Online Courses

This course aims to equip and enable school staff to embed effective practices for assessing the English language proficiency of pupils who use EAL in order to inform targeted in-class support, leading to improved learning and educational outcomes for these pupils. It introduces practitioners to The Bell Foundation’s EAL Assessment Framework for Schools and provides specialist guidance on using the Framework in a pragmatic and realistic way. The course is relevant for teachers, teaching assistants, EAL co-ordinators and middle leaders.

This course aims to raise awareness of what is and what is not comprehensible, accessible English language for learners using EAL. It explores what can make English difficult to understand and introduces a range of easy-to-use, practical strategies for giving instructions and checking understanding which can be used both in and out of the classroom. The course is relevant for all school staff including administrators, teaching assistants, teachers and senior leaders.

The course provides EAL co-ordinators with the knowledge and strategies required to organise impactful and inclusive EAL provision in school. Participants will reflect on the different approaches to EAL provision, learn more about the dimensions of inclusive practice and explore strategies for developing them within their specific school context. The course is relevant for EAL co-ordinators, school leaders with responsibility for organising EAL provision and EAL teachers who would like to become EAL co-ordinators.

This course explores what is meant by ‘academic English’ and introduces practitioners to practical strategies for planning academic language development into lessons. It aims to increase awareness of the language demands across different subjects and equip school staff with strategies and activities for developing that language. The course is relevant for teachers, teaching assistants, EAL co-ordinators and middle leaders.

This course is aimed at international school staff with decision-making responsibilities for EAL provision. Participants will learn how to embed effective practices for assessing the English language proficiency of pupils using English as an Additional Language (EAL), leading to more targeted in-class support and improved learner outcomes for these pupils. The course is relevant for school leaders with responsibility for EAL provision, EAL co-ordinators or heads of EAL.

This course aims to familiarise teaching assistants working in international schools with some of the challenges that learners using EAL might face when learning English and learning through English at the same time. The course also introduces practical, easy-to-use strategies for supporting learners who use EAL to develop the language skills they need to access the curriculum and fulfil their potential. The course is relevant for teaching assistants and other classroom support staff.

This course aims to increase the language awareness of teaching staff so that they can meet the language development needs of pupils who use English as an Additional Language (EAL). By increasing awareness of how language is used in curricular lessons, teachers can support learners who use EAL more effectively. It explores areas EAL learners may find particularly difficult or confusing and offers practical strategies that can be implemented in the classroom. The course is relevant for teachers, teaching assistants and middle leaders.