Language Support Program
The Language Support Program (LSP) is a substantial program comprising direct assistance to teachers in developing strong oral language competency in children and young people to maximise their learning potential. It is founded on a framework of empirical evidence, which acknowledges that improved teacher knowledge and skills, conveyed in explicit teaching, respond to students’ readiness to learn, and result in positive learning outcomes. The Language Support Program is based on the extensive research of Dr John Munro (The University of Melbourne).
A train-the-trainer Language Support Program was originally delivered by Dr John Munro to staff in Victorian regions, and subsequently by the trained Regional Language Support Program Facilitators.
This website has been developed to support Professional Development in LSP and provide access to professional development materials for a wide range of audiences.
This page contains links to the content under the following headings:
- Teacher Guide
- Module 1: The Language Support Program
- Module 2: Language Disorders and Difficulties
- Module 3: Identifying and Profiling Students with Language Difficulties
- Module 4: Teaching Strategies for Students with Language Difficulties
- Module 5: Implementing a Language Support Program
- Appendixes
- Indexes
Teacher Guide
The Language Support Program Professional Learning Guide gives the background to the resource.
Structure of the resource gives a brief overview of the main modules.
Professional learning indicates the modules suitable for each type of audience and the timings of modules.
Regional Language Support Facilitators offer professional development for school-based LSP facilitators based on these materials.
School–based LSP facilitators offer in-school professional development for teachers.
While these materials will support a self-study learning mode, you are encouraged to make use of the support available, whether within your school or at the regional level.
Contact your regional office for information about upcoming professional development activities.
See Regions for contact details for your region.
Facilitators
The complete LSP document is available here for download.
- Download Language Support Professional Learning Guide 1 (PDF - 5.6Mb)
- Download Language Support Professional Learning Guide 2 (PDF - 5.5Mb)
Module 1: The Language Support Program
Module 2: Language Disorders and Difficulties
- Introduction
- Module 2.1 Language and language frameworks
- Module 2.2 The ICPAL language framework: Ideas and Conventions
- Module 2.3 The ICPAL language framework: Purposes and Ability to Learn
Module 3: Identifying and Profiling Students with Language Difficulties
- Introduction
- Module 3.1 Resources for identifying and profiling students
- Module 3.2 Supporting students through curriculum planning
Module 4: Teaching Strategies for Students with Language Difficulties
- Introduction
- Module 4.1 ICPAL as a teaching framework
- Module 4.2 Teaching strategies: the Early Years
- Module 4.3 Teaching strategies: the Middle Years
Module 5: Implementing a Language Support Program
- Introduction
- Module 5.1 Using an Effective Schools Approach
- Module 5.2 Role of Student Support Groups in a Language Support Program
Appendixes
- Appendix 1 Glossary of key terms
- Appendix 2 Language Support Program Implementation Survey (Word - 60Kb)
- Appendix 3 The ICPAL language framework (PDF - 23Kb)
- Appendix 4 Indigenous students with language difficulties
- Appendix 5 English as a Second Language students with language difficulties
- Appendix 6 Secondary school students with language difficulties
- Appendix 7 References
- Appendix 8 Bibliography