Recent Posts - page 11
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Special Offer! IH Introduction to Teaching CLIL course
My buddy from the Yangsan days, Katja Preston, now coordinates the courses for IH Online Teacher Training Institute. She’s kindly offering readers of this blog a discount for the upcoming CLIL course (authored by Amanda McLoughlin), woohoo! Here’s the info!… Read More ›
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Materials writing news and views, January 2023
It’s been a while! Thought I’d get the news and views back up and running. Where to start? Well, it can’t be with research. I haven’t read any research into materials development in the last few months. Just been super… Read More ›
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Using the Global Gender Gap Report in EAL
I’ve been writing a module on gender equality recently. As part of the research, I’ve read (chunks of) the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2022: You can view/download the report here. I’ll be honest, I hadn’t come across… Read More ›
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EAL support for mainstream English
What does ‘EAL support’ look like in (or alongside) mainstream English lessons. Here’s an example of some support I provide to help with literature. It was with a Year 7 class (all learners on the EAL register). They were studying… Read More ›
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Retrieval starters in EAL
Just a quick one! Nothing groundbreaking here, ha! We used ‘Smart Starts’ at my last school. They called it a ‘Do It Now!’ which I thought was intense… Anyway, it was basically a retrieval task which the learners could get… Read More ›
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Helping EAL learners to review subject content
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned how EAL teachers can provide opportunities for learners to use new language – whether that be in mainstream classes or in additional support slots. This post looks at how we can support EAL learners with… Read More ›
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Consolidating mainstream teaching and learning in EAL lessons
Our EAL provision last year was a mix of in-class support along with some ‘additional English’ classes. When learners came to me for additional English, which in total was about two hours a week, I’d have already supported them over… Read More ›
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EAL in tutor time: building word knowledge
Last term, I was asked to do a quick EAL ‘assembly’ during tutor time (15 mins max). The aims were up to me. I just went for something simple: point out patterns in language, remind learners to help each other… Read More ›
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Conference: Integrated Learning and Assessment in the new National Curriculum for General Education
I had the pleasure of attending a conference on Integrated Learning and Assessment last week in Hue (Vietnam), hosted by Cambridge Assessment. Here’s a bit about the conference, and some take home points. Why was I there? I’ve been working… Read More ›
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Showcase: IELTS Bootcamp with Fatime Losonci
Here’s showcase post number four on ELTPlanning, and it’s from Fatime Losonci. Writer of useful IELTS resources, IELTS Bootcamp trainer, helpful and supportive across social/business media platforms. A dog person, unfortunately, but we all have our flaws. So, the floor… Read More ›
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Teach Meet: developing listening skills
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