Check out our lastest blog post for a detailed description of our recent work in Battersea or bilingualism. This post has some lesson ideas and descritption of lesson activities. http://efalondon.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/bilingualism/
Yearly Archives: 2014
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On 29th March EFA London ran a workshop at Rewrite’s Creative ESOL conference in South London. The conference brought together ESOL practicioners from across the country who were either using, or were interested in using, the arts to work with migrants and refugees, particularly in English language teaching. The conference was organised by […]
Our Battersea class are taking action to support parents who are bringing up children bilingually. The class have been working on bilingualism and want to share their knowledge with the local community. In particular they want to bust some of the myths that surround bilingualism, celebrate linguistic diversity and promote […]
Students from Tower Hamlets had a great day-trip crossing the River Thames and overlooking views of London from both North and South. We started out by visiting the Tower Bridge exhibition which offered interesting photographs, videos and amazing views from the walkways. We then took the Thames Clipper for a relaxing boat […]
This week we ran a Forum theatre half-term course for ESOL learners in Battersea at the Katherine Lowe Settlement. In Forum Theatre you get to roleplay difficult situations and experiment with different ways to handle them. Roleplays are very useful when you’re learning a language because they’re about as near […]
Here at EFA London we’re increasingly interested in using extended discussion in the classroom. EFA London teachers Dermot and Becky are currently involved in a British Council funded research project to investigate the benfits of discussion for ESOL students. On Sunday 19th January they led a training for EFA London staff and […]