Teaching notes and ideas
Name of resource:
EAL Nexus
Coastal landforms
Age group(s)
Subject(s)
8 to11,
Geography
12 to 14
Topic
Language Level
Coasts
Beginner
Description of resource
 list of keywords with visuals
 list of keywords with visuals and translations into Bulgarian,
 a PowerPoint with the visuals, including sets of cards of coastal features
and coastal landforms, and a cloze activity
 a coastal landforms worksheet with Bulgarian translations.
Preparation needed
You will need:
 A white board to use the PowerPoint
 A set of the cards with words and descriptions of the coastal features and
landforms(from the PowerPoint) printed for every learner
 A copy of the keywords list printed and given to the EAL learners A copy of
the Coastal landforms worksheet for the Bulgarian learners
 A copy of the cloze activity for each learner
 A copy of the table with the comparative adjectives for each learner
You will need to:
 Print slides 13-16 for each learner
 If you would like to use the slides with visuals and words as a learning resource,
go to print, handouts, 4 to a page
 Print a copy of the Coastal Landforms worksheet (with the Bulgarian
translations) for each of the Bulgarian speaking learner
 Print a copy of the cloze activity for each learner
Curriculum objectives
 To recognise the coastal landforms
 To know how coastal landforms are formed
This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
© British Council 2014
EAL Nexus
Language / literacy objectives
Functions
Comparing
Describing
Sequencing
Structures
Comparatives e.g. large-larger
Present Simple Tense, third person singular –s ending
, e.g. the arch collapses
Conjunctive adverbs, e.g. firstly, secondly, finally
Vocabulary
coast, beach, bay, crack, arch, cave, stack, stump, firstly, secondly, then, next,
after that, finally, when
This resource could be used:
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With the whole class as a revision session
as differentiation within class with EAL learners
one to one or small group with a teaching assistant
independent learning as a homework set
Ideas for using the resource
What to do
 Use the keywords with visuals and translation into Bulgarian for preteaching the Coasts topic. The supplied version without Bulgarian
translations can be used with all EAL learners.
 The visuals from the PowerPoint can be used as flashcards/ pairs cards
when printed as hand-outs 4 per page, cut and laminated.
 The coastal forms visuals, words and definitions can be used as flashcards
/ pairs cards in matching activities.
 The costal formations visuals, words and definitions of the formation
process can be used as flashcards / pairs cards in matching and
sequencing activities.
 Teach conjunctive adverbs through the topic, using the process of formation
of the coastal forms.
 Teach or revise formation and use of comparative adjectives through the
topic.
Other ideas for making the best use of this resource
This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
© British Council 2014
EAL Nexus
 If you teach EAL learners who speak other languages than Bulgarian, use
the keywords visuals to teach them the new vocabulary. They can translate
the words themselves or the more advanced learners can have definitions
to the terms. See Use of bilingual dictionaries.
 The cards with visuals and words can be used to practise the words
spelling.
 A further matching activity can also be completed using the three sets of
words, visuals and definitions.
 A few sets of cards with the words, visuals and definitions can be cut and
laminated and used as a starter activity and/ or as a revision resource
 Print copies of the keywords visuals and translations and laminate to use as a
mat
This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
© British Council 2014