What is the Early Years Practitioners role in supporting.....

[Sonak]

young multilingual children & their families entering group settings for the first time?

What learning experiences & resources can be offered?

Assessing young children's learning & development in conjunction with their families & other workers?

[factor-fiction]

Are you asking us to do your homework?

[teddybon]

each one of these questions can be answered in essay form and I'm sorry I'm not doing it for you.

[sophie_1003]

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publi cations/inclusion/newarrivals/1160039

and you should look at any books recommended by your tutors, not sure of any myself I'm afraid but this is what Google books comes up with, some of them have limited or full preview of their content so you don't actually have to get hold of the actual book.
http://books.google.com/books?q=supporting+chi ldren+with+eal.
What course are you doing?

[Sonak]

Hi all - I really wanted your thoughts & views on this area that's all, I didn't want anything more!

To sophie_1003 - thanks for the info, I'm going to check it out. I am doing Early Childhood Studies (BA) and its through ditsance learning, how about you, are you familiar whith this subject?

[sophie_1003]

im doing a BA (qts) early years education course atm, so getting familiar with it, havent done much reading or been taught too much on multilingual children yet although im on placement in a year 1 class where all of the children have english as an additional language so am gaining experience of it!

[Sonak]

Hi again sophie_1003 - what year are you in & what uni are you with? Mines London Met Uni! Hope you don't mind me asking!

[sophie_1003]

Just in my 1st year at northampton uni, is going ok, looking forward to xmas hols tho! what year are you in?

[Sonak]

As I've been doing this course part-time & long distance it feels like I've been doing it for 10 years!!!!
I am in my final year & hope to finish in June, fingers cross!!!