General
Posters ( places in school, subject areas, months, days, colours, numbers,
hello, goodbye…) for free download at Words for seasons, days, months and
colours for displays at http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_dl.htm
Links, translations, dictionaries, lessons etc in most languages at
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php?category=Languages%7CBy+Lang
uage
Information about thousands of languages, links to online dictionaries etc
http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html
Translated letters from school about: welcome, school details, accident,
illness, holiday/closure, trips and visits, progress at school, school nurse,
unhappy pupil, head lice, assembly, detention, absence, admission, school
attendance information, in more than 30 languages.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/letters/
Resources listed by language
Afrikaans activities - http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Water cycle - http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Albanian
Video clips showing children teaching their home language http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp - Index for multi-lingual
classroom words: Albanian
The Refugee Council's Words for School Use series
Albanian and English - ISBN: 0 946787 92 1
Activities: numbers, etc. at http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Albanian
Water cycle - http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
An exciting set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf - r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Arabic
http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/otherlanguages/ - choose Arabic.
The Refugee Council's Words for School Use series
Arabic and English - ISBN: 0 946787 37 9
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
KS2-3 resources to support Yemeni Arabic children; Username: visitor,
password: password. http://bilinguallearning.liverpool.gov.uk/home/index.asp
Online activities at: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Arabic.
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf - r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
The following resources are in Arabic only and therefore cannot be checked
for usefulness by a non-Arabic reader/speaker.
Place value in Arabic:
http://www.emaonline.org.uk/ema/index.cfm?p=resources,show_res&rid=27&i
tem=eal
Acid and alkali in Arabic:
http://www.emaonline.org.uk/ema/client_files/resources_ftp/netmedia/acids_al
kalis/arabic/notes.htm
Science symbols- apparatus, hazard, safety:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
Bengali
http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/otherlanguages/ - choose Bengali.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp - Index for multi-lingual
classroom words: Bengali.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Bengali.
Survival words in English and Bengali:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/community_lang/e
al_survival/index.htm
Naming fruits online game:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/fruits/level
3/level3.html
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
There is also a bilingual body part activity at:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/beginners/step_1.htm
Bengali story in English with resources:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcefoxandcroc.htm
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Words for Literacy across the curriculum (costs £5) from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Science symbols - apparatus, hazard, safety:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
A free set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Bulgarian
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Cebuano
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Chinese
http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/otherlanguages/ - choose Chinese.
Going to school game in Chinese: http://www.bristolcyps.org.uk/services/emas/materials/newtoenglish.html
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Words for Literacy across the curriculum (costs £5) from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Science symbols - apparatus, hazard, safety
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Croatian
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Czech
http://emtras.newcastlelea.org/refugee.htm - School welcome booklets in
Czech.
Bilingual phrase books for beginners in Czech:
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Cypriot Greek
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Danish
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Dari
Dari is a dialect of Persian/Farsi, so it's worth looking under those names too.
Children's online dictionary called Logos that can translate English words and
say them in Persian.
http://www.logosdictionary.org/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.kdic.home?lang=
en
Mantra have some dual languages books:
http://www.mantralingua.com/media.php?media=book&langid=8
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Dutch
Estonian
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Farsi Persian
The Refugee Council's Words for School Use series
Persian and English - ISBN: 0 946787 42 5
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Finnish
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
French
Basic word list: http://mypage.bluewin.ch/a-z/cusipage/basicfrench.html
Primary website aimed at children learning French, but can be used the other
way round: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/index_flash.shtml
Seasons, drinks and other words for display at:
http://instantdisplay.co.uk/free.htm - at the end of the page there are
Powerpoint downloads for Euros, colours counting, weather, French things
and classroom objects.
Words for seasons, days, months and colours for displays at:
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_dl.htm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Course to learn English for French students who are literate. There are
different levels.
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Comprehension exercise for French students studying engineering:
http://membres.lycos.fr/jcviel/frame.htm
Gaelic
Posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
German
Bilingual phrase books for beginners in German:
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Basic word list: http://homepage.bluewin.ch/cusipage/basicgerman.html
English for German speakers: http://www.ego4u.de/ and
http://englischlehrer.de/index.php
Season words for display at: http://instantdisplay.co.uk/free.htm
Words for seasons, days, months and colours for displays at:
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_dl.htm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities at: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz on line: http://a4esl.org/
Greek
www.parentcentre.gov.uk leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
the and at the top right of the page click on the logo called 'Other Languages'
and choose Greek
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
A set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Science symbols - apparatus, hazard, safety:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
Gujerati
Index for multi-lingual classroom words:
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp
www.parentcentre.gov.uk - leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
'Other Languages' and choose Gujerati.
Survival words in English and Gujerati:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/community_lang/e
al_survival/index.htm
Body part activity at: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/beginners/step_1.htm
Naming fruits online game:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/fruits/level
3/level3.html
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Hindi
www.parentcentre.gov.uk - leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
'Other Languages' and choose Hindi.
Index for multi-lingual classroom words: Hindi
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Hindi.
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Hungarian
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Indonesian
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Italian
Word lists on mapping skills, money, counting, measuring, safety, time:
http://www.emaonline.org.uk/ema/client_files/resources_uploaded/405_keyvo
cabItalian.doc
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Japanese
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm Bilingual phrase books for beginners in Japanese.
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
English lessons for Japanese students: http://www.englishforjapanese.com/
http://www.lingolex.com/jap/index.htm
Korean
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Some English for Koreans: http://www.dailyenglish.com/
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Kurdish
Refugee Council's Words for School Use series:
Kurdish Sorani and English - ISBN: 0 946787 53 0
Kurdish, Turkish and English - ISBN: 0 946787 32 8
Bilingual quiz on line http://a4esl.org/
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Latvian Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Lingala
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Lithuanian
See: www.humanitas.lt
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
If you go to: http://c99.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/database/p2/homepage.php
and type "Lithuanian” into the search box, you will get some word lists for
Numeracy and Science.
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Malay
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Malayalam
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
The e2bn website has some Malayalam video clips of keywords and phrases
on.
http://www.patogupirkti.lt/
Mantra Lingua supply Farmer Duck in Malayalan
http://www.mantralingua.com/
Mirpuri
Survival words in English and Mirpuri:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/community_lang/e
al_survival/index.htm
There is also a bilingual body part activity:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/beginners/step_1.htm
Naming fruits online game:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/fruits/level
3/level3.html
Nepali
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Norwegian
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Panjabi
http://emtras.newcastlelea.org/refugee.htm - School welcome booklets in
Panjabi.
www.parentcentre.gov.uk - leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
'Other Languages' and choose Punjabi.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp - Index for multi-lingual
classroom words: Panjabi
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Panjabi.
Survival words in English and Panjabi:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/community_lang/e
al_survival/index.htm
There is also a bilingual body part activity:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/beginners/step_1.htm
Naming fruits online game:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/fruits/level
3/level3.html
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language;
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Science symbols - apparatus, hazard, safety:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Polish
Maths words and useful words (colours, numbers, sizes, family, clothes, body,
classroom objects, greetings, days, times, fruits, vegetables and animals!):
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp - in search, type polish.
Days of the week in Polish:
http://www.littlelearner.eu/eal/polish/001_daysofweek.doc
Polish words: fruits, classroom objects, fruits and vegetables
http://www.tes.co.uk/Resources/Resource.aspx?page=Resource&resourceId=
422
Polish phrases, months, days, seasons, numbers, for display:
http://instantdisplay.co.uk/free.htm
Words for seasons, days, months and colours for displays:
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_dl.htm
Polish phrase book which has been useful with beginners http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Useful information about Polish sounds, and phrasebook:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2982314
Polish Science writing frames:
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resscience.htm
If you go to: http://c99.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/database/p2/homepage.php
and type "Polish" into the search box, you will get some word lists for
Numeracy and Science.
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
If you want Shakespeare in Polish, try to get Baranczak's translation as he is
by far the best translator and is renowned in Poland for his
translations.
You may order a few plays by Shakespeare from here:
http://polishbooks.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=shakespear
e&inc_subcat=1&categories_id=&manufacturers_name=&isbn=&producer=&o
utside=&time_length=&txt=&extras=
For a wider selection, order from merlin.pl (the site is in Polish but there
is a guide in English at the bottom). They are very good, efficient and
happy to deliver to the UK.
You may also wish to contact http://www.polskamacierz.org/. It's a Polish
Educational Society supporting Polish children in the UK with their
education in Polish and they should help you with subject specific books.
Word lists with transliterations on: safety, measure, mapping skills, counting
money, data handling and time:
http://www.emaonline.org.uk/ema/client_files/resources_uploaded/405_Keyvo
cabPolish.doc
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Polish traditions: http://www.ppld.co.uk/en/traditions_traditions.htm
Polish teacher willing to help, from Poland: promeg@poczta.onet.pl
The Polish Day Centre offers cultural, social and educational support to
everyone of Polish origin. It also provides help with form filling,
interpretation/translation and exchanges of general information. Church
services are held daily and twice on Sundays. Day centre care is available for
disabled people on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is a disabled access with
a steel ramp and a small lift.
Contact:
Wakerley Road
Leicester
LE5 4WD
Tel: 07743134173 / 07740782545
Portuguese
If you go to: http://c99.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/database/p2/homepage.php
and type "Portuguese" into the search box, you will get some word lists for
Numeracy and Science.
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Bilingual phrase books for beginners in Portuguese:
Online activities at http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Portuguese.
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Romanian An exciting set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two
languages is available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Russian
http://emtras.newcastlelea.org/refugee.htm - School welcome booklets in
Russian.
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Bilingual phrase books for beginners in Russian:
English courses for Russian speakers: http://www.ispol.com/Learn-EnglishFast/lessons.html (very dry), http://www.study.ru/map/index.html#2.4
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Mantra has some resources, as does Cambridgeshire website.
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Sesotho
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Serbo-Croat Bosnian
The Refugee Council's Words for School Use series
Serbo-Croat, Bosnian and English - ISBN: 0 946787 58 1
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Shona
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Slovakian
An exciting set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Slovakia: Heart of Europe (Look in the "Let's learn Slovak section"
http://www.heartofeurope.co.uk/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Slovenian
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Somali
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
English course for Somali speakers:
http://members.fortunecity.com/leanora/somindex.html
Refugee Council's Words for School Use series
Somali and English - ISBN: 0 946787 22 0 www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
www.parentcentre.gov.uk leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
'Other Languages' and choose Somali:
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp Index for multi-lingual classroom
words: Somali
Going to school game, verbs around the school game, in Somali:
http://www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/services/emas/materials/newtoenglish.html
Some Science WORDS in Somali & English from Bristol EMAS:
www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/services/emas/materials/somaliV_science.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Somali.
Words and phrases booklet for school in Somali/English from Haringey
refugee project:
www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/haringey/web/teachers%20section/Services%20for%20E
thnic%20Minority%20Achievement/Haringey%20Refugee%20Education%20P
roject/Resources/Resources/
And resources for science in Somali:
www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/haringey/web/teachers%20section/Services%20for%20E
thnic%20Minority%20Achievement/Services%20for%20Ethnic%20Minority%2
0Achievement/Services%20for%20Ethnic%20Minority%20Achievement/Reso
urces/?verb=view
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Spanish
Spanish phrase book:
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Words for seasons, days, months and colours for displays:
http://www.schoolslinks.co.uk/resources_dl.htm
http://emtras.newcastlelea.org/refugee.htm - School welcome booklets in
Spanish.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.aspIndex for multi-lingual classroom
words: Spanish
Season words for display: http://instantdisplay.co.uk/free.htm
Course for Spaniards who want to learn English.
http://www.mansioningles.com/NuevoCurso.htm
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
English courses for Spanish speakers: http://www.sherton.com.ar/ ,
http://www.curso-ingles.com/nivel1.php, http://www.funnylessons.com/
(jokes), http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/, audio course at
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omaudio/contenidotematico.htm,
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Globlec/welcomSE.html, irregular verbs with
examples and translations:
http://www.theirregularverbs.com/verbPage.php?language=spanish ,
vocabulary with translations and worksheets
http://www.theenglishvocabulary.com/categorytopic.php?lang=3
Science symbols- apparatus, hazard, safety
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html, with the whole site
available in Spanish- all about water science: http://water.usgs.gov/gotita/
KS2-3 resources to support Somali children in English, maths, science,
geography. Username: visitor, Password: password
http://bilinguallearning.liverpool.gov.uk/home/index.asp
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Swahili
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Swedish Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Tagalog
If you go to: http://c99.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/database/p2/homepage.php
and type "Tagalog" into the search box, you will get some word lists for
Numeracy and Science.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp
Index for multi-lingual classroom words: Tagalog
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Tamil
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Telugu
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Thai
http://www.bfinclusion.org.uk/EAL%20files/Resnewtoeng.htm
Bilingual phrase books for beginners in Thai:
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Tshiluba Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Turkish
http://emtras.newcastlelea.org/refugee.htm
School welcome booklets in Russian and Turkish.
An exciting set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
www.parentcentre.gov.uk
Leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to the and at the top right of
the page, click on 'Other Languages' and choose Turkish.
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Translated English story and key words for Pre-school / Reception children:
http://www.basic-skills-wales.org/bsastrategy/en/early_years/lap_esol.cfm
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
English lessons for Turkish speakers, different levels:
http://www.bedavaingilizce.net/
http://www.ingilizcesitesi.com/lessons.html (clisk on the chosen lesson, then
on Study to have the translation)
Science symbols - apparatus, hazard, safety:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
Ukrainian Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Urdu
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
www.parentcentre.gov.uk - leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
the top right of the page, click on 'Other Languages' and choose Urdu.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.asp - Index for multi-lingual
classroom words: Urdu.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in Urdu
Survival words in English and Urdu.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/community_lang/e
al_survival/index.htm.
There is also a bilingual body part activity at:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/beginners/step_1.htm
Naming fruits online game:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/fruits/level
3/level3.html
Video clips showing children teaching their home language:
http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Words for Literacy across the curriculum, £5 from:
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/ema/ema-resource/ema-resourcepacks.htm
Science symbols - apparatus, hazard, safety:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_inc_cl_03&rid
=9878
Vietnamese
An exciting set of 45 posters (A4 size) with poems in two languages is
available from Rogan Wolf: r.wolf at hyphen-21.org
Online activities: http://www.digitaldialects.com/index.htm
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
www.parentcentre.gov.uk - leaflets for parents in a range of languages. Go to
the top right of the page and click 'Other Languages'.
http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/index.htm - 'The Man, the Boy and the
Donkey' story on this website has worksheets and has the text spoken in
Urdu.
Yoruba
Video clips showing children teaching their home language http://www.newburypark.redbridge.sch.uk/langofmonth/index.html
Zulu
http://www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/index.html?http%3A//www.africabo
okcentre.com/acatalog/Fiction_and_Non_Fiction_in_Zulu.html&CatalogBody
Bilingual quiz online: http://a4esl.org/
Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
English courses on the web - mostly suitable for older students.
http://www.basicenglish.freewebspace.com/
http://www.peakenglish.com/,
http://www.study.com/indexEnglish.html
http://www.eslgo.com/classes.html
English for special purposes - art, business, engineering, law, medicine,
science, maths: http://eleaston.com/esl-sites.html Each has links to other
sites, some with bilingual exercises.
English for electronics:
http://www.upv.es/~agimeno/castellano/ingles/ejercicios1.html