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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I had the pleasure to talk about working with classroom assistants at the IATEFL YLTSIG web conference that was attended by like-minded professionals from over 50 countries. The 3-day event… Read more »
If there is one thing that EAL learners struggle with, it is fluency. They find many of the different aspects of it difficult: speaking English doesn’t come easy to them,… Read more »