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Student teacher pack

A comprehensive document for student teachers, outlining the research and methodology behind EAL teaching, welcoming new arrivals, assessment and more, as well as practical tips and useful links.

Successful ways to motivate your learners checklist
An ideas checklist of tried and tested ways to motivate your learners.

Teacher Actions and Strategies for Supporting Refugees

A practical list of strategies to help foster equality in your classroom.

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Teaching 'online English' resource including flashcards
Examples about how to consider elements of EAL pedagogy when planning lessons for the topic of ‘online English’, including vocabulary and language structure flashcards.
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Teaching note-taking skills
A table and template with four useful note-taking strategies.
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Templates to Help Your EAL Learners

A useful set of downloadable templates to help your EAL learners.

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Text type activities
A resource with a model text and corresponding activities for your learners.
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Text types professional development activity
A quick professional development activity that can be completed with your colleagues, overing three common text types. It asks teachers to match a text type to the function of the text type, and gives an example of that text type and its language features.
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Top tips for engaging EAL parents
A checklist with top tips that you can use to engage EAL parents.
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Top tips for supporting EAL learners in the mainstream classroom
A checklist of top tips for supporting EAL learners in the mainstream classroom. Includes tips on oral language development, teaching vocabulary, error correction techniques, reading and writing.

Top Tips to Make You A Great EAL Teacher

A list of top tips to help you become a great EAL teacher.

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Topics to inspire your parent workshops
A sheet of topic ideas to inspire and enrich your parent workshops!
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Welcoming Ukrainian learners
A resource containing useful suggestions and links to articles and resources for welcoming and supporting Ukrainian learners.

Word Origins Resource

A detailed resource listing word origins from different language roots, with handy lists and tables!

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EAL teacher guidance

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