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 »
Tag: #multilingualism
The Efficiency of Language: Translanguaging in action
I’ve recently started watching the Netflix show, Dark Winds, and I was immediately struck by the natural, fluid way the characters navigate their linguistic landscapes. The majority of characters are… Read more »
Bridging the Gap Between Leadership and the Classroom
For years, I have stood in professional development sessions and leadership meetings recommending best practice strategies for multilingual learners. But recently, I’ve traded my full-time strategic leadership hat for a… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Translanguaging as a learning skill?
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 »
Inclusion and EAL
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 »
Science and EAL in the elementary school
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 »
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 »