[eal-bilingual] London Association of English conference 10th May

You may have seen this bit of the EMA online newsletter about 
collaborative work in Year 8 English featured on Teachers TV

"Ginny Burfield from the EAL team in Suffolk has identified some 
interesting and potentially useful broadcasts.

In the broadcast Teaching Talking 2 http://www.teachers.tv/video/1493 
a newly qualified teacher designs an inclusive collaborative lesson on 
the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar. She then discusses it with her 
mentor. Ginny adds her own review to the BBC site where she describes 
it as an excellent clip to show teachers who are new to working with 
EAL pupils, especially the inclusion of the new, non English speaking 
pupil. Also the clear demonstration of the benefits of collaborative 
activities to encourage thinking, speaking and listening makes this a 
superb resource for training teachers."

John Yandell from the Institute who is the mentor in the discussion is 
the keynote speaker at the next LATE conference next Saturday. Details 
on
www.late.org.uk
Please encourage colleagues to attend and please come too. You can 
book by email and pay on the door. Hope to see you there. 

Best wishes, Stuart

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