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Essential School Vocabulary Packs
Symbolised resources created to support students new to English to develop key vocabulary
Arriving in a new country where you don't speak the native language can be a daunting experience for any student. The Essential School Vocabulary Packs aim to provide some key vocabulary and resources to help these students settle into school in the first few weeks and months.
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Essential School Vocab Communication Book
A Communication Book which includes useful words and phrases organised into themes such as classroom instructions, lunch time vocabulary, questions and verbs. This resource can help students to build their vocabulary and encourage communication.
General Vocab Communication Book
A Communication Book which contains topical vocabulary based on different themes such as weather, colours, sport, and food and drink. This resource can help students to communicate their thoughts and engage with those around them.
Emotional Regulation Bubble
A simple mindmap to help students communicate their feelings and access key strategies to help them to self-regulate.
A set of posters which display key steps of a selection of routines to support understanding and encourage independence.
Buddy Scheme (Supporting Friendships)
A simple, accessible word mat to encourage social interaction between peers.
New Arrivals - Help Cards
A set of flashcards displaying common phrases to help students express their needs and ask for assistance.
A list of symbolised time connectives that could be displayed as a poster or cut up and added to a keyring for reference.
A comprehensive list of irregular past tense verbs to support students in developing their knowledge of the English language.
100 Most Common Words
A handy reference document containing useful common vocabulary.
A set of symbolised animal flashcards to help students develop their vocabulary.
Available in 7 languages
The packs are available in seven languages (Arabic, Kurdish Sorani, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Ukrainian and Urdu).
The Widgit Online New to English Vocabulary Packs are particularly complex, script-based languages that require a high level of detail and cultural understanding. As a result, machine translation is often not up to the required quality, and the time and effort needed to refine these automated translations to a high standard can exceed the time needed for translating directly from scratch.
To uphold Widgit's quality standards for translations, we've partnered with Comtec, who ensure that each pack is localised by native-speaking linguists with specialised expertise. Provided with essential context and reference materials, they deliver translations that are both accurate and culturally appropriate, enabling nuanced language that truly supports learners and ensures a seamless experience, regardless of their native language.
The packs comprise a number of symbolised, dual language resources covering emotions, classroom vocabulary, routines, new arrival help cards, friendship support and general vocabulary.
Translated by professionals
These resource packs have been translated by native-speaking professional linguists at Comtec Translations. With special thanks to:
- Ahmad Zaki – Arabic translator
- Noma Daood – Arabic proofreader
- Bhashna Gupta – Punjabi translator
- Jashan Harmeet Sandhu – Punjabi proofreader
- Ata Mala Karim – Kurdish Sorani translator
- Dashne Jamal – Kurdish Sorani proofreader
- A.McCrindle – Polish proofreader
- Samiya Farooq – Urdu translator
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