In the video presentation below, Helen Handford, EAL Consultant and 'Teaching in English in multilingual classroom' (TEMC) Tutor Trainer, explains how to use TEMC's language-based pedagogy to optimise outcomes for multilingual learners within all subject disciplines. This is a must-watch video for …
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As a small business working with teachers and schools around the world, we know how important all of you are as advocates for our courses and the benefits they bring to you and your students. So, we wanted to let you all know that, after keeping our prices at the same level since 2017, we will be …
This month, we interview Dr. Aleksa Moss, Head of Early Years at Utahloy International School Guangzhou (UISG) in China. Aleksa completed Lexis Education's Teaching Young Children in Multilingual Contexts (TYCEMC) Tutor Training in 2021. In this interview, she shares her experience becoming a tutor …
We are excited to let you know that we have an exclusive, limited opportunity to join a 3L: Language and Literacy for Learning Teacher Course which will be led by one of our experienced trainers over the course of 8 weeks. The course will be held remotely on the following dates: Module 1: …
Over the past years, we have published several exhaustive reports evaluating the outcomes of the whole-school implementation of the Lexis Education courses in several schools. We are now making available a consolidated 4-page executive summary condensing this research. This 10-min read will show you …
Lexis Education is excited to be attending the 2023 ECIS Leadership conference that will be held at the International School of Düsseldorf from 27th -29th April. How can we understand the culture of our schools and put measures in place to create a powerful, and self-sustaining, model for …
The Lexis Education Tutor certification is a highly-sought after skill that many schools recognise and value. The qualification not only shows your expertise in literacy and in addressing the needs of multilingual learners, but also positions yourself as a leader, one that is able to train other …
We are happy to share with you the presentation from two wonderful Lexis Education tutors. Payal Yadav and Imogen Lazarus explore ways of speeding up our EAL students’ learning of English and learning in English through a focus on how languages work to make meaning. This approach draws on a …
We are excited to share with you a fantastic presentation by Stephen Morris, who trained as a TEMC Tutor in 2021. Stephen implemented the TEMC course at the British International School Ukraine in his capacity as Head of EAL (he now works at Nord Anglia International School Hong Kong). Stephen was …
Lexis Education's Language & Learning Development Continuum (LLDC) is an essential tool for supporting your students’ achievements, in that it outlines the language demands that need to be specifically addressed to progress their learning. In order to show you how powerful the LLDC can be, we …
This case study describes the work of Loredana Saracini-Palombo, a Year 6/7 teacher at St Mark’s Lutheran Primary School in South Australia. In 2009, Loredana also took on a role of mentoring other teachers in the school in explicit, contextualised teaching of literacy. St Mark’s Lutheran pedagogy …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …