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 […]
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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 […]
On Saturday we delivered a training session for the Iranian Youth Development Association (IYDA). The session focused on using participatory tools to differentiate language learning for students of different levels. The Iranian Youth Development Association is a wonderful charity, set up in 1989, that provides Farsi language lessons and Iranian […]
Students at St Bernadette spent a few weeks writing and drawing about Christmas traditions from around the world and their work has now been displayed on a board in the school for everyone to see. This inspired students to cook a Polish Christmas Eve feast and bring it to class! We […]
A huge group (25 people) from our Greenwich classes attended this term’s trip to the Greenwich Heritage Centre in Woolwich. We can highly recommend the museum and particularly the ESOL quiz organised by the education manager. The temporary exhibition has some really fascinating objects and the permanent exhibition strikes a good […]
“I’ve been in the UK and I’ve never seen anything like this” – Sorifa talking about the mummies at the British Museum. Eight of us from Surrey Square travelled up to Russell Square on the 188. We had a couple of hours to have a good look around the British […]