TLF ID S7066
This teacher resource describes a pilot project in which selected Victorian science teachers learnt functional and systemic pedagogical strategies to support English as an Additional Language (EAL) students to understand and use science literacy genres. Organised in nine sections: Summary; Target student group; Method; Results; Lessons learned; Next steps; Research base; Further reading and links; and Contacts, the resource outlines the five-day course the teachers took part in; points to the effectiveness of the Genre Teaching and Learning Cycle model; and identifies the conditions under which the effectiveness of the pilot can be replicated.