Dictionaries for EAL Pupils

A selection is available on loan to Suffolk schools from Schools Library Service, Tel. 01473 583504 or they may be purchased from:

Mantra Lingua, 5 Alexandra Grove, London N12 8NU. Tel: 020 8445 5123

    Or

Reading Discounts for Schools at 8 Merton Road, London E17 9DE
Tel: 0181 5216969.

Also, translation websites are useful for translating simple notes to take home, such as appointments or dates of trips. Try:

www.google.co.uk/language_tools

     Or

www.babelfish.com .

These will be able to translate simple letters or notes for European languages. The DfES has a site for parents with advice on SEN, shared reading etc in a number of community languages such as Bengali, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish etc Find it at www.dfes.gov.uk/parents.