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Assessment for learning

I’ve recently had the opportunity to participate in Macmillan Asia’s EALTea Time where we chatted about assessment for learning (AfL), also known as formative assessment. Besides really enjoying the session,… Read more »

Assessment, Lesson ideas, Teaching Strategies    #AfL, #assessment, #assessmentforlearning, #eal, #esl, #formativeassessment
James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach with KS2 EAL/ESL learners

This week is Banned Books Week and to mark the occasion, we published a post on the IATEFL YLTSIG Blog with lots of insights and useful resources. My contribution to… Read more »

Lesson ideas    #bannedbooksweek, #eal, #esl, #reading
Walking to the first lesson

First lessons with EAL learners

So you have new EAL learners in your class – what can you do to help them settle in? How can you get to know them a little better? Here… Read more »

Lesson ideas    #differentiation, #eal, #esl, #firstlessons, #settlingin

Considerations before the first day of school

In many parts of the world the end of August marks the return to the classroom. Teachers are busy preparing materials, plans and their physical classrooms to be ready for… Read more »

Teaching Strategies    #eal, #firstdayofschool, #newarrivals

End-of-year reflection activities for EAL students

Most international schools have finished or are about to finish their school years. These last weeks of school are usually busy with assessments, report writing, and admin work, but there… Read more »

Lesson ideas, Teaching Strategies    #eal, #reflection, #translanguaging
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Performance anxiety

Recently in a yoga class, I caught myself checking my posture in the mirror over and over again and comparing what I looked like (not too graceful, I’m afraid) to… Read more »

Teaching Strategies    #anxiety, #eal, #esl, #performanceanxiety, #tips

Multilingual pedagogies in practice: How I use translanguaging in my EAL lessons

Lately, I received numerous questions and inquiries about how I use L1 in my classroom. Some of the queries have come from fellow ESL/EAL practitioners but interestingly, more and more… Read more »

Teaching Strategies    #eal, #multilingual, #multilingualism, #translanguaging

EAL support in practice

Over the past 3 years, we have experimented with a variety of forms of support for EAL pupils. In this post, I am considering the benefits and drawbacks of each… Read more »

Teaching Strategies    #eal, #inclasssupport, #withdrawalsessions

In-class support vs Cognitive Load Theory

We started the academic year online. As you can imagine, virtual learning doesn’t easily lend itself to providing effective in-class support to EAL students. Nevertheless, we need to find a… Read more »

Professional Development, Remote Teaching Ideas, Teaching Strategies    #clt, #cognitiveloadtheory, #eal, #english as an additional language, #onlinelearning

Think-Pair-Share in the world of EAL

When I was working in ELT I never called it Think-Pair-Share. It was just called pair work or group work. Now that I work in an international school I’ve learned… Read more »

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