EAL
Welcome to our EAL Department
The EAL department is led by our EAL Coordinator Ms M Portesi, who can be contacted on 01892 527444 extn:2163 or at mportesi@sgschool.org.uk.
We welcome students from all around the world who speak many different languages. We have a clear understanding of the needs of students with English as an additional language.
Some of our languages spoken are:
| Igbo | Malayalam | Ukrainian | Dutch | Filipino |
| Polish | Italian | General Arabic | Norwegian | Urdu |
| Tagalog | Portuguese | Russian | German | Hindi |
| Thai | Spanish | Pashta | French | Danish |
Our EAL Department provides
- One to one and small group tuition
- Support in class, scaffolding the lesson
- Training for Teachers
- Assessment for new arrivals
- Supporting home-school community links
- Promotion of first languages and GCSE’s
Recently we purchased a Pocketalk Translator. Pocketalk is a multi-sensory two-way translation device. It utilizes the best translation engines around the world to provide a consistently accurate experience across 82 languages, including localized dialects and slang.
The Pocketalk camera takes a photo and the large touchscreen, displays translated text directly on top of the image. It also provides an optional audio translation for the camera-translated text as well.
Pocketalk provides translation for a lifetime of language translation needs. Each device includes audio translation for 82 languages and visual translation for 55 languages via camera.
