Enriching ELT with EAL

You love teaching your subject, and you want every pupil to feel engaged and motivated, but you’re aware that all too often the EAL pupils are not getting as good an experience as they could or should be.

Your own English is pretty good, but you’re a subject teacher not an English teacher, and you don’t always feel confident to help them with the language they need to fully understand and get involved with your lessons.

You’ve tried giving out translations, but that doesn’t actually help them improve, and it can also remove them further from engaging in the lessons.

At best, they’re under-performing, and at its worst, you can end up with disengaged and disruptive students in the class.

As an experienced teacher trainer, who has worked in both ELT and mainstream schools, I can help. Through my course, Enriching ELT with EAL, I’ll show you how you can easily identify the language the learners will need in your lesson, and how to make small but powerful changes to your teaching practice which will make the content more accessible and engaging to all, and produce better results. 

At heart, Jane is a great teacher - compassionate, aspirational and highly skilled. Watching her in the demonstration classroom was inspiring - I spent a while looking for a less hackneyed word, but that is what it was. Working with her opened my eyes to understand the language I was using - and asking my students to use - and I will never teach my subject in the same way again. Anyone who wants their EAL students to reach their full potential will love Jane's input.
Bob (Barbara) Justham Justham Consulting - Unleashing Educational Potential

If you are a subject teacher with EAL pupils, and you are not sure what grammatical structures your pupils need, I can help you.

If you are a classroom teacher and you realise that all you are doing is giving EAL pupils a different worksheet, I can help you.

If you what to find out what more you can do to support your EAL learners, I can help you.

Jane is an incredible English teacher and teacher trainer who delivered my transformative CELTA course while at International House Newcastle. She is an inspirational individual and attentive mentor and tutor who cares deeply about the individual needs of each of her students and trainees, imparting her extensive knowledge in creative and unique ways, such as interactive materials, dynamic group work and acronyms. Thanks to her many years of experience in the fields of ESL and mainstream education, Jane manages to create an atmosphere of trust and enjoyment and fosters creativity and passion in those she works with.
Poppy Weatherspoon
CELTA-qualified English Language teacher/ former trainee and colleague

Enriching ELT with EAL: How does it all work?

This self-study ‘Initial’ course will take you through 5 core modules:

  1. How Languages are Learned
  2. Activating Learning Activities
  3. Making Instructions More Effective
  4. Looking at Language: Vocabulary
  5. Looking at Language: Grammatical Structures

The course is all online, and developed so that you can choose when to complete the modules. In each module there will be a series of short videos. Accompanying these, there is workbook where you will be able to make notes and reflect on your current practice before carrying out  implementation tasks in your own classroom.

The workbooks are submitted to receive personalised feedback and  after all  5 modules you will receive a certificate of completion.

I would say that for anyone that has taught, is teaching or might be teaching EAL students in the future this course is an invaluable and comprehensive training program on all areas of teaching and learning with EAL students. It is full of practical advice that is very easy to implement into the classroom and has a real impact on your students. I used to teach in a multicultural secondary school in London as a subject teacher and I think that this course would be so useful for anyone, who like me, had little or no training or practical advice on how to help, support and get the best out of the EAL learners in their classroom. However, it is also great for anyone who has had some training, but would like some extra helpful, handy, hints, tips and ideas to use in your lessons. It also gives you a greater understanding of what it is like to be an EAL learner and therefore helps you to develop you empathy and understanding of the difficulties these learner can go through. I currently teach English to French children and since starting the first session it has revolutionised the way we do things in the classroom and we can already see a great improvement in our learner. Sign up now, without hesitation!
Hannah
CELTA-EYL teacher, running a language school in France

If you are looking for CPD to help support you with the EAL pupils you have in your class, then yes.

The course covers a variety of different aspects of teaching EAL pupils, but the focus is primarily on what you can do to become a better teacher in order for you to help your students become better language learners. It will give you a better understanding of what conditions language learners need, as well as supporting your own language awareness.

I know how busy teachers are, and that they have many, many, responsibilities to attend to. This is why I have made the course as flexible as I can. The videos are 5- 15 minutes long (although there are more than one for each module) so that you can grab a cup of coffee and watch one when you get the chance. The tasks are designed to help your teaching, so although you may have to think a little bit more when planning during the course, eventually it will happen more naturally and save you time (and stress!) in the long run.

The course is also designed to be flexible in how long it takes to complete. You might want to blast through it in a few weeks, or take your time. You have up to 6 months to complete the tasks if you want to get a certificate. (If you are on a closed course with your school, this would be negotiated with them)

Each module has around 45-60 mins of video time, and then there are implementation tasks and reflection task to complete too. It means looking back at lessons you have taught, and identifying areas that you would change if you were to do it again. You then need to make similar changes in your next few lessons and reflect on the effectiveness of these changes. It is suggested that you take your time to do these as you will get a lot more out of the course, and it will help you develop as a teacher.

There may be some areas that interest you more than others, and some which you need to work on more, so these may well take longer.

Absolutely, in fact it is better if you have the support of your school and other teachers you work with. If there is a group of teachers in your school who are interested, the course could be run as a closed group, with a discussion forum and group tutorials. Just ask your EAL coordinator/ principal to get in touch.

Yes. Again ask you head of department/ or EAL coordinator to get in touch to make arrangements.

There is also the possibility of having a bespoke course in order to meet the needs of the individual institution.

I have been an English language teacher and teacher trainer for 3 decades. As a CELTA (Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) trainer I worked with many classroom teachers and subject teachers, and they have all said that they wished they had done the CELTA before they ever started teaching. Having over 1000 hours of observing teachers and providing detailed, constructive feedback means I know what works, and what you actually need. I have written many courses on Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) and have a Masters in TEYL too. Having a PGCE and experience in state schools, means I also know what pressures there are following a National Curriculum.

This course has been designed to provide you with exactly the information you need to support you and your EAL learners.  There is a balance of theory and practical implementation. By the end of the course you will understand the rationale as to why something works in class (and why other things don’t). You will also have the experience of being able to identify areas you need to work on further.

This course will launch in January 2025. 

To register interest and find out more please complete the contact form below.

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