Useful websites

The following websites and organisations may be useful when dealing with pupils with English as an Additional Language and with race equality issues:

Northern Association of Support Services for Equality and Achievement (NASSEA)

National Association for Language development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)

Wirral Multicultural Organisation (Tel. 0151 666 4547)

NOVAS Language Translation Service, Liverpool (Tel: 0151 708 8640/8660, Email: interpreting@novas.org)

The TES website Resource Bank is free but you do need to register.

The Zem website provides some basic Polish vocabulary and pronunciation advice.

The Cambridgeshire Education Portal provides maths and science vocabulary translated into Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and Portuguese. 

The Bracknell Forest Council website provides maths and science resources in several languages. You can also download 'Welcome Words' in different languages and obtain a list of the main languages spoken in each country.

The Enchanted Learning website is aimed at younger learners and features bilingual picture dictionaries, country facts and downloadable workbooks. Its languages include Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese.

The World Langauge Books website is an online bookstore offering books in a wide range of European, Asian, African and other languages for children and young adults.

The bilingualism and languages/literacies education Network (BLEN) is a non-profit, self-funded education forum with an interest in language education and literacy in the widest sense.  

The TeacherWorld website supports teachers, intending teachers and teacher recruitment. It focuses particularly upon teachers from diverse backgrounds who are in the profession or are intending to join it.

The Collaborative Learning website provides a teacher network to promote inclusive education and disseminates accessible talk-for-learning activities in all subject areas and for all ages.

The Lancashire Global Education Centre website is a practical guide to teaching children and young people to learn how to appreciate, value and explore the differences and similarities between people and place through school linking.

The Department for Education's website contains information about 'Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL): Improving behaviour, improving learning'

The University of East London website is designed to encourage the use of dual language books by teachers and to stimulate action research into their use in schools. The extensive site is packed full of ideas and dual language resources for teachers.