This webinar will explore practical ways in which secondary subject teachers and support staff can promote vocabulary development to ensure that multilingual learners can meaningfully participate in and make contributions to all aspects of school life; both social and academic.
This webinar will explore:
-The connection between vocabulary development and academic achievement.
-Viable principles and processes for identifying high impact vocabulary in your curriculum.
-Guidelines for prioritising which vocabulary to teach.
-A comprehensive approach to vocabulary development that incorporates both direct and indirect processes.
-Strategies to use for teaching new vocabulary and practicing its use.
-How multilingual learners can use their first language to develop vocabulary in English.
Biography:
Sheila Hopkins joined The Bell Foundation as a trainer in November 2020. She has previous experience as an EAL specialist in primary and secondary education and over 15 years of experience as a teacher educator in continued professional development and initial teacher training programmes at the university level in the United States. She holds an MA in TESOL along with qualifications in primary and ESL teaching. Among her most rewarding work has been the management of numerous grants providing training to teachers and administrators working with EAL students in partnership with local schools and education authorities. Her professional interests include academic language development through the lens of functional linguistics and promoting an assets-based approach to working with multilingual students and families.
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