At this Conference, which focused on Language Acquisition and Literacy, Manny Vazquez, from Hounslow Language Service , led a Science workshop. This aimed to share some useful strategies to develop communication skills of EAL learners through the Science curriculum.
The session finished with participants doing practical activities which involved physics and a ‘coat hanger’ ! A fun time had by all. The keynote speaker and a fellow workshop presenter was Professor Stephen Krashen, whose work on Language Acquisition, Comprehensible Input and Reading is core study for EAL academics.