New EAL Proficiency Assessment: The Teacher challenge
With teachers across the country now required to undertake the new EAL proficiency assessment for all of their pupils with EAL, I wanted to …
Gemma CarringtonOther
Part 1: Helping pupils with EAL in Europe’s 2nd largest school
An interview with Hollie O’Sullivan, Lead teacher of EAL at Great Barr Academy. Hollie is charged with implementing strategies for helping pupils with EAL. …
Imogen RowleyEAL
Former teacher talks about the current EAL challenge for UK schools
It’s clear that the EAL challenge is increasing for teachers and being a former teacher, I understand the pressures they are under to demonstrate that …
EAL
Easy EAL Games to Try with Pupils
Games are a fantastic way to bridge understanding between different languages. Used every single day by pupils and teachers alike, they provide an interactive way …
Francesco D'AlessioEAL
5 EAL Activities To Try With New Students
Right now, EAL is one of the fastest moving conversations for primary and secondary school teachers in the UK. EAL pupils now account for …
EAL
10 Useful Italian Phrases to Try Out
There are thousands of ways to express yourself in Italian but as you get started it’s important to keep things basic.Whether you are traveling …
Italian
Which are the most useful languages to learn?
Useful is a slippery term, isn’t it? What’s useful for one person might not be useful for another. One man’s French is another man’s Paakantyi (it’s real, …
Other
Christmas traditions around the world
Whether you’re the kind of person who has the Christmas lights up in July or you’re still dashing around the aisles of your local …
Other
How to Assign Fun French Homework
Teaching French can be pretty tricky especially at this time of the year, as Christmas and the New Year as arrives for students. Making …
MFL
Jobs with languages – what careers can I do as a linguist?
You’ve trawled through the grammar books, memorised the subjunctives, had enough awkward vocabulary slip-ups with native speakers to fill a lifetime’s quota of embarrassment…now …
Language Hacks