- Use picture fans to help communication.
- Use visual timetables.
- Use plenty of visuals and props when telling stories.
- Tell repetitive stories and play games that involve repetition of language.
- Use mime and gesture to support language learning.
- Make sure everyone can pronounce each other’s names correctly.
- Learn a couple of useful phrases in children’s home languages.
- Learn and teach number rhymes, nursery rhymes and songs in children’s home languages.
- Make a poster of greetings and phrases in all the languages within the setting and the community.
- Talk regularly with parents and use an interpreter when necessary.
- Invite parents to share customs and food from their own cultures.
- Advise parents to continue using their home language at home.
- Instead of correcting children when they attempt to speak English rephrase what they have said.
- Give EAL children plenty of listening time; children usually go through a ‘silent’ period before they are ready to speak.
- Ensure that your resources reflect the diversity of children within and beyond the setting.
- Give EAL children opportunities to talk in their home language where possible.
Inclusion