We are celebrating our 5th Summer Conference by targeting a range of key issues for schools with EAL pupils. Steve Cooke, our Keynote Speaker, will address our questions in relation to EAL and the National Curriculum, which places an even greater emphasis on the teaching and learning of grammar. Workshops will include Early Years to Secondary levels and include:
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An exciting new Project is taking place at Lampton School this term. Secondary age pupils, who are New Arrivals and are waiting for a school place, are being given the opportunity to join a 12 week course aimed at improving their English in order to either join the Hounslow ESOL course or gain a place in school later in the
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CLIL equates to teaching the curriculum through English and has become very popular in European schools. HLS has had recent experience of delivering training for CLIL, for Spanish teachers and in the UK for a range of European teachers. Ten schools in Italy invited HLS to run a video training session for their English and Maths staff. Andy Harvey from
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At this Conference, which focused on Language Acquisition and Literacy, Manny Vazquez, from Hounslow Language Service , led a Science workshop. This aimed to share some useful strategies to develop communication skills of EAL learners through the Science curriculum. The session finished with participants doing practical activities which involved physics and a ‘coat hanger’ ! A fun time had by
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In January, the Elliot Foundation held a Conference at Ramnoth Junior School in Wisbech on the Topic of ‘Getting Reading Right’. Andy Harvey, from Hounslow Language Service , provided workshops which focused on ‘Developing Reading for EAL Beginners’. He introduced the importance of recognising that both background knowledge and an understanding of the language system are key to getting meaning
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Andy Harvey from Hounslow Language Service, was invited by HereTeach to provide EAL training for new teachers in Herefordshire. In fact, the 42 staff attending included several experienced teachers who valued the opportunity to focus on EAL. In this session, teachers gained knowledge about the needs of Beginner EAL pupils and also how to extend the language skills of more
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We wish everyone a very Happy New Year from all at Hounslow Language Service.
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At Saturday’s Conference, at Kings College London, Manny gave a lively and entertaining keynote presentation about how to use EAL assessment effectively. He gave an example of assessing an EAL Beginner and putting together a step by step programme of teaching to support that student in achieving full linguistic competency. This case study illustrated all the challenges of linking local
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Manny Vazquez and Andy Harvey have just returned from Doha where they were delivering training at the Al Maha Academy for Boys. Participants came from the Ta’lluum Group of schools which also includes Al Maha Girls and the Al Jazeera Academy. The 80 Participants included year leaders in Primary and subject leaders in Secondary. The theme of the programme
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We are now taking bookings for 8 great new courses running between now and December. Subjects include… WELCOMING BILINGUAL CHILDREN INTO EARLY YEARS SETTINGS DEVELOPING LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM THROUGH GEOGRAPHY ACHIEVING THE NEW STANDARDS FOR EAL STUDENTS IN GCSE ENGLISH To see there full list, view course details and book, please visit our Courses page.
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