How to Teach Vocabulary to Learners Using EAL (Secondary)

This webinar explores 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 explores:
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.

Video contents:
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Learning intensions
01:58 - Why it is important to teach vocabulary
06:10 - Principles of vocabulary instruction
11:54 - Determining what vocabulary to teach
17:34 - Approaches to building vocabulary
45:40 - Further resources
50:16 - Questions
58:56 - Forthcoming webinars and courses

1) The Bell Foundation resources:
Great Ideas:
Parental guidance flyers:

2) Research, articles and blogs:
A systematic review of intervention research examining English language and literacy development in children with English as an Additional Language (EAL):
Contribution of spoken language and socio-economic background to adolescents’ educational achievement at age 16 years.
Improving literacy in secondary schools:
Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley:
Alex Quigley's blog: The Confident Teacher:
Examinations: Preparing your learners:

3) Other resources:
NALDIC (vocabulary development):
Trinity Immigration Initiative (exam language activities):
EAL/SEN filter:
Cognitive Assessments for Multilingual People: