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Do EMASUK resources really make a difference?
Radio Interview Listen to a Radio Interview about EMAS UK from Midlands Radio EMAS UK is often asked to justify why it does what it does and answer the question, ‘does it really work?’ This interview...
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Using machine translation can aid personalised communication
I came across this story about the difficulties journalists have when working with interpreters and thought they are worth sharing as the talking technology side of EMASUK can help eradicate some of...
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£500 premium for each Y7 pupil below Level 4 at KS2
Reblogged from Clerk to Governors: The DfE have announced that in January 2013 schools will receive an additional premium of £500 for each Year 7 pupil who had not achieved at least level 4 in reading...
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EMASUK Translation Products Enable SMT on the Desktop
For the rest of us this means that we can easily use statistical machine translation (SMT) technologies or Talking Tutor, Text Tutor, and Two Can Talk in Education and Clairetalk in the NHS on a daily...
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Concrete accident blamed on lack of translation from English to Polish
For the price of less than £1000 this company could have saved themselves losing a valuable member of staff, stopped their injuries as well as a trip to court. By using either the handheld translator...
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How we use EMASUK Good Practice story 4
I have been working with Maggie since day one of her getting to know EMASUK and our services and I must say she has always been a joy to work with. She knows her children, knows the curriculum and...
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Ed Milliband – Lets help new arrivals speak English quickly
The heading could simply have said EMASUK – Lets help new arrivals speak English quickly as we have said repeatedly over the past three years let find ways of shortening their advancement to...
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Do you have the best EAL support needed to make your school outstanding?
EMAS UK has created resources, tools and training that will support your school’s non English speaking pupils for as little as £15. Do you want a translator in the classroom 24/7? Do you want resources...
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Outdated strategies leaves people unsupported
I continue to read with sadness the recent reports about the courts and translation services. See the latest story at...
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Court interpreter investigated after being heard ‘coaching a witness’
See this News Report @ - http://swns.com/news/court-interpreter-investigated-heard-coaching-witness-35017/ The Tamil translator has been accused of egging on a grievous bodily harm witness before he...
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Do we trust our EAL TAs too much?
Last week I enjoyed returning to Enfield to meet with previous colleagues and present information about our tools and services. This gave me a unique insight into classroom practice that I had not...
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UK National Curriculum – EAL special
This is an Overview of the UK National Curriculum 2014 from document: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210969/NC_framework_document_-_FINAL.pdf showing the...
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Jail for Chinese translator in Midlands
What a shocking story. Whilst children aged seventeen and over are charged excessively for tests as well as the range of tests that they now have to undergo just to pass, it is incredibly unfair that...
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Supporting EAL learners – Literacy activity for small groups
Choose a book to read. Pip is a great one to start with. Work out which words the children will need to understand the story. Pre teach these words. Use two can Talk, talking tutor or the hand held to...
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Instant Translation at the tip of your fingers
EMASUK has voice translating software that lets you communicate and understand other languages in real time. If like me you cannot speak many languages but you or your staff need to communicate with...
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We pursue bilingual education not with the intention to use one language to...
“We pursue bilingual education not with the intention to use one language to replace another but to help students master Mandarin Chinese together with their own native languages,” said Nur Bekri,...
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Times are changing
Not long ago when new arrivals came as parents to schools, with their children, they allowed the school to educate their child and due to the language barriers often did not set their feet into the...
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How to use EMASUK’s Talking Tools
Just recently people in the education world have been asking for a brief rundown of how the Talking Tools (Talking Tutor, Text Tutor and Two Can Talk) work and their best uses. Many are really...
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Using EMASUK resources in a nursery setting
Following on from last weeks feedback from a nursery we have received emails asking us how our tools and resources can support nurseries, as up until now they believed that they were stuck. Here are a...
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In the fractions of seconds it took my English-starved brain to process words...
The new article http://watchnewspapers.com/bookmark/24549811-RAISING-ELLE-A-Compelling-Argument-for-Bilingual-Education really sets the scene from the patients point of view when dealing with medical...
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