The Teaching in English in multilingual classrooms (TEMC) course focuses on the needs of multilingual students, in particular EAL students, and ways to ensure their success in learning. It has been delivered in dozens of international schools and recognised around the world for two decades. Here …
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Mathematics is an interesting case because it uses three ways of making meaning: language, visuals and the symbolic (ie equations). Understanding mathematics is understanding all these three aspects, but here, we would like to focus on the patterns of language. For example, what are the patterns …
The development of vocabulary is an interesting area of concern for the following reasons: It is the one aspect of language most subject teachers talk about and usually the one aspect of their students’ language they complain most about. It is a misunderstood aspect of language and perhaps …
As teachers, our pedagogy ought to be shaped by an understanding of the role of language in learning and how this underpins the construction of knowledge. This is why we, as teachers, need to have a comprehensive understanding of Genres and the language resources associated with each, so that we can …
Bereniece Cumming, Experienced Senior Teacher, Babinda State School I thoroughly enjoyed working with other colleagues to learn and share in a collaborative setting. The interaction between us and the activities made a huge impact on how we were able to consolidate understandings. The content …
For all teachers based in Singapore or South East Asia and wanting to get trained as a certified TEMC Tutor, our next tutor training in the region will be held face to face at the Australian International School Singapore on 30, 31 Oct, 1, 2, 3 Nov 2023, with the excellent Lynette Lingard as our …
This month, we interview Merran Harper, former Head of School at Utahloy Language Centre in China. Merran completed Lexis Education’s Teaching in English in multilingual classrooms (TEMC) Tutor Training. In this interview, she shares her experience becoming a tutor and delivering the course to her …
The following table provides a comparison between the metalanguage used in Lexis Education’s 3L (Language and literacy for learning) and TEMC (Teaching in English in multilingual classrooms) courses and the recently updated version (now Version 9.0) of the Australian Curriculum. The table shows a …
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 …
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 …