Milton Keynes, 23rd June 2010 Talk to Writing Workshop
Jan 18, 2018
Milton Keynes, 23rd June 2010
Talk to Writing Workshop
Challenges for Users of EAL
Users of EAL
contextregister
vocabulary
Sentence level
grammar
cohesion
coherence
Manipulating syntax
Appropriate vocabularytext structure
content
Pupils’ individual vocabularies offer a rich resource for classroom activities, since many of the less common words used byindividual pupils may not be known or used by others.
Writing in English as an additional language at Key Stage 2(Cameron and Besser 2004)
• Build images and metaphors;• Strengthen the ability to imagine;• Challenge the cliché;• Provide templates to understand self and the world;• Internalise language (best writers are readers);• Build up a repertoire of patterns, techniques, inclinations,
language;• Provides a yardstick;• Act as a catalyst to writing;• Provide blueprints for the imagination.
Exploring meanings of new words
It is important to provide opportunities to explore the meanings of new vocabulary generated • Collocation • Synonyms • Word families
Collocation 1
What words will you use to describe a contemporary city street scene?
Grays Inn Road
Collocation 2• What words go with:
trafficbus
Collocation 3
flows runs walks stops brakes crawls
traffic
a car
a person
a bus
Collocation
flows runs walks stops brakes crawls
traffic √ x x √ x √
a car x √ x √ √ √
a person x √ √ √ x √
a bus x √ x √ √ √
Clines - verbs
amble
stroll
walk
stride
jog
run
sprint
Hyponyms
Motor vehicles
motorbike car van lorry
hatchback estate
sports car
Vocabulary
boat
ship
liner tankerferry
canoe yacht
Vocabulary
square
rectangle
oblong
quadrilateral
trapezium parallelogram
rhombus
polygon