An interview with Lois L. Warner Ph.D., Assistant Director for Curriculum at the International Academy Amman Do you find the Lexis Education programs to be cost effective? As the director of PD at my school, I have been looking for this model (train-the-trainer) to fill as many of our needs as …
Second Language Learners in International Schools
New book champions NNESTs and TESMC in ESL and MT provision by Maurice Carder In many international schools the majority of students aren’t native speakers of the school’s Language of Instruction, which in 90% of cases is English. Clearly then, the schools need to provide a programme structure, …
Two broad levels of scaffolding for effective classrooms
Do you want to be notified of new posts by email? Subscribe to our newsletter here. Words by Brian Dare, Director at Lexis Education What is scaffolding? The metaphor used to capture the way in which a teacher provides particular kinds of support within the interactions taking place between …
How Language Works – Perth, Dec 2018
Thank you to Cyril Jackson Senior Campus for hosting our last How Language Works Tutor Training of the year. Very enjoyable - relaxed delivery with plenty of time and attention for discussion. Very valuable as Head of Department. Very important for building whole-school, systematic, organised …
Welcome to the team, Helen!
We are thrilled to welcome Helen Handford to the Lexis Education team. Helen is a UK-based EAL teacher, trainer and consultant with over 25 years’ experience in developing language and literacy across the curriculum in diverse, multilingual primary and secondary school contexts. She specialises …
Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms – Suzhou, Sep 2018
Thank you to Dulwich College Suzhou for hosting our Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms Tutor Training. A highly enjoyable week surrounded by passionate teachers. Impressed and thoroughly appreciative. I feel overwhelmed by how much development I've experienced in only a single week. The …