Edited by Dr Helen Harper and Dr Susan Feez
🏆 Highly Commended — Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2021
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Practical, Evidence-Based Support for EAL/D Learners
Learn how to create inclusive classrooms that develop language, strengthen literacy and provide meaningful access to curriculum learning.
"Support EAL/D learners to thrive through purposeful language development, high expectations and carefully scaffolded teaching."
An EAL/D Handbook is a comprehensive guide to supporting English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) learners in Australian primary classrooms. Written by leading language and literacy educators Dr Helen Harper and Dr Susan Feez, this highly acclaimed resource combines research, expert guidance and authentic classroom practice to help teachers create learning environments where multilingual learners can succeed.
With almost half of young Australians aged 12–24 being first- or second-generation migrants, effective EAL/D teaching is increasingly important in schools across the country. This practical handbook explores who EAL/D learners are, how language develops, how assessment can support learning, and how teachers can provide equitable access to curriculum through explicit, scaffolded instruction.
Inside this book you'll explore:
- Who EAL/D learners are and how language learning influences classroom participation
- Assessment approaches that support language and literacy development
- Strategies for developing listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Practical approaches to building vocabulary and academic language
- Ways to draw on students' first languages, dialects and cultural knowledge as strengths
- Techniques for representing curriculum content through visual, concrete and multimodal forms
- Scaffolding strategies that support meaningful engagement with age-appropriate curriculum content
- Seven detailed classroom case studies from Australian schools
Each chapter combines expert commentary with authentic classroom examples, allowing readers to see how evidence-based EAL/D practices work in real teaching contexts. Contributions from respected educators and researchers including Jenny Hammond, Gill Pennington, Jon Callow and Helen Cozmescu further enrich the book's practical and theoretical foundations.
Why purchase this book?
- Access one of the most comprehensive professional resources available on EAL/D education in Australian primary schools
- Learn from leading experts in language, literacy and multilingual education
- Explore authentic classroom case studies from schools across Australia
- Strengthen your understanding of language development, assessment and scaffolding
- Build confidence supporting EAL/D learners across all curriculum areas
- Gain practical strategies for oral language, reading, writing, vocabulary and multimodal learning
- Create inclusive learning environments that maintain high expectations for all students
Ideal for
- EAL/D coordinators and leaders
- Classroom teachers
- Early career teachers
- Teacher librarians
- Literacy leaders
- Instructional coaches
- Curriculum and pedagogy leaders
- Assistant principals
- Deputy principals
- Principals
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