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Tag: eal learners
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Give reading a purpose and watch as your EAL learners are happier to persist, keep going, and work their way through more challenging texts
‘Purpose for Reading’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Most reading is done for a purpose. It could be for pleasure, for learning, or to find out information. If it is…
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Call on the visual immediacy of the humble highlighter to help your EAL learners read with greater confidence and skill
‘Pre-Highlight’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale When faced with an unfamiliar text, there are various strategies we can use. We might decide to read everything through and then begin again,…
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Simplify the planning process for your EAL learners by letting them leverage the power of their first language, before they write in English
‘Plan in First Language’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale When we set learners the task of producing a piece of writing, whatever that piece of writing is, we are making…