EAL and TEFL (English as an Additional or Foreign Language) / BTB agus BTI (Béarla mar Theanga Breise nó Iasachta)

I have a level 5 TEFL certificate from the TEFL Institute of Ireland and Highfield qualifications. I also have experience teaching English as a Foreign Language to a diverse range of students, aged 16+ from A1 to B2 on the CEFR scale who come to be immersed in the language in the UK. 

As such, I am well equipped to support and assist students learning English as an Additional (EAL), Second (ESL), or Foreign (EFL) Language. 

 

Some things I have learnt that help students focus on and be more motivated to use the target language being learned or used in the classroom (which also apply to Irish-medium schools) include: 

  • Provide a wide variety of resources and activities in the language and integrate these into lessons. 
  • If a student is unsure of the meaning of a word or phrase, try to explain first in the target language and / or using imagery rather than giving them the word in their first language or any other. 
  • Mix up students in the class so that they do not get into a habit of speaking to their friends in another language that is not the one being learned or promoted in the classroom or school (in the case of Irish-medium schools). 

Tá teastas TEFL leibhéal 5 agam ó Institiúid TEFL na hÉireann agus cáilíochtaí Highfield. Tá taithí agam freisin ag múineadh Béarla mar Theanga Iasachta do raon éagsúil mac léinn, idir 16+ bliain d’aois ó A1 go B2 ar scála CEFR a thagann chun bheith tumtha sa teanga sa RA.

Mar sin, tá mé in ann tacaíocht agus cúnamh a thabhairt do mhic léinn atá ag foghlaim Béarla mar Theanga Breise (BTB), Dara (BTD), nó Teanga Iasachta (BTI).

 

I measc na rudaí atá foghlamtha agam a chabhraíonn le mic léinn díriú ar an sprioctheanga atá á foghlaim nó á húsáid sa seomra ranga (a bhaineann leis na gaelscoileanna freisin) agus a bheith níos spreagtha chun úsáid a bhaint as:

  • Cuir réimse leathan acmhainní agus gníomhaíochtaí ar fáil sa teanga agus iad a chomhtháthú sna ceachtanna.
  • Mura bhfuil dalta cinnte faoi bhrí focal nó frása, déan iarracht míniú a thabhairt ar dtús sa sprioctheanga agus/nó úsáid a bhaint as íomháineachas seachas an focal a thabhairt dóibh ina chéad teanga nó in aon teanga eile.
  • Measc suas na scoláirí sa rang ionas nach mbíonn sé de nós acu labhairt lena gcairde i dteanga eile nach bhfuil á foghlaim nó á cur chun cinn sa seomra ranga nó sa scoil (i gcás na ngaelscoileanna). 

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