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• Year in review

  By Pete on December 19, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  It’s been a busy one! I still have writing projects to wrap up before the Xmas break, but I’m taking a moment off for some reflection. So, how’s everything been this year? Teaching I’ve learnt quite a bit from my… Read More ›

• Drama activity: The Movie Star

  By Pete on December 5, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  Another drama activity with my Friday Year 10 class that worked really well. Again, from our little role plays for TEFL book. Slides give the general idea but I added a few things… Little warmer. Learners work in pairs. One… Read More ›

• Drama activity: Frozen in Time

  By Pete on December 1, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  We’ve been doing lots of drama tasks recently. Here’s one that worked really well. (See these slides on Genially) Excuse any spelling errors etc, I took the link from a draft of mine and Rich McCully’s TEFL role play book…. Read More ›

• PGCEi Module 1 assignment guidance

  By Pete on November 30, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  My previous post included some tips on how to approach the PGCEi Module 1 (Nottingham) process work. This post moves on to the assignment itself. A reminder that the process work was… A 1000-word piece of process work outlining your own educational beliefs… Read More ›

• PGCEi Module 1 process work

  By Pete on November 28, 2021 • ( 5 )

  

  Module 1 of PGCEi through Nottingham is on Educational Aims and Values. I’ve shared an overview and some tips for the module here. I mentioned the assessment criteria for the module: A 1000-word piece of process work outlining your own… Read More ›

• More EAL presentation tasks

  By Pete on November 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Last term I shared a post on presentation tasks for EAL. I have a few more examples to add from this term which are slightly more subject specific. We started the term online, but have been back in the classroom… Read More ›

• What’s it like to write for ESL Library?

  By Pete on November 19, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  I’ve been working on a cool new series of functional Business English lessons for ESL Library. Here’s a bit about the approach taken and my experience of working with ESL Library. The overall content Here’s the basic info: And here… Read More ›

• A connected curriculum?

  By Pete on November 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  One benefit of being an EAL teacher is that we’re not in a ‘subject bubble’. We support our learners in various subjects, meaning we get a good insight into content across the KS3/KS4 curriculum (or at least phases of it)…. Read More ›

• Some regular EAL activities

  By Pete on November 14, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  Here are few things I do / use in my EAL practice that didn’t feature much (if at all) when I worked at the British Council. I’m just sharing for general interest and it’s actually been prompted by some of… Read More ›

• EAL Science and CLILing it

  By Pete on November 3, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m supporting in some really interesting classes this term, especially Science. The subject knowledge of those Science teachers is pretty impressive, especially once you get to KS4. The need for language support in our class tends to be high. The… Read More ›