The human brain is a hugely complex organ and the talk about it is complex and often hotly contested. The fact that it garners a lot of attention in the media as well as in popular literature makes talk of the brain increasingly interesting, and necessary, for educators. This article sets out to …
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LfL’s impact on student achievement
Lexis Education continues to bring an evidence-based, whole-school, language-based pedagogy to more classrooms in Australia and around the world to take teaching and learning to the next level. We are excited to be sharing the research conducted in 2018 by Dr. Dorota Pomagalska, 'Evaluation of …
Feedback: Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms – Hong Kong, March 2019
Thank you to the Australian International School Hong Kong for hosting a highly successful Teaching ESL Students in Mainstream Classrooms tutor training. Really enjoyed doing this. Heavy impact. I have grown considerably in 5 days! Intense but very useful. It will take some thought and time to pull …
What is genre and why do you need to know about it?
Our pedagogy ought to be shaped by an understanding of the role of language in learning. This underpins the construction of knowledge, which is why we, as teachers, need to have a comprehensive understanding of genre and the language resources associated with each. How can we define genre? Genres …
TESMC at the British School Jakarta
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 …
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 …