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Essay / The Need for Bilingual Education - 548
In the fifth biweekly review, I will discuss the needs of bilingual or English as a Second Language (EAL) students. This refers to learners whose first language is not English and who come from a culturally and linguistically diverse background and who have little or no training (Ofsted, 2012). EAL students experience barriers to their learning because English is not their first language or have limited English or are considered bilingual students. Additionally, the school provides specialist EAL support to students, through practical activities, to ensure that cognitive and language learning takes place. However, the teacher faces many challenges, such as students' progress may be slow in learning or may not show uniformity due to the difference in teaching, backgrounds, level or skill of the influence of the English language due to their location and culture, like Urdu. , Punjabi, Somali Afghani, Romanian (Ofsted, 2012) In addition, the school implements a number of strategies to support EAL pupils, some of which are for the teacher to familiarize themselves with...