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The Nuffield Early LanguageIntervention Programme

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The Nuffield Early Language Intervention is for children in their first year of primary school who show weakness in their oral language skills and who are therefore at risk of experiencing difficulty with reading.Developed by a team of academic experts, it is underpinned by evidence* demonstrating a positive impact on children’s attainment.

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* Randomised control trial conducted by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in 2016, involving 34 schools and nurseries.

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The Nuffield Early Language Intervention can be used by schools following any curriculum. Support is provided within the teaching handbooks to correlate with the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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A two-day professional development course, run by specialist training consultancy Elklan, provides teaching assistants and teachers with all of the information and skills they need. The professional development covers the pedagogical background as well as practical training on how to run the sessions.

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The two resource kits provide teaching handbooks with detailed lesson plans, plus a set of picture cards and photocopiables for use in the sessions. A Ted puppet is provided to support the sessions too.

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The 20-week programme is divided into two 10-week blocks. Each week, children take part in three group sessions and two individual sessions, focusing on vocabulary, listening and narrative skills.

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Support is provided for assessment and record-keeping, to demonstrate progress across a range of oral language measures.

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Schools using the Nuffield Early Language Intervention have free access to a set of teaching and pupil materials on Oxford Owl.• Planning and assessment documents• Resources to support classroom practice and materials storage

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