Testimonials

The Local Authority came in to observe the whole school and interview staff on their subject lead. I had a 30-minute observation, with the Local Authority watching my EAL lesson with my 12 Year 2 children, then a 30-minute interview with an EAL expert….I then had my feedback and was told that the lesson was outstanding. They said they hadn’t seen anything like this in the schools that they had been into!....they said that EAL was now a massive strength of the school! So I would just like to say thank you so much to yourself for all your help and guidance that you have given me to get to where I am today.

This 3 day whole school approach focuses on what our multilingual learners need. It empowers schools to consider the journey of each EAL student, from new to English to exiting the EAL programme. The course materials are clear and user friendly. Caroline and her competent team shared their extensive knowledge with us and are truly inspirational. Thank you!

Given me lots of confidence to do this and in a step-by-step way.

The whole course is the most thorough and up-to-date EAL course I have ever attended. You covered every single aspect of EAL with a perspective that also supports whole-school literacy. Well done and thank you for all this hard work and all these wonderful resources.

An essential and fundamental course for schools and teachers who work with EAL children.

There was so much information and knowledge in this course, it was amazing and so very helpful for our learning journey as a school. Caroline and Gemma are fantastic facilitators!

Dedicated course staff, hard-working and using research. Great takeaways.

By day three I feel like I am suitably up-skilled and ready to change the school’s approach to EAL learners. I will use parts of every strand in my practice.

Excellent, informative information and highly relevant to school development.

Outstanding course. The amount of ideas and resources I have to take back to develop in my school is amazing! There have been bits in all strands of learning that I will be using. A whole-school approach to a new way of looking at EAL is under way and in development thanks to this course.

"We are very keen to have access to The Learning Village again and I previously used it with a number of pupils especially those newly arrived to the UK and they found it engaging and motivating. I saw them make excellent progress as it allowed them to access structured learning pathways both at home and in school. I have also used it for whole class teaching. I have attended training sessions on how to use the learning village and I am fully aware of how to access the resources and use it for individual learning and whole class teaching."

"Thank you so much for your email and thank you so much for so amazing news. I am very happy to hear about the grant and opportunity which Bedford Borough Council gives to our students and my EAL office. Once again, thank you so much."

Very knowledgable speaker. Really interesting background and also ideas for how to improve both language and structure.

Excellent - shared some good ways of extending vocabulary.

Enjoyed learning how to support and understanding of strategies to use.

Really useful ideas I can take back and share to help improve integration of EAL learners into whole-class teaching.

Great ideas to support learners in the classroom.

I am very grateful to be able to get a thorough and detailed planning of EAL in the U.K. from the views of both administrators and teachers. Thank you also for generously sharing with me the resources I requested. The efforts you have made in the workshop is very much appreciated and the materials cherished.

It was truly amazing training with all of the answers to my questions. I think in my school I will choose some elements from the training to help my colleagues to understand and support more EAL students efficiently across the school. I will try to bring small changes and establish the good practice I have learnt to my school. Thank you for the very useful and inspiring training.

I can't wait to get started! I think it will drastically overhaul EAL provision at my school, from when pupils start with us to when they leave. I think all staff and children will benefit from the training. Thank you Caroline!

Improved knowledge of mainstream class planning and how to marry EAL primary with it. Also much better equipped to help language learners develop their writing skills. Got loads of websites, links, books etc. to go away and look at.

Very informative and thorough.

A great course, very useful and entertaining. Thank you!

I realised there is so much more to it and it is a brilliant tool which I will endeavour to use it a lot more.

The training delivered was superb. Our teaching and learning group will take up the challenge now to see what we need to do to take this forward.

I will be able to identify immediate needs of our school and try to put these in place. Teachers and LSAs will definitely be grateful for the resources and ideas.

This training will be effective as I have learnt several strategies for EAL learners. This will hopefully lead to a success rate for those learners who have recently arrived in the country. Finally, I now have a clear outline of what I am going to do once I get back to work with all my action points. Thank you!

This training has been so important. I now feel confident to return to my school, share ideas and resources. I will begin the base line assessment straight away and meet with SLT to share ideas and plan next steps for out school. Thank you so much

Lots of ideas to take away!

Brilliant course Caroline! Thankyou

Management were really impressed with the way the pupil was supported. Thank you for the ideas

We covered all areas discussed before the training today, even in such a short period of time. This was a great training that fostered healthy discussions with my colleagues.

Combined with all of the resources provided I feel confident that teachers will improve assessment and provision for our EAL pupils. It is good to know that we now have a knowledgeable contact to ask when we have any issues or questions.

In the space of 3 days, I learnt a great deal. I would now feel confident to lead an EAL Department and feel I have a strong enough grounding to do this with enough knowledge and skills to be a competent leader of other members of staff.

The EAL 'Train the Trainer' course exceeded my expectations and the intervention resource is really good.

The EAL 'Train the Trainer' course is highly recommended for EAL and mainstream teachers for Primary and Secondary teachers in international schools. It offered me a range of resources, strategies and plans to meet the language needs of beginner to advanced EAL learners.

The EAL 'Train the Trainer' course offered extremely content rich resources which were under pinned by research and were very thorough. The trainer was outstanding. It has given me a very comprehensive understanding of the EAL learner, the ways school can help and how to become an advocate. All the solutions are in the book.

Despite the EAL 'Train the Trainer' course being very intense and work heavy, it has been brilliant and has equipped me with the language I need to confidently train others in my school and also to implement some of the great practice and resources given on the course.

The consultant who works with pupils who are learning English as an additional language provides effective support and helps those pupils catch up quickly with their peers.

The school inset was practical, fun and well led - thank you! Lots of teaching ideas!

The school inset brought together aspects of my training which I had not previously considered holistically, really practical!

I just wanted to say thank you for the excellent training you delivered for us today. It was really informative and your knowledge and experience shone through. Everyone felt that it was really helpful and are more confident about moving forward. Thank you again.

Teachers have a greater awareness and knowledge of strategies to differentiate for EAL students.

You gave us all that we need in order to provide more focused sessions for language development.... Really well delivered, well timed and we revelled in your enthusiasm.

Well done and thank you Caroline. Very well prepared and plenty of different approaches to support how we can further help our EAL children and families. Made us think. Great delivery.

I would recommend Caroline Scott’s training programme to any school, whether international or UK based; as she is friendly and enthusiastic in her approach and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the issues and needs of EAL learners.

It exceeded my expectations and the intervention resource is really good.

Just wish it could have been longer.

Great active learning throughout! Caroline is extremely knowledgeable and supportive. Ideas we already had were reinforced and we came away with a bank of new resources.

Its always extremely useful to get practical teaching ideas and resources when doing professional development. The plans are succinct and great to refer to when doing your own planning for EAL classes. I also like the idea of the resources which can be shared between EAL and mainstream. Thanks for the input and the pace in which the course was delivered.

The inset definitely has people talking about EAL learners and dictogloss is now being used throughout our school. The EAL team have been inspired to develop a targeted intervention programme to help fill gaps in children's English language learning and the Across Cultures resources will help to shape forthcoming EAL inset sessions. An intense and helpful couple of days! Thank you.

The course exceeded expectations and enthused a staff who already, in most cases, have worked in an EAL context for many years. Awareness was heightened and positive thoughts and ideas for developing and improvement are in abundance. I cannot recommend this course too highly.

A super day! Really thought provoking, fun and reflective! It makes my vision of what I need to do a lot more structured.

It has made me more aware of the difficulties faced by ESL students on a daily basis across the curriculum.

Lots of ideas that should be encompassed in the whole school plan.

I will try and integrate basic survival language learning into everyday interactions.

Lots of practical ideas to use in school to support our EAL children.

I will be more reflective in my use of language.

I have the confidence that I'm equipped with strategies, knowledge and advice to train others and share my expertise. The course was everything I was expecting it to be - really useful and beneficial.

This course was exactly what I was looking for! The instructor is very professional, approachable, knowledgeable and excellent! Thank you!

The opportunity to discuss potential EAL concerns and issues was invaluable.

A focused and interesting course covering lots of issues pertinent to my school/role.

Lots of valuable facts and information as well as practicing, interactive lessons and materials that are useful to use in the classroom with pupils.

The training will help us develop a whole school approach, offering consistency and progression.

The training will provide the school with an outstanding structure for teaching EAL in the mainstream.

We will have great support for teaching staff and pupils and be able to optimise each pupil's opportunity in school, their well being and learning.

Good tools to support integration of language development into mainstream planning.

It will provide a much better structure and bank of resources to improve EAL learning.

The resources are very effective and easy to use and it will definitely help my school. I will apply what I have learnt ASAP.

I have learnt new strategies to support EAL learners that I will use to assist teachers with students in their classrooms.

I really enjoyed the course. Full of new ideas that I hope to implement.

The materials that have been provided will be very supportive.

Great course... Good pace - interspersed with hands on activities.

Really enjoyed the course, learnt a lot. It was supported with great resources to implement better English support.

It will help us on our journey to outstanding!

I will now be able to support and guide/coach staff into using the strategies effectively. The course was good value for money. I think it will help my school by offering a whole school consistency, a clear action plan and support for pupils and staff.

This training is for ALL.

This excellent, hands-on course answered all my questions and beyond. Not only did it get me reflecting on my concerns within my school, but also what I need to do in my own teaching to maximise the benefits of EAL learning. I have many ideas to take back and share with my colleagues and I can't wait to put it into practice!

This course exceeded my expectations! It's exactly what I needed.

A wonderful inset. I feel more confident teaching and supporting our EAL Children. I found the book very useful.

Caroline Scott has written an excellent resource for the ever busy teacher. These lessons, for the new entrant with little or no English, provide a supportive structure to ensure children experience success in their new environment. Caroline Scott's book considers and supports the whole child and the worries and anxieties they will be experiencing as they start a new life in what is likely to be a new country, new home, new friends and new school. Her programme stresses the importance of a welcoming, positive environment as essential to securing progress for these pupils. The programme is based on sound educational research and practical experience of trialling the programme. It is carefully focused on what language the new entrant immediately requires to access their needs in a new school. Learning is reviewed and then developed by a daily programme that identifies key vocabulary and structures with a strong focus on oral practice. Resources are identified and supplied but Caroline understands that the most important resource at this time in a child's life will be the people around them and has a homework progamme that supports the engagement of the child's family. This is a very useful resource that has a place in every school. It is thorough and easy to use for either a trained TA or class-teacher. Most importantly it will set children with EAL on the road to success.

We have used Caroline's approach to teaching English as an additional language for some years now and it has been particularly successful with newly arrived pupils at Key Stage 2 who are early stage learners of English.... Schools in Tower Hamlets who have used Caroline's programme have reported good progress for their pupils.

The lesson delivered in Thai was truly eye opening and really illustrated what it must be like to be a newly arrived pupil.... We are looking forward to developing an even more effective programme, based on the materials from the course, to support our newly arrived pupils in the best ways possible.

The programme is a step by step guideline to help teachers bridge the gap of learning for EAL students. It has personally given me the tools to provide the students with the primary, essential information they need to build a solid foundation in English.