Supporting Children and Young People with Additional Language
Supporting Children and Young People with Additional Language
Supporting Children and Young People with Additional Language
As practitioners, understanding and supporting children who are learning an additional language is crucial for developing their confidence, academic success and social well-being. Elklan’s new course, ‘Supporting Children and Young People with Additional Language’, is designed to equip practitioners with the knowledge and strategies needed to effectively support bilingual and multilingual learners. This course explores the complexities of bilingualism and multilingualism, highlighting both the benefits and challenges that these children may encounter in their learning and development. Through practical and evidence-based approaches, we guide you in creating an inclusive environment that supports the language development and the well-being of these children.
Course Benefits
Understanding of Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Participants will gain insights into the aspects of learning additional languages, enabling them to appreciate the
unique strengths and needs of bilingual and multilingual children in early years settings and primary and secondary
schools.
Ability to Monitor and Support Language Progress
The course provides practical tools for identifying the specific needs of children of all ages learning an
additional language and for monitoring their progress over time, ensuring targeted and effective support.
Creating Inclusive, AL-Friendly Environments
Practitioners will learn how to develop an environment that is welcoming and supportive of children learning
additional languages, promoting their social, emotional, and mental health alongside their academic development.
Language Support Strategies
The course offers a range of evidence-based strategies to support both receptive and expressive language skills in
children learning an additional language, helping them to achieve their full potential in all areas of the
curriculum.
Building Strong Partnerships with Families and Communities
Recognising the vital role of families and the wider community, this course equips participants with strategies to
work collaboratively with parents and community members, creating a supportive network around the child.
Training Format
Online Training
£280 plus VAT per person.
This course is an invaluable resource for those committed to providing effective education to children learning additional languages, ensuring they are fully supported to succeed in both their linguistic and broader developmental journey.
Sessions
| 1. Exploring the world of bilingualism and multilingualism |
| 2. Identifying support and monitoring progress |
| 3. Developing an AL-friendly inclusive environment and supporting SEMH |
| 4. Supporting receptive and expressive language |
| 5. Working with families and the wider community |
What is included?
For the Online Training package, the course is delivered online through 5 e-learning sessions and live tutorial webinars with useful resources provided to assist participants support children learning an additional language.
e-Learning Sessions
The e-learning sessions are full of engaging
interactive activities, practical examples
and videos making learning efficient, relatable and enjoyable. Participants have full
access to all the sessions for the duration of the course giving maximum time to
absorb the course content.
Live Tutor Webinars
The live tutor webinars conducted by an experienced
Elklan Tutor. These
webinars provide a great platform to clarify understanding of a topic whilst
allowing participants to share their ideas and practices within their group of up to
12 peers, giving a great CPD opportunity.
Accreditation
As with the
majority of Elklan’s courses, Supporting Children and Young People with Additional Language is fully accredited by OCN London
at Levels 2 and 3. OCN
accreditation ensures our training is delivered to an exceptional standard meaning that the children that
our participants work with receive the best possible support.
Available courses
Online Training - Weekly Webinars
Online Training - Fortnightly Webinars
Further training opportunities
Elklan offers a wide range of courses to train those in a child’s network to support children’s speech, language and communication skills.
Speech and Language Support courses are accredited at levels 2 and 3 and give participants extensive knowledge and strategies to support language within a classroom.
Communication Friendly Settings programmes build on Speech and Language Support courses by facilitating the cascade of Elklan strategies throughout schools and settings so every member of your team has a good foundation in developing communication through this whole setting accredited award.
Elklan trains parents and carers to develop children’s communication at home through our Let’s Talk courses, ensuring the same methods are deployed outside of school to greatly benefit the social and educational development of their children
Discover a range of specialised courses developed by Elklan such as Supporting Social, Emotional and Mental Health of Children and Young People to equip your staff with the skills necessary to support children with additional requirements and specialised needs.
Elklan is also proud to introduce the new Higher Level Communication Practitioner Award. This national award is for teaching assistants and early years practitioners in early years, primary, secondary, and special settings. The award recognises your role in your setting with specific responsibility for supporting children and young people with SLCN.