62 Season 2 Kamil Trzebiatowski Effective strategies for teaching EAL learners

  Episode Snapshot - Effective Strategies for Teaching EAL Learners Kelly Long chats with Kamil Trzebiatowski who is a secondary EAL coordinator in Kingston-upon-Hull – with 16 years’ English language teaching experience in England, Scotland and Poland.  Kamil makes numerous appearances at a range of TeachMeet events across the country (eg @TeachMeetLondon), helping build language / EAL teaching awareness in schools by advising mainstream teachers on distinct EAL pedagogy. Kamil's blog, Valuing and Protecting Diversity, is dedicated to raising awareness of issues of racial and cultural diversity and content and language integrated learning. Together Kelly and Kamil dive into how to develop and implement effective strategies for teaching EAL learners. Kamil outlines: The myths and assumptions teachers make about second language acquisition. The issues mainstream teachers face. Potential solutions for teaching EAL learners - in particular importance of CPD and knowledge about language (KAL) for teachers. In the second interview of Season 2 of the Inspiration 4 Teachers Podcast Show Kelly and Kamil reveal how to develop and implement effective strategies for teaching EAL learners. Recommended book(s) English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone English as a Second Language in the Mainstream: Teaching, Learning and Identity Recommended Resource(s) The British Council Supporting young learners who speak English as an Additional Language (EAL)  Collaborative Learning A teacher network disseminating talk-for-learning activities in all subject areas for all ages For more information head over to inspiration4teachers.com