Description
This in-depth e-learning training is available upon request to access any time.
The training will enable you to explore the essential knowledge and tools to support families and children for whom English is an additional language.
What will I learn?
Participants will be provided with the essential knowledge and activities to support their understanding of how children learn additional languages and will enable them to support EAL learners and their families in setting.
Participants will:
- Learn about how children acquire additional language(s), the brain development and processes involved;
- Learn about key messages and strategies to support EAL learners and their families;
- Gain an awareness of resources to support EAL learners;
- Find out about how to create a welcoming environment and establish a good working relationship with multilingual families; and
- Devise an action plan to support the implementation of strategies within your setting and facilitate sharing this learning with colleagues.
Delivered by: Bolton Start Well Service, Communication and Language Development Team
Who is the workshop for?
Suitable for all practitioners working with children throughout the early years.
Price
This course is fully funded (free) for the Bolton early years provider only. Inactive accounts will be deactivated after a period of 12 months. We advise you download and keep a copy of your course completion certificates in your personal files.
Practitioners from other authorities can access this e-learning session for a limited period of 12 months at a cost of £36.00 per person.
Charges will become effective on the date when we issue the booking confirmation and welcome email. All requests to withdraw must be received in writing to StartWellBookings@bolton.gov.uk with the date accepted as the date of the email.
Booking Arrangements
Please complete the booking online section above.
If you are booking on behalf of other members of staff, you must provide individual names and email addresses for each person in the 'Additional Information' section of the booking form to complete registration. Generic email addresses such as manager@, office@ or email addresses in the name of the nursery not the individual will not be accepted.
When registration is complete, a welcome email will be issued and you can then access the E-learning platform here.
If you already have access to the E-learning platform, please email StartWellBookings@bolton.gov.uk to have this course added to your training record.
E-mail StartWellBookings@bolton.gov.uk if you need assistance when booking online or accessing this E-learning course.
Course Delivery
Once enrolled, you can complete this E-learning course anytime, at your own pace.
Please note: to get the most out of this training, delegates will need to allocate at least 2 hours to complete the course. You will be able to stop, start, and revisit the modules as and when needed.
On completion of this course, a certificate will be issued automatically.
E-mail: StartWellBookings@bolton.gov.uk if you need assistance with this course or have any issues whilst accessing the E-learning platform.