The British School Jakarta (BSJ) has been present in Jakarta for over 40 years and has a role of 1,450 students aged 3 to 18. In 2015, BSJ decided to implement the Lexis Education's Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms (TESMC) course, a language-based pedagogy targeted at EAL …
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23 strategies to scaffold ESL students’ listening and viewing
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 …
Providing a high-challenge curriculum for all students
Providing a high-challenge curriculum for all students By Brian Dare When we take a moment to consider the range of texts students are expected to compose and comprehend in any schooling context, we begin to understand the enormity of the meaning-making challenge that all students face as they …
Lexis Education now a COBIS Supporting Member
We are excited to announce that Lexis Education is now a COBIS Supporting Member. COBIS is the premier global membership association for British international schools overseas. COBIS delivers world-class quality assurance and external validation through the COBIS Patron’s Accreditation and …
Case study: The International Academy Amman
The implementation of TESMC and TYCEMC at the International Academy Amman An interview with Lois L. Warner Ph.D. Assistant Director for Curriculum 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 …
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, …