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EAL in the early years
Laser Learning

Continuous professional development (CPD) online course for early years practitioners

Summary

Price
£25 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
2 hours · Self-paced
Access to content
Lifetime access
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
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Overview

This course covers early language acquisition, and how early years practitioners can support children learning English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Explore the stages of learning for children with EAL, approaches and strategies for young learners, common communication challenges, and how to respect and encourage home language.

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Resources

  • e-Book: Encouraging positive behaviour in a learning environment - download

Description

Learning outcomes

  • You will know the stages of language acquisition, and the expected pattern of language development in the early years
  • You will know what approaches and strategies work well with children learning EAL
  • You will be able to respond appropriately to 'code switching' and understand the importance of learning a bit about a child's home language

Advantages of this course

  • In this multi-cultural society we live in, you’re likely to have children at your early years setting who are bilingual or multilingual and have English as an Additional Language (EAL). You need to know how this will affect their speech, language, and communication development and how best to support these children and include them in life at the setting.
  • In order to know how to support children with EAL, we have to understand early language acquisition. This course will cover language acquisition in the first year of a child's life in the tutorial, and the reading section provides information on how children learn languages and the stages of learning for children with EAL.
  • This course will help you to understand good EAL practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and how to support children with EAL and their families.
  • Additional activities encourage you to reflect on your learning
  • There is also suggested extended reading that gives both practical information and links to websites to expand knowledge

After purchasing this course on Reed, a customer service representative from Laser Learning will email you with instructions on how to access your course on the Laser Short Course website.

If the purchase was made within business hours, you should expect your email within 1-2 hours. If your purchase was made outside of business hours, you should expect your email the next working day.

Who is this course for?

Early years practitioners working in a range of settings.

Requirements

A computer, mobile, or tablet and an internet connection

Questions and answers

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Prisca asked:

I want to obtain a qualification that will enable me teach English as a foreign language to preschool kids. Is this the right course?

Answer:

Hello Prisca, good to hear from you. This is a short course, not a regulated qualification. The focus of the course is on supporting children in a UK-based early years settings for whom English is not their first language. It is not really about teaching English as such, more about supporting. It might be helpful for you and give you a good grounding in the subject, and an understanding of the issues faced by these children, but we can't claim it will qualify you to teach English.

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Katharine asked:

Hi can I ask how I purchase the Endorsed certificate please as I can’t seem to add certificate

Answer:

Hi Katharine, once you have completed your short course on the Laser Short Course site - you will be given the option of purchasing the CACHE e-Certificate for £4.99. Hope this helps. Thanks, Sophie

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FAQs

Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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