Six Ideas for Getting the Most out of School Resources
Feel like you’ve spent too many hours toiling away creating unique PowerPoints, handouts and flashcards which your students fly through in half an hour? …
Anne-Marie McLemanEducators
The Best EAL Activities for Building Vocabulary
When teaching pupils with English as an additional language, building vocabulary is key to progressing their level of English in all skills. Games are …
EAL
A New EAL Strategy in Sandwell
Shireland Collegiate Academy, an OUTSTANDING OFSTED secondary school in the West Midlands, has a national reputation for its effective use of technology to …
Afshana BegumEAL
Best ways to conduct EAL Proficiency Assessments
Learning Labs work closely with Pupil and School Support, to ensure the FlashAcademy® EAL platform is as impactful as possible for the classroom. We …
EAL
5 Ways Teachers are Using FlashAcademy® in Schools
This blog article shares some of our favourite ways that teachers are currently using FlashAcademy® in schools. Find out how you can better support …
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How to support newly arrived refugee learners with their confidence
Promoting the well-being of refugee children in the classroom is fundamental; teachers play an influential role in rebuilding their self-esteem, confidence and friendships. Although …
EAL
Important FlashAcademy® Update over the October Half Term
FlashAcademy® is improving the way you and your pupils login. From Monday 29th October, FlashAcademy® will be updating to allow a smoother and quicker …
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Using EAL Learners First Language Ability
Importance of Using EAL Learners First Language Ability Research has shown that EAL learners’ competency in their first language ability, can greatly enhance …
EAL
EAL Assessment without Proficiency Codes
Many of you may have heard about the recent change for Proficiency codes, with DfE no longer requiring schools to make pupils take an …
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Top 5 tips to set up an effective EAL team
The number 1 way to help EAL pupils integrate into the school and develop their English skills is to set up an effective EAL …
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How to Support EAL Families and their Language-Learning
Schools are often looking for ways to support EAL families and their language-learning, because this leads to improvement in their children’s language skills. Turns …
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Top 5 tips for supporting parents of newly arrived EAL pupils
Supporting parents of newly arrived EAL pupils is crucial to the integration process. Many parents of EAL pupils do not speak proficient English themselves …
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Top 5 tips to help EAL learners progress in their reading comprehension
Reading can be quite a challenging task for an EAL learner. Only more advanced EAL pupils can read texts independently, without needing assistance from …
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Top 5 resources for EAL learners
It can be quite difficult for EAL pupils to be expected to make progress in English without the right tools. Many resources for EAL …
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Top 5 tips to make EAL pupils progress in their writing
Writing in English can be a challenging task to ask a pupil who is learning English as their second language. Often, EAL pupils feel …
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Top 5 ways to integrate newly arrived EAL pupils
It’s always hard being the new kid in school. This is even harder for EAL pupils who don’t speak the same language as the …
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Top 5 tips for successfully motivating EAL learners
Often, EAL learners have the feeling that they have to start their education again, from scratch. They need to learn how to speak, how …
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Top 5 tips for dealing with challenging behaviour in EAL learners
It is completely normal for newly arrived EAL learners to feel lost and scared in a new setting. Often, these children can’t express their …
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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 CarringtonEAL
Part 3: Teaching EAL in Europe’s 2nd largest school
After speaking with Nisha and Noria who are responsible for teaching EAL at Great Barr Academy, we caught up with Hannah Legood, the induction …
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Part 2: Great Barr Academy – Help for EAL teachers in Europe’s 2nd largest school
After speaking with Hollie O’Sullivan, the Head of EAL at Great Barr Academy about how FlashAcademy can provide help for EAL teachers, we caught up …
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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. …
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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
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
5 Ways to Inspire Your Language Students
Inspiring as many students as possible to conquer a language or explore a career in language is your mission as a teacher. But as we …
Teacher Tips
Foreign language teaching strategies
Modern foreign languages are changing. The way we are learning them is changing, and the way we are teaching them is changing. One thing …
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French language classroom games
Every day in French language classrooms around the world teachers are trying to find new and more effective ways for their students to learn. Playing games on …
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