EAL IN PRACTICE
Lesson Building
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Universal
Combine skills across before, main and after phases.
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Reading
Plan preparation, comprehension, inference and response.
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Writing
Build a text-type workshop with activities and models.
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Speaking
Plan rehearsal, discussion, explanation and presentation.
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Listening & Viewing
Plan preparation, gist, detail, note-taking and response.
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Grammar
Sequence noticing, meaning, practice and application.
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Vocabulary
Build meaning, word relationships, use and retrieval.
Open →PPP: Present, Practise, Produce
18 activities linking clear models, meaningful practice and independent use.
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TTT: Teach, Test, Teach
18 activities linking focused teaching, independent checks and responsive next steps.
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Reading
Comprehension, inference, evidence and reading strategies.
Open →Writing
Full models, text-type guides and writing lesson sequences.
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Listening
Prepare, listen for meaning and check understanding.
Open →Speaking
Rehearse, discuss, present and develop spoken language.
Open →Grammar
Teach language choices through meaning, form and use.
Open →Vocabulary
Build, practise and apply useful and subject-specific language.
Open →Teaching aids
General activity-sequence builder
Arrange warmers, teaching routines and exit checks.
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Visual classroom toolkit
24 worked examples and editable organisers for language skills and subject lessons.
Open →Plan language across learning
Plan background knowledge, scaffolds, richer language and independent evidence.
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Handbook-informed lessons
Six connected guides with original models, classroom routines and checks.
Open →Plan a writing lesson
Illustrated starters, main activities and plenaries for ten text types, with printable posters and a lesson planner.
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