UDIS offers an English medium for communication and we work hard to ensure all learners are able to understand English as this is important for them to access our curriculum. Students learn English, through a multilingual approach which is in line with the IB and our aim to develop internationally minded learners who follow the learner profile.
Using a multilingual approach, through the use of mother tongues within the classroom, provides these direct benefits to our learners:
Learning a new language takes time. Up to 2 years for social proficiency and up to 7 years for academic proficiency. So, the key to language learning is what is happening within our classrooms, and the development of student’s academic language, more so than the social language used within the playground.
Our teaching of language is based on best practices for learning language (Cummins, 2007) where our language learning:
At the end of Year 2
Of learners are enrolled in the mainsteam English class who started in at least K2
At the end of Year 6
Of learners are enrolled in the mainsteam English class who started in at least Year 4
At UDIS we have never charged extra for EAL students who need the support of our specialist EAL teachers. Where students are recommended to attend extra sessions beyond our regular EAL, we always provide them a choice with how they can meet that need.
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Tumbonkudsra
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Udon Thani 41000
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