Dual Language Books for EAL Pupils

Dual language books and tapes are available for loan from the Schools Library Service, Tel. 01473 583504.
If schools wish to purchase Dual Language books, the following suppliers are recommended:

• The Willesden Bookshop, 95, The High Road, London NW10 4QU,
Tel 0208 451 7000; www.willesdenbookshop.co.uk;
e-mail: books@willesdenbookshop.co.uk

• Letterbox Library, 71-73 Allen Road London N16 8RY;
Tel 0207503 4801; www.letterboxlibrary.com;
e-mail: info@letterboxlibrary.com

• Mantra Lingua 5 Alexandra Grove, London N12 8NU;
Tel 020 8445 5123; www.mantralingua.com;
e-mail: info@mantralingua.com .

The Refugee Council produce useful booklets of 'Words for School Use' and workbooks in Turkish, Kurdish/ Sorani and Albanian. Priced £3.00. They have a web site at www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Resources for Intermediate learners of English as an additional language are also available. For Key stage 2 to 4 pupils, finding reading material can be a problem. Longman Penguin books are ideal as the carefully controlled syntax and vocabulary make these books accessible for EAL learners.

'Recycle Your English' is a helpful guide to grammar for pupils who have learned English as a modern foreign language before arrival in the U.K. It may also be used to focus on a particular error in a pupil’s writing. It is not a language teaching programme but a useful supplement to language acquisition.

Contact Advisory Teacher for EAL for further guidance on resources, at the Minority Ethnic and Traveller Achievement Team at Paul's Road Centre, Paul's Road, Ipswich, IP2 0AN,
Tel: 01473 583529.