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Strategies, Ideas and Insights for Teachers and Leaders
Category: Teaching EAL Learners
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The EAL Toolkit – Free Resource
Support Your EAL Learners Whatever Their Level of English Language Development Viewed and Downloaded 300,000+ Times by Teachers Around the World 🎯 Build your confidence and skillset around teaching EAL…
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Turn difference to your advantage by using it to help EAL learners quickly and securely grab hold of new words and ideas
‘Compare and Contrast’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Meaning is based on difference. If something is one thing, it is that and nothing else. A cat is a cat in…
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Why every teacher needs to think critically about speaking and listening if they want to support their EAL learners
‘No man is an island,’ John Donne wrote. Language makes sure of it. Speaking affords the opportunity to articulate your thoughts so that others can access them. Listening provides the…
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Discover why clarity, accuracy and precision are like a set of secret keys that immediately make it easier to support your EAL learners, whatever you teach
Clarity, accuracy and precision are crucial when you are communicating in the classroom. Particularly for your EAL learners. You can go back to these three things again and again, using…
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Exactly why thinking about the four elements of literacy helps any teacher develop a better understanding of how to support their EAL learners
English language acquisition covers the four elements of literacy: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Your EAL learners are trying to master each of those, over time, as they learn English.…
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Everything you need to think about when supporting EAL learners in your classroom, including the simple, three-point checklist that can guide your work every day
When working with EAL learners it is worth remembering these three words: They provide a simple way to think about the experience of EAL learners in your classroom. By keeping…
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The number one strategy you can use to help your EAL learners feel at home in the classroom while giving them a great model to learn from
The ‘Buddy-Up’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale In any class there will be learners at different stages of language development. Some will be relatively advanced for their age, perhaps surpassing…
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How to use the unquestionable power of peer modelling to speed up your EAL learners’ English language development
‘Role Models’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Group work can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it provides learners with opportunities to speak and listen to one another,…
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Channel the power of the world’s greatest actors by using this activity to make your EAL learners feel happier and more confident when speaking in class
‘Rehearsal Time’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Stage fright is a common enough anxiety among the general population. Many people dread the thought of having to speak in front of…
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Give every EAL learner you teach a simple, powerful way to grab hold of high-quality language and make it their own with this tried and tested strategy
‘Speaking and Listening Live Modelling’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Watching two participants engaged in a high-class debate can be captivating. If you find yourself in the position of seeing…