GLT: Second language

HPL

I have been a Head of English for more than a decade at both maintained and independent schools. Leading the rollout of HPL at my current school, Ellesmere College, Shropshire, has been an interesting and rewarding challenge as it has given us a coherent pedagogical framework that explains much of what we knew, instinctively, works well in the classroom. It has also given us license to work with the students in a creative manner which, for many (if not all) of us was why we went into teaching in the first place.

As well as leading on HPL, I am also in charge of the Navy Section of the CCF and head of one of the College’s four academic and sporting competitive houses.

« English - Daniel Bottom

Daniel Bottom

Second language

Friday, 28 July 2023, 1:08 PM

I have just been fortunate enough to watch a few sessions designed to help EAL teenagers practise and develop their spoken English. What was striking, was how grammatically correct their English was (or nearly was) which reminded me of how colloquial so many native speakers are, both when talking and, maybe more importantly, when writing. Given how examinations have an expecatation that ideas will be conveyed in a suitably academic register, do students who learn English as a second language in a more formal manner have an advantage?

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