A Leading International School on Thailand's Eastern Seaboard
St. Andrews International School, Green Valley, is proud to host students from over 30 countries as we embrace and celebrate our internationalism. EAL stands for English as an Additional Language and our programme provides our non-native English speakers with the necessary English language skills to successfully access the mainstream curriculum. The Green Valley EAL programme is delivered in both our Primary and Secondary schools by specialist language teachers. Our EAL programme aims to cater to all individual English language needs in a caring and inclusive environment.
1. English as an Additional Language pathway:
This pathway is applicable to children who can speak enough English that they can read, write and have a simple conversation.
2. English Immersion Programme (EIP) pathway:
This pathway is applicable to children from Year 5 and above who can speak, read and write little to no English.
On my son’s first day, he was nervous about not understanding the language, making friends and finding his way around his new environment but of course, in a couple of days, everything became so familiar to him. He has now made great friends with his classmates who come from all over the world! He has made such great progress with his English in such a short time and is now very much a part of the St Andrews community.
The first time that I saw my two sons discussing something together in English at home, I realised how much they had improved since joining St Andrews. Every time I see my sons riding on the school bus with a smile on their face, or chatting together happily about their school day, I really feel like we made the best decision.
Our son is now a much more confident, articulate and mature individual who has also developed a love of learning, which has surprised himself as much as us! He loves the way the things he learns are shown to be relevant and applicable in everyday life.
At St. Andrews, it is the aim that students who receive English as an Additional Language support will:
These aims are achieved by:
Students’ attainment in EAL is assessed through a combination of formative assessment in EAL classes and summative assessment in mainstream classes; these assessments gauge progress in reading, writing, speaking and listening throughout the academic year. This information helps inform planning and provides the EAL and classroom/subject teachers with data concerning their students’ progress both individually and in comparison with their non-EAL classmates. EAL teachers meet weekly with their EAL students’ classroom and subject teachers to discuss lesson content and to ensure that EAL students can access the curriculum by meeting the same objectives as their non-EAL cohort. The classroom/subject teachers and EAL Department regularly review their students’ progress collaboratively to determine when a student is ready to function within the mainstream classroom without additional support. Once it is decided that a student is able to access the curriculum at a level comparable to non-EAL students based on established benchmarks, the student is able to exit the EAL programme.
At the conclusion of each term, students are assessed using both formative and summative assessments in order to evaluate whether each individual student is prepared to move to the next level of the program. Once they have reached Level 3, they will enter into their year group’s English as an Additional Language class. When students have reached foundational language levels appropriate for mainstream classes, they will exit the EIP and their only English support will be from the EAL teacher.
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