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Beyond the Register: Pride in Multilingual Reports

As educators, report-writing season often brings a familiar anxiety. We stare at data, scan our class lists, and try to distill a child’s entire academic journey into a few concise… Read more »

Professional Development, Reflection #cpd, #eal, #multilingualism, #reports, #younglearners

Image of an iceberg showing First, we must understand that: Speaking ≠ Learning and Silence ≠ Disengagement Above the water (Speaking): This is what we usually grade or praise. Below the water (Processing): This is where the Silent Period happens.

Reaching the Quiet Ones: Why We Must Value the Silent Period

We’ve all had that student in our classroom. They are attentive, their eyes follow you as you move, and they seem to be soaking everything in – yet, they don’t… Read more »

Professional Development, Reflection, Teaching Strategies, Workshops and talks #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #multilingualism, #silentperiod, #younglearners

Literacy Development for Multilingual Learners

Anna Leaman’s recent article on the ASCL website strongly resonated with me as we are reviewing our literacy programme at school. Anna notes: We know reading underpins learning across every… Read more »

Professional Development, Reflection, Teaching Strategies #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #literacy, #multilingualism, #tefl, #younglearners

Supporting young multilingual learners in content-based instruction

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 »

Professional Development, Teaching Strategies, Workshops and talks #contentbasedinstruction, #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #iatefl, #iatefl2025, #multilingualism, #tefl, #younglearners

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Understanding the silent period

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 »

Professional Development, Workshops and talks #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #silentperiod, #tefl, #younglearners

Using L1 to support and enhance language learning

A while ago I had the opportunity to chat to Laura Wilkes at TESOL Pop about using L1s in the language classroom. You can listen to the podcast here or… Read more »

Professional Development, Teaching Strategies #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #L1, #multilingualism, #tefl, #translanguaging, #younglearners

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Lessons learned: my journey as a volunteer

A year ago I started volunteering with the IATEFL YLTSIG and what a year it’s been! I’ve had the chance to work with some truly inspiring people who are on… Read more »

Professional Development #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #iatefl, #tefl, #volunteering, #yltsig, #younglearners

Assessment for Learning in the primary classroom

I have recently led a webinar on Assessment for Learning organised by the British Council as part of a week-long event dedicated to assessment. I have really enjoyed attending the… Read more »

Assessment, Professional Development #AfL, #assessment, #assessmentforlearning, #eal, #efl, #esl

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Accessing learning in a multilingual classroom: an example using Hungarian

When discussing EAL provisions we often hear the phrase ‘giving learners access to their full linguistic repertoire’ mentioned, and with good reason. Research has shown that multilingual learners do better… Read more »

Professional Development, Teaching Strategies, Workshops and talks #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #multilingualpedagogies

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English in the Multilingual Classroom: a British Council course

I have just completed the English in the Multilingual Classroom course by the British Council. The course promises an introduction to multilingualism and what it means. It also sets out… Read more »

Professional Development, Reviews #codeswiching, #cpd, #eal, #efl, #esl, #multilingualeducation, #translanguaging

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