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 ext: 2163 or at mportesi@sgschool.org.uk.
We have a clear understanding of the needs of students with English as an additional language and we welcome students from all around the world who speak many different languages.
Some of the languages spoken at our school 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 GCSEs
Recently we purchased a Pocketalk Translator. Pocketalk is a multi-sensory two-way translation device. It utilises the best translation engines around the world to provide a consistently accurate experience across 82 languages, including localised 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.
