESL learners learn best when the language input is relevant to their individual needs, interests and understandings.
Author/Publisher: Youb Kim
A study that compares the effectiveness of 2 different instructional approaches to language instruction – integrated (oral plus written) versus oral-only instruction – in developing oral language skills of young students learning English as a second language (ESL).
* EAL – English as an Additional Language
These teaching strategies provide a range of practical ways of supporting the English learning of EAL students. Each of the listed strategies identifies the dimension/s on which it is focused (Speaking and Listening, Reading, Writing), the EAL stages for which it is most useful, its purpose, the steps involved in using it, and how it is particularly helpful for EAL students.
Free resources for language teachers and students.
© State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) 2007
