English as Additional Language resources

Below are resources provided by City of Edinburgh Council that you may find useful to support early reading at home, particularly if English is an Additional Language for your child.

City of Edinburgh EAL Service

Information to Support Bilingual Parents(in English and translations)

Sounds of the English Alphabet

Arabic Introduction

Bengali Introduction

Cantonese Introduction

English Introduction

Mandarin Introduction

Polish Introduction

Spanish Introduction

Urdu Introduction

Dutch Introduction

French Introduction

German Introduction

Japanese Introduction

Portuguese Introduction

SOTA Arabic Cursive Font

SOTA English Cursive Font v2

SOTA Polish Cursive Font

SOTA Lithuanian

SOTA Portuguese

Common Words

English Introduction

Cantonese Introduction

Mandarin Introduction

Polish Introduction

Common Words Block 1 Arabic

Common Words Block 1 Bengali

Common Words Block 1 Cantonese

Common Words Block 1 English

Common Words Block 1 Mandarin

Common Words Block 1 Polish

Common Words Block 1 Spanish

Common Words Block 1 Urdu

Common Words Block 1 Dutch

Common Words Block 1 German

Common Words Block 1 French

Common Words Block 1 Italian

Common Words Block 1 Hindi

Common Words Block 1 Lithuanian

Common Words Block 1 Portuguese

Common Words Block 1 Japanese

Common Words Block 1 Malayalam

Common Words Block 1 Panjabi

Common Words Block 1 Turkish

Common Words Block 1 Tagalog

Common Words Block 1 Tamil

Common Words Block 1 Telugu

Common Words Block 1 Thai

Digraphs

Arabic Introduction

Cantonese Introduction

English Introduction

Mandarin Introduction

Polish Introduction

Digraphs Booklet Bengali

Digraphs Booklet Cantonese

Digraphs English

Digraphs Booklet Mandarin

Digraphs Booklet Polish

Digraphs Booklet Spanish

Digraphs Booklet Urdu

Digraphs Booklet Dutch

Digraphs Booklet French

Digraphs Booklet German

Digraphs Booklet Hindi

Digraphs Booklet Italian

Digraphs Booklet Japanese

Digraphs Booklet Lithuanian

Digraphs Booklet Malayalam

Digraphs Booklet Panjabi

Digraphs Portuguese

Digraphs Booklet Tagalog

Digraphs Booklet Tamil

Digraphs Telugu

Digraphs Booklet Thai

Digraphs Booklet Turkish