Extending EAL to Home 将英语作为非母语（EAL）课程延伸到家庭

With students joining every year from around the world, YCIS Beijing understands the importance of EAL (English Additional Language) support in class. Students with limited English language receive support from EAL specialists, and teachers receive training on EAL techniques in the classroom.

我们每年都有来自世界各地的学生入学，北京耀中十分重视对英语作为非母语（EAL）的学生在学业上的支持。英语水平有限的学生将获得EAL专家的指导，教师们都接受过EAL的教学技术培训。

In addition, there are many ways in which parents can help at home. Our Primary EAL team discuss Monday’s EAL workshop for parents. 

此外，父母可以通过多种方式在家为孩子提供帮助。我们的小学部EAL教学团队在周一为家长举办了EAL工作坊。

Please introduce the sessions that took place on Monday.

请介绍周一举办的工作坊。

Marlena began the workshop by speaking to parents in Russian and used some EAL techniques to help the parents understand. Conni discussed the importance of working on native language at home. Anthea introduced the principles of phonics and blending sounds, and Erica discussed apps and resources that parents can use at home.

首先，Marlena用俄语与家长进行交谈，并使用了一些EAL技术来帮助家长们理解这段俄语。进而Conni讨论了在家里使用母语的重要性。Anthea介绍了拼音和混音的原理，Erica讨论了家长可以在家里使用的App和其他资源。

What do you hope parents took away from the workshop?

你希望家长从工作坊中有何收获？

We hope that parents feel reassured that learning a new language takes time, it won’t happen overnight. We also want them to feel that they can approach the EAL team and work with us to form a partnership between home and school, reinforced by the resources and techniques we introduced them to today.

我们希望家长感到放心，学习一门新语言需要时间，这不会在一夜之间达成。我们还希望他们可以感觉到贴近我们的EAL教学团队并与我们合作，在家庭和学校之间搭建一座桥梁，并通过我们今天介绍的资源和技术增强这个课程的效果。

What are some of the ways that parents can help at home?

家长可以在家做的有哪些？

Reading books with children is very important. Read with them, and then ask them questions about the story to test their comprehension. If you do not speak English, this is still a valuable exercise in your mother tongue. 

家长与孩子一起读书非常重要。与他们一起阅读，然后向他们提问有关故事的问题，考察他们的理解力。如果你不会说英语，这对你的母语也是一个很好的练习。

To continue reading about the workshop and the benefits of our Learning Community model for EAL, click “Read more” below.

想要继续了解有关本次工作坊的更多信息以及我们EAL学习社区模式的优点，请点击下面的“阅读原文”。

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