- Consider seating arrangements, nearer the teacher may be better.
- Use of a home-school book or regular texts to maintain communication with parents.
- Pre-teaching topic words and new vocabulary before the lesson
- Use of mind-maps to support organisation information.
- Use of consistent language in the classroom.
- Applying consistent rules and boundaries
- explain any abstract and non-literal language , idioms and technical language that are used in the class.
- Good use of visual cues and gestures when explaining.
- Incorporate the use of visual and tactile approaches, practical activities and videos in teaching.
- Use of storyboards to help plan stories and essays.
- The availability of a quiet space for time-out
- School rules are written and explained in simple language using visual support.
Strategies to support language difficulties in Secondary School
