Embedding Language for Learning in Multilingual Schools (Online Course)

Course structure:

Module 1:

Pre-webinar online tasks, completed at your own pace over a one-week period.

You will:

• Explore some of the core concepts of language for learning, the language continuum, and look at some strategies for helping learners develop a formal register.

• Consider the role of standard English(es) in the classroom.

• Explore some strategies that can support your learners to learn academic English.

Time commitment: minimum 1 hour.

Module 2:

Live interactive webinar with the course tutors.

• Primary: 21 April 2027, 16:00-17:00.

• Secondary: 22 April 2027, 16:00-17:00.

You will:

• Consider some of the language functions that are specific to your subject area or age group.

• Learn about a possible planning framework to help integrate academic language into lessons.

Time commitment: 1 hour.

Module 3:

Final project to implement learning from the course, followed by tutor feedback. You will apply what you have learned in Modules 1 and 2 by identifying the content and language you will need to teach your multilingual learners in an upcoming lesson and selecting strategies/tasks to help support these learners use the language required for the selected lesson.

Time commitment: minimum 1 hour.

Why learn with us?

• The course includes three online modules and is designed to work around the busy lives of those working in schools.

• With three hours of online study over a four to five-week period, this course enables you to work at a manageable pace with plenty of time to process course content and consider the relevance to your context.

• The course is designed to be highly interactive and collaborative, with opportunities to work with other course participants, course tutors, and course material.

• Module 2 is a live webinar with opportunities to ask questions and share good practice in real time.

Tickets are available for either primary or secondary practitioners. You will receive a certificate for successful completion of the course.

Ticket sales close on 6 April 2027 at 16:00.

Independent UK schools will be charged the standard rate with the income generated enabling The Bell Foundation to further its charitable goals.

For those who are not from a school (e.g. charities or local authority EMTAS teams), please email uk.training@bell-foundation.org.uk for pricing information.

For all bookings: Please ensure the attendee’s email address is used, not the email address of a school finance officer or administrator, to ensure that course messages and materials can be shared.