The ability to listen effectively is dependent on a complex interplay between the listener, features of the text, and the context in which the text is being listened to. While listening comprehension requires a range of abilities on the part of the listener, it is also dependent on features of the …
Very collaborative! My voice was heard, invited and supported. I love my new explicit tools. Highly valuable for my practice. Lani Riverans, Classroom Teacher, Nazareth College (NPS: 10/10) It was a great challenge, enjoyed improving my teaching pedagogy. Really enjoyed all activities. Highly …
The team at Lexis Education is very excited to be able to share with you an essential tool for supporting your students' achievements: the Language & Learning Development Continuum (LLDC). What is the LLDC? The LLDC is a free resource for all teachers in supporting their students achieve the …
In this Integrated Science lesson plan for 14-year-old students, Thomas Cheung of TWGH Lui Yun Choy Memorial College in Hong Kong uses Lexis Education's pedagogy, such as the Teaching and Learning Cycle, scaffolding, and knowing how language works, to advance his students' understanding of how we …
In this case study, we get a comprehensive insight into the work undertaken by Lina Russo as part of a Spencer Foundation Action Research Project carried out in 1999. As a teacher of both English and Italian to the same group of students, she set about introducing a systemic functional linguistics …
At Lexis Education, we’ve delivered our Tutor training programs remotely for over a year now, and we’ve learned a lot. This month, we’d like to share with you our learnings, with 6 tips for delivering a remote training that is engaging, effective and enjoyable for everyone. Keep it …
In this case study, Kate Gibbs, Teacher and Literacy coach at St Joseph’s College Geelong, explains how she used functional grammar to improve her students’ writing, using Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as a set text. This is an excellent article for anyone interested in understanding how powerful …
Lexis Education is 20 years old! To mark our anniversary, truly an occasion worth celebrating, we are offering 20% off all our upcoming tutor training programs (offer valid until 20 Dec 2021). The TEMC tutor training is AUD3,880 instead of AUD4,850 The 3L tutor training is AUD3,480 instead …
Many curricula around the world are now requiring teachers and students to have a shared knowledge about language. An explicit understanding of linguistic resources allows students to make powerful choices in a range of contexts. In this way, students are not only able to express the meanings …
A lot of our tutors have been wondering what exactly has changed with our new TEMC course and whether they should keep delivering TESMC or move to TEMC. In this email, we give you the lowdown on the changes and what it means for you as a tutor. Brand new name Teaching ESL students in …
Our new TEMC and 3L remote tutor training courses have received a tremendous response from teachers from around the world. We are humbled to see our work being received with such positivity and enthusiasm, and we look forward to bringing an explicit language-based pedagogy to more schools. …
We are excited to be announcing our partnership with the EAL Academy, school improvement specialists and leaders in the fields of academic literacy, ethnic minority achievement and EAL. The EAL Academy will be the exclusive provider of our 3L: Language and literacy for learning tutor training in …
We are excited to be sharing the research conducted in 2020 by Dr. Dorota Pomagalska, ‘Outcomes of a functional grammar-based pedagogy in an intensive English language school’. This report provides a summary of the evaluation of the whole school implementation of an explicit language-based pedagogy …
This month, we give you practical tips on how to identify the differences between spoken and written language. The nature of spoken texts is to construe the world as dynamic, focusing on processes that express human and non-human actions. To do this, spoken language relies on verbs to carry …
Dear colleagues, We are thrilled to announce today the launch of the new versions/editions of the Teaching ESL students in mainstream classrooms (TESMC) and Literacy for learning (LfL) courses, respectively renamed: Teaching in English in multilingual classrooms (TEMC), and Language and …
I am a TESMC/LfL Tutor. How am I impacted? If you are already a TESMC/LfL Tutor, you have a choice between delivering the new TEMC/3L courses or delivering the previous TESMC/LfL courses. With your experience delivering TESMC/LfL and implementing the courses’ pedagogy in your school, we have …
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Lexis team, we send our best wishes to all of you during these uncertain and difficult times. We commend all of you who are working to maintain continuity of education and a much needed sense of normality for your students. The safety and well-being of our …
The systemic functional model (e.g. Halliday and Hasan 1985, Halliday and Matthiessen 2004), on which all Lexis Education’s courses are based, has had an enormous impact on educational contexts in Australia and around the world. Genre-based pedagogy, where the teaching of grammar is part of an …
As teachers, our role is to move students from spoken to written realms and from written to spoken. We call this moving across the register continuum. At one end of the continuum (left), there is the most spoken language which usually happens face-to-face and accompanies some kind of …
Language plays a central role in teaching and learning. If we want our students confidently reading and writing across the range of genres and registers required by schooling, then we need to understand how language works to make meaning. Our experience has shown us that the Systemic Functional …