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School Camping Trips Resource
A resource all about school camping trips. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

School language profile template
A useful template to complete a school language profile.

Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day resource
A super resource about pancake-making that can be used to teach British Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) traditions! Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing. This is a limited-view resource. For access to the full, members-only resource, please log in.

Southern Hemisphere Seasons Resource
A resource all about seasons in the Southern hemisphere, and the months associated with them. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Sports Day Resource
A resource all about Sports Day. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

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

Summer learning activities
This resource includes a summer learning pack which will give pupils fun, collaborative and sociable ways of continuing to practise their speaking, listening, reading and writing during the summer break period.

Summer Olympics Resource

An incredible, in-depth resource all about the Summer Olympics - includes activities for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Summer Reading Bingo Challenge
A fun bingo game to challenge your class over the summer - who can complete all the activities on the card?

Survival language helpers (secondary)
Survival language helpers designed for secondary learners that help them understand the language of making friends and classroom instructions.

Swimming Sports Resource
A resource all about Swimming Sports. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Talking about bullying Resource
A resource all about the language we use to speak about bullying.

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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Text type activities
A resource with a model text and corresponding activities for your learners.
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Tips for choosing a book to read
A useful tool to act as a prompt for your learners as they seek out books to ignite their passion for reading.
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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.

Trade goods introduce me activity
A collaborative, group-focused, role-play activity for learning subject-specific vocabulary.
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Transitioning interview and activity ideas
This questionnaire can be given to students before their transition to their new school or can be used by teachers in a first meeting interview. There are also activity ideas for the old and new school to make transitioning easier.
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Trip to the Museum Resource
A resource all about a trip to the museum. Includes resources for speaking, listening, reading and writing.

EAL teacher guidance

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