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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »