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Sally is responsible for demonstrations and training in the Australasia region, as well as content development. She is an EAL specialist who has taught in New Zealand for over 17 years after a brief stint in the UK and Japan. Most of her teaching experience has been in secondary schools in New Zealand with large migrant populations where she has been responsible for the ESOL department as well as coordinating programmes for and supporting students from refugee backgrounds. She has a post-graduate Diploma in Language Teaching and an MA in Applied Linguistics which included a dissertation on the motivation of Pasifika students to read extensively in a South Auckland high school. Sally is based in Auckland and enjoys recreational reading, yoga and walks in the local area.

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EAL resource basics for substitute teachers

Author: Sally Hay, EAL Specialist
Created: Mon 14th Oct 2024

It is difficult enough to teach a classroom of new students as a substitute teacher (or relief teacher as we call them in New Zealand), but when the class contains or is composed of English Language Learners and there has been no work set, it can make a relief lesson more of a challenge.  For maximum engagement and interaction from students, games have been shown to be extremely effective (Heathfield, 2020).  Games can also be a great tool for managing new students and providing differentiated tasks.