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Including new-to-English, SEND and low level literacy learners

Uses image as the language of instruction • High Interest - low level reading support

 

Learning Village - Village (Primary)

 

Learning Village - Village (Primary)

‘Village' 6-11 includes:

  • High interest, low-level primary focussed environment
  • Image as the language of instruction suitable for learners of any mother tongue, any level of literacy including SEND learners
  • English proficiency level testing for primary learners
  • Game-based learning through online learning through images to help learners support themselves in learning and associated downloadable resources:
    • Survival English (induction to English)
    • Phonics and spelling
    • Curriculum content (academic languages) where needed
  • Used for:
    • Independent learning
    • Small-group teaching
    • Differentiation in class
  • Results tracking and monitoring

 

Learning Village - Islands (Secondary)

 

Learning Village - Islands (Secondary)

‘Islands' 12-16 includes:

  • High interest, low-level secondary focussed environment
  • Image as the language of instruction suitable for learners of any mother tongue, any level of literacy including SEND learners
  • English proficiency level testing for secondary learners
  • Game-based learning through online learning through images to help learners support themselves in learning and associated downloadable resources:
    • Survival English (induction to English)
    • Phonics and spelling
    • Curriculum content (academic languages) where needed
  • Used for:
    • Independent learning
    • Small-group teaching
    • Differentiation in class
  • Results tracking and monitoring

Simple proficiency level testing, assessment and tracking

  • Assess your learner’s speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • Assess your learner’s high frequency word comprehension size
  • Identify your learner’s approximate proficiency level aligned to an EAL continuum e.g. CEFR, BELL, NASSEA, ELLP
  • Track your learner’s progress over time using the Planner and Tracker tool

Award-winning blended learning resources to teach EAL, SEND and low level literacy through image as the language of instruction for learners of ANY language proficiency and ANY mother tongue

Teaches English for learners on EAL, SEND and low-level literacy through:
  • Everyday ‘survival’ English (induction to English and functional English)
  • A full phonics and spelling programme
  • Curriculum Language for Primary and Secondary (for pre-teaching and supporting the development of academic language)
  • Reading fluency and comprehension
  • Accessing associated professional development in your own time (webinars, training sessions and other events)

Offers time-saving resources enabling successful learner self-study and downloadable and customisable resources to support scaffolded EAL differentiation in the classroom and induction to English

  • Ready-made schemes of work with plans, programmes of survival language, curriculum content and phonics learning journeys
  • Ready-made and gamified learning environment to support learner’s self-study
  • Ready-made lessons packs to support differentiation in class
  • Quick and easy-to-use assessment tools
  • Pre-load (and even customise) the resources with suitable content to align to your learners’ curriculum

Used in hundreds of schools across 20+ countries

Versatile Teaching Platform

  • Group teaching
  • Individual learning
  • Home study

 

From simple independent learner-only use to complete customisation of learning and teaching to mirror your curriculum

There are 3 ways to use the learning platform:
  • Independent learning only - Small amount of dedicated time to manage the programme (30 mins minimum)
  • Independent learning with small group/1:1 support - Some time allocated to managing the programme (90 mins minimum or more)
  • Independent learning, small group/1:1 support and differentiation for the classroom - Time allocated to managing the programme (180 mins minimum or more)
  • Home study is always possible and links to parent engagement are fostered.

Learner Engagement

  • Gamified experience
  • Multi-player games
  • Rewards and incentives

 

Learner success through accessible lessons

  • Accessible to all learners using a unique approach to learning through images
  • Accessible language chunking methodology to support repeated, scaffolded steps in learning
  • Adjustable settings to include learners who cannot read or engage well and increase opportunities for success
  • Rewards to support learner engagement including special motivators like population development, upgrades, progress rewards and associated learning

SEND and Low Level Literacy

  • Repetition and drills
  • Break down, build up
  • Multi-sensory and multi-channel

 

Award-winning support for low-level literacy and SEND learners

  • Offering a clear, organised and systematic learning environment
  • Supporting the breakdown and buildup of language including careful scaffolding
  • Use of multisensory and multichannel
  • Use of patterns and drills to embed learning
  • Providing opportunities for success and confidence building as well as learner independence
  • Offering a dyslexia-friendly font

 

What our teachers say

Liza Reis

EAL teacher, British School Rio

I have avidly been using the Learning Village on a daily basis with my small groups of EAL students here at the British School in Rio de Janeiro. I must say how wonderful it is to see the children's progress using the best practice of the Learning Village, where the speaking and listening, reading and writing opportunities linked to their curriculum content, truly allow them to gain further confidence in the English language acquisition.

Ruth Radwan

Head of Multilingualism, International Schools Partnership (ISP)

As the Group Head of Multilingualism at ISP, I have had the great pleasure of working collaboratively with Across Cultures for the last seven months and have been incredibly impressed with the team’s expertise, agility and dedication to our organisation’s training of school-based Multilingualism Leads. They have provided enormous support in determining and structuring Professional Learning for ISP, often going above and beyond the scope of their work to offer advice and assistance. The team has consistently engaged with all our stakeholders in a professional, timely, warm and pragmatic way, quickly establishing rapport, getting to grips with different contexts and actively investing time in listening to our educators. Caroline, Iva and Mary are outstanding facilitators and balance academic knowledge of the field with practical examples and case studies effortlessly, to ensure targeted and relevant content.

In our internally conducted, robust impact surveys, the average score from the 130+ educators in almost 60 countries who have engaged with the EAL & Multilingual Framework Process has been 8.5 out of 10, which is a huge achievement and testimony to the wonderful work that Across Cultures continues to do. In addition, many of our schools have benefited significantly from the plethora of resources, webinars and follow-up action planning meetings that have been offered and organised by the team. At ISP, one of our key tenets is that we learn and ‘get better together’ and Across Cultures has certainly helped us to achieve this goal in our multilingualism provision. We would wholeheartedly recommend Across Cultures’ training services to other international school groups and wish them ongoing success. Many, many, many thanks, Across Cultures: you are an inspiring group of specialists and educators!

Judges

Teach Primary Awards 2023

Although primarily designed as a resource for learners using EAL, Learning Village is an inclusive, engaging tool for all learners, including those with SEND. The resource is fun, vibrant and engaging, with sound pedagogical foundation and a focus on learning through use of images and dual coding. The programme is intuitive in functionality, and assessments allow learning to suit the individual learner – thereby promoting independence and confidence. There is also the option to adapt the resource, including the ability to remove some of the sensory input if needed.

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Author: Shalu Aara, EAL specialist
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Author: Martha Giannakaki, EAL Specialist
Created: Tue 4th Jul 2023
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Created: Wed 31st May 2023
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Created: Thu 9th Mar 2023
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Created: Tue 6th Mar 2018
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Created: Wed 21st Jun 2017
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