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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
When we interact with others, we are involved in four major exchanges: making statements, asking for information, offering something, or demanding something. The grammar for these exchanges is ‘played with’ for a range of purposes, such as asserting power, being sarcastic or being polite. In …
A very successful Teaching ESL students in mainstream classrooms tutor training in Melbourne this month. Thank you to Templestowe Primary School for hosting our 5 participants. They were thoroughly impressed with the quality of the materials and the delivery, and look forward to running the Teacher …
An interview with Vivek Nair, Director at School of the Nations Vivek Nair is the Director at School of the Nations. He undertook the Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (TESMC) tutor training in 2019 and recently delivered his first Teacher Course as a certified tutor. Tell us a …