A summary of my workshop from the ESOL SIG Showcase on 10 April 2025 at IATEFL 2025: Who are multilingual learners? We started the session by discussing who multilingual learners… Read more »
With the start of the year and the new term, we’ve had a number of new to English learners arrive to our school. Helping them settle in is our number… Read more »
I’m impatient, which means I often feel conflicted when I’m teaching. I rarely get through an entire lesson without having to change course and it gives me anxiety. I feel… Read more »
This month I’m giving the EAL Digest a try – thanks Pete for trusting me with it! Let’s see what’s new in the world of EAL: New releases Drumroll, please!… Read more »
Our EAL provision in the elementary school this year included supported English lessons for immersion and intermediate level EAL learners in years 1 to 6 on a weekly basis. In… Read more »
Volunteering has always been a big part of my life. I have always felt that it’s a good way to pay it forward and to give back to my communities…. Read more »
At a recent ELLSA workshop where EAL teachers across Kuala Lumpur were discussing translanguaging, I picked up on lots of comments that we were making about trying to find the… Read more »
After my chat with Khanh-Duc Kutting on Teachers Talk Radio about inclusion and why it matters in the EAL classroom and my recent involvement with the inclusion strategic development committee… Read more »
Over the past few weeks, I’ve become more involved in Science in Year 6 through observations and cover needs. This is a welcome development for me as in my previous… Read more »
It seems impossible but we are approaching half term in the second term of the academic year. It is that precarious time of the year when we reflect on term… Read more »