The Language Learning Toolkit:Essential Strategies for Teachers with EAL Learners

The Language Learning Toolkit: Essential Strategies for Teachers with EAL Learners

Support every learner in your classroom with this self-paced EAL teacher training course. Designed for busy teachers, The Language Learning Toolkit gives you the confidence and practical strategies to make lessons more accessible, language-rich, and inclusive.

Through a mix of short explainer videos, interactive tasks, and quick quizzes, participants will be able to:

1. Explain key principles of first and second language acquisition and how they impact learners using English as an Additional Language (EAL).

2. Identify common classroom barriers faced by EAL learners and relate these to underlying language acquisition processes.

3. Apply core language acquisition theories to everyday classroom practice using practical, teacher-friendly strategies.

4. Use a clear, adaptable framework to plan lessons that make language more comprehensible and accessible for EAL learners.

5. Select and implement classroom strategies that support confidence, participation, and meaningful language use.

6. Evaluate and adapt their own teaching practices to create a more language-rich and inclusive learning environment.

This online CPD course is flexible, practical, and designed to apply directly to your teaching — whether you work in primary or secondary. On completion, you’ll receive a digital certificate to evidence your professional development.

👉 Start today and gain the essential strategies to support multilingual learners with confidence.

This course has been independently reviewed and approved by the CPD Certification Service.

Important Information

• This resource is for individual teacher use and is not to be used as CPD training for whole staff.

• For school-wide training and professional development, please see the EAL for Schools page.

• Access is available for 30 days from the date of purchase, unless otherwise agreed in advance.