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Our specialist EAL consultant Manny Vazquez recently delivered a professional studies session jointly to both primary and secondary trainees for the Sutton SCITT. Comments from trainees 'Manny was exceptionally informative and engaging and spoke with clarity''I enjoyed the guest speaker and felt engaged throughout the whole day''Really amazing speaker''Manny was very knowledgeable and he organised the session in a way that approached the theme from all angles giving us several good examples and strategies.'‘It was very engaging, with activity after activity. It was diverse, with several different resources well prepared, some of them being quite unexpected, like the one with…

We had a great turn out for the  masterclass on supporting early-stage EAL learners and what mainstream staff can do.And a huge thank you to Andy and Manny for sharing their expertise!What we exploredWe looked at how to move beyond a list of strategies for staff to use in the classroom and instead go deep on 1–2 impactful approaches.Andy and Manny showed us how to:Exploit meaning in tasksFocus on sentence formationEnsure learners leave each lesson with new language they can useHere’s a quick takeaway for your classroomIf a task feels beyond your learner, ask yourself:Can I limit my lesson objectives?Can the learner consolidate vocabulary through a…

Feedback from school SENCOs suggests that the strategies outlined on our HLScourses are all aimed at inclusion and helping class teachers to support all childrenin the mainstream.The focus on developing oracy in our courses supports those SEN pupils whohave Communication and Interaction difficulties. Our courses provide practical activities to extend the use of vocabulary and sentence structures.HLS courses also support SEN pupils with Cognition and Learning difficulties toaccess the curriculum and revisit learning in a variety of ways. These includeadapting activities, using visual scaffolds, games, displays and collaborativelearning.For more information about courses visit our website www.ealhls.org.uk or call Rehana on…

It was a great start to the new half term working with enthusiastic staff at Ashford Primary on ‘Rapid Progress in Vocabulary Development to Raise  the Attainment of EAL pupils’.  The school has a changing demography and is receiving more EAL children. The head feels strongly that EAL strategies are effective for all pupils including native speakers who come from homes where there isn’t rich language being modelled. These pupils also need to develop the breadth and depth of vocabulary covered in our course.  From the course evaluation, staff felt the course was ‘thought provoking’ and ‘of value to children…

We are pleased to launch our sessions with the AlbanTSH with 2 webinars in June. The first is suitable for all TAs working from KS! To KS3 and will equip participants with a toolkit of tried and tested classroom strategies. These will support EAL learners across all subject areas with Reading and Writing skills. The second webinar focuses on preparing for the new academic year and provides a useful framework, as well as practical teaching ideas for improving EAL provision. These includes resources to support pupils new to English - from admission through to the classroom. We will cover the…