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Tag: writing and eal learners
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Grab the mini-whiteboards out of their box and start using them to simplify the classroom for your EAL learners
‘Mini-Whiteboards’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale When it comes to EAL learners and mini-whiteboards, perhaps the greatest benefit is their provisional nature. Writing done on a whiteboard, unlike most writing…
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If your EAL learners know what good writing looks like, it’s ten times easier for them to target their efforts in a way that brings results
‘Model Good Writing’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale The thought processes behind any piece of writing are often opaque. What you see, when you read, is the end result. While…
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Use the power of the writing frame to decrease complexity and increase the skill levels of your EAL learners
‘Writing Frame’ EAL Strategy: Explanation and Rationale Working memory is limited. For everyone. To roughly seven pieces of information, plus or minus two. Our EAL learners experience the same limitation…
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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…