Games, Ideas and Activities for Teaching Learners of English as an Additional Language

Chapter 1

How to teach pupils with English as an Additional Language

As a visitor to many schools, it always surprises me to see how they have altered over the past fifteen to twenty years. This has been due to the many changes in government legislation and, since the early 1990s, the inclusion of the internet and innovative technology. Teachers have had to re-evaluate their role and adapt their style of teaching to accommodate change, often without training or support. Yet, arguably, one of the most challenging changes has been the ethnographic make-up of a class of pupils.

The UK has always been a multi-cultural society that welcomes migrant workers. Indeed, London’s Whitechapel was home to many French and Dutch silk weavers who contributed ...