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4th February 2015
Including a useful EAL Progress Review and links to different EAL assessment continua When teaching EAL, assessment procedures need to be in place in order to […]
28th February 2015
Feedback is the buzz-word and, as with most things, it is not being reinvented, but constantly readapted. In recent years, we see more formal national approach. […]
2nd March 2015
Recently we have been looking closely at the power of using online learning through the Learning Village by studying the assessment results of learners who were […]
2nd April 2015
Across Cultures will be demonstrating the Learning Village and sharing more about their EAL training at the following 3 IPC conferences: IPC Regional Conference – Birmingham […]
13th April 2015
The transition from EAL beginner to intermediate learner can take from one term to a year depending on the learner. A beginner EAL learner is learning […]
6th May 2015
This morning, my 4-year-old woke up and said, “Mummy, there are two languages – child’s language and adult language”. I asked her what she meant and […]
30th May 2015
In previous articles we discussed the need for learners to obtain Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS). These skills need to be the initial focus of learning […]
21st June 2015
Send a senior member of staff to become an EAL Teacher Trainer with the tools, manuals and resources to train others in your school. Teaching new-to-English […]
29th June 2015
Authors: Anita Bamberger and Caroline Scott Many of us learned to spell as children without being specifically taught sounds. In the past, the teaching of […]
4th July 2015
Across Cultures will be demonstrating the Learning Village and sharing more about their EAL training at the IPC summer school: Annual European Summer School 29th – […]
6th August 2015
On the last day of term I asked a student who was leaving her school in London to return to Italy about the best and worst […]
14th August 2015
Check out Caroline Scott’s recent article on EAL new arrivals: //www.bismagazine.co.uk/strategic/curriculum_articles/non-native.html