It is Friday morning; the Head teacher comes to tell you that on Monday morning you will have a new student arriving who does not speak […]

I watched this clip recently and certain elements stood out: Collaborative planning which supported pre teaching EAL learners The use of mentors and a special room […]

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EAL students are often placed in a situation in which the tools they need for building conceptual understanding of the world (their home language and home […]

A few useful tips on supporting  new arrivals, note the induction and the need for both withdrawal and in class learning. Video:

It’s hard to even start to highlight the challenges of teaching EAL students in such a short article but there are a few key areas to […]

Here’s a summary (the bare bones) of a procedure that gives you first steps to accomodating for new EAL arrivals. This is for those of you […]

Key Stage 2 Assessment and Reporting Arrangements 2014 states: “4.9.4 How children’s test and teacher assessment results are used in the performance tables All children who have […]

Helping our students to be better language learners How can the new to English language learners and their teachers work together to provide a successful language […]

Teresa has worked at St John’s C of E for over 2 years. She differentiates for all ability levels but, up to now, she has never […]

Have a look at these tips on culture change: //www.globalkidsoz.com.au/_things_to_discuss_about_another_country.php Also see an array of multicultural resources on this site as well as a few other […]

The use of children’s home language is another extremely important element of learning a language. Cummins highlighted that: “bilingualism has positive effects on children’s linguistic and […]