Blog: Our Top 10 Must Reads for Teachers This Summer!
In this blog, we provide an overview of our most popular EAL articles, blogs, and guidance to add to your 2024 summer reading list.
The summer school break is here, which, for some, means an opportunity to catch up on all the things that can get forgotten during the busy school year!
We know it is not always easy to keep on top of the latest articles and guidance.
But you can rest assured, as we have collated a handy list of some of our key publications from the last 12 months to add to your summer reading list.
Here you can find some of our insightful short reads, including articles and blogs, as well as our latest detailed guidance on some of the most pressing issues for teachers.
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1. Best Practice Focus: A complete guide to supporting EAL pupils
In this in-depth article, written by our trainers for Headteacher Update, discover a wealth of advice, ideas, and strategies for providing effective support for EAL pupils in primary school.
2. EAL and SEND: Guidance for integrated provision in schools
In what has quickly become one of our most popular publications, you will find a framework for ensuring that any EAL learners in your school, who may also have a special educational need or disability (SEND), receive appropriate and effective support.
3. Teaching EAL learners in history, science and maths
We have developed some subject-specific guidance to help teachers consider the challenges EAL learners may face in these particular subjects and what effective support you can put in place.
4. Classroom guidance and strategies to support EAL learners
This year, we launched our updated EAL classroom guidance and strategies, which aim to help teachers to plan and embed appropriate and effective support for EAL learners in both primary and secondary school.
5. Strategies and guidance to support EAL learners in intervention groups
We recently launched guidance for teachers in planning interventions for learners who use EAL, including key things to consider beforehand, pointers on effective interventions, and some helpful case studies.
6. Best practice article: Exam access arrangements for EAL learners
In this article, Glynis Lloyd, one of our trainers, explores the access arrangements available for students who use EAL, how and when they can be introduced, and what you can do to prepare learners to use them most effectively.
7. Best practice article: Supporting EAL students: Ideas and resources for your teachers
Glynis Lloyd takes a look at what support can be given to teachers who are new to teaching in multilingual classrooms, providing a wealth of ideas and resources.
8. Best practice article: Supporting the school transitions of pupils who use EAL
An article from our trainer, Sarah Moodie, providing ideas and advice on how schools can best support EAL pupils as they transition into Reception, Year 7 or between any of the key stages.
9. Blog: Five ways you can support EAL learners in your school
As attention turns to the next school year, here is a blog looking at five simple, but effective, ways you can support learners who use EAL in your classroom.
10. Blog: Generative AI in education – what could this mean?
It’s a topic that’s on everyone’s lips, but what could generative AI mean for the classroom? In this blog, the Foundation’s Director, Diana Sutton, explores some of the possible benefits and risks of generative AI in education for pupils who use EAL.