Struggling with EAL

AnonyMouse_38881 · 2013-10-02T16:45:55+0000

I have worked with children for over 16 years but have recently had my first experience of working with an EAL child. We're in a rural and not very diverse area! Our LA no longer has a support service for EAL but suggested a primary school that may help ( we're a school nursery) as our school had ( amazingly) no experience of EAL. They came to visit and brought various written guidance which we've read and seemed generally impressed with what we are doing and how we were getting on! However, the child has no English at all. His parents speak a bit of English and have lived locally for several years. They knew 6 months before he came to us that we had no experience of EAL and no other children but haven't taught him anything. I think they are expecting we will do it all! We follow a fairly good routine which he has picked up and we were advised to include him in group times etc as well as doing some 1:1 work with him, all of which we are doing. However, his behaviour is quite aggressive towards the other children. I think he maybe frustrated at not being understood and I do think some of them are trying to provoke him - they call his name then scream if he runs towards them, or interfere in what he's doing so he lashes out. he is also reluctant to share. We have had to use Google Translate to get some key word and phrases ( we write them phonetically!!) as we were told he needed to be able to use his home language to express his needs, but I'm not sure how much of my attempts he understands or if he is choosing to ignore us! It's really hard to manage his behaviour as we would other children when we can't explain things! I really feel for him and am very keen to help him. he got really upset for the first time this week and I could only decipher 'Mummy' and 'Daddy' from what he was saying! I also don't want his parents to experience hostility from other parents ( which they will before long if his behaviour continues!). Nor do i want to be listing what he's done wrong each day to them ( as I've been on the wrong end of that as a parent myself!) Any help and advice would be much appreciated!

By AnonyMouse_38881
October 2, 2013 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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