Developing Oracy in Multilingual Classrooms (Webinar)
This webinar looks at how teaching staff and EAL co-ordinators can support multilingual learners to develop their oracy skills.
Developing strong oracy skills is now considered a vital part of a balanced curriculum, and has never been more important for those pupils who speak English as an Additional Language (EAL), whose linguistic development is central to unlocking their potential at school and later in life.
This webinar will explore the key issues teaching staff must consider when planning how to develop the oracy skills of multilingual learners in an English-medium classroom.
We will share practical oracy activities and resources designed to support multilingual students with differing English proficiency levels and across different subject areas at both primary and secondary stages. Participants will also learn how assessment and teacher development (CPD) can be adapted to ensure oracy activities are used effectively with multilingual learners.
Areas of focus will include:
- Understanding EAL learners’ varying language exposure and proficiency in English in order to plan tailored oracy activities.
- The importance of home language development and own-language use.
- Appreciating the different varieties and registers of English that learners will encounter.
Who is this webinar for?
Primary and secondary international school staff, including:
- EAL co-ordinators;
- Classroom and subject teachers;
- EAL teachers;
- Teaching assistants;
- Anyone with responsibility for EAL, CPD or curriculum development.
By attending this webinar, you will:
- Feel more confident integrating oracy into your classroom or curriculum.
- Have a better understanding of strategies and techniques that can develop oracy for learners at different levels of English proficiency.
- Have an overview of the key considerations when implementing oracy activities in a multilingual setting.
If you have any questions specifically related to the webinar topic which you would like answered during the live session, please send them to: webinar@bell-foundation.org.uk.
If the webinar is full, please complete the wait list form and you will be contacted if a place becomes available. Everyone on the wait list will be sent a copy of the webinar recording.
Ticket sales close 7 May 2025 9:00 UK time (UTC+1)
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Your speaker, Tom Beakes
Tom Beakes joined The Bell Foundation in 2020. Tom has worked in language education since 2003 and has taught in China, Japan, Ecuador and north Africa. His main areas of interest are international education and teacher development. He holds an MA in anthropological linguistics and is CELTA and DELTA qualified. He has worked as a teacher trainer in the UK and abroad and is a regular speaker and presenter at EAL events.