Free apps and tools for teachers supporting multilingual learners, built by an EAL teacher. Plus a blog about EAL practice and research.https://ealtoolbox.com/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/welcome/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/welcome/Why I am building free tools for teachers of multilingual learners, and what is coming first.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/linguistic-safeguarding-defending-the-pedagogic-rights-of-learners-using-eal/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/linguistic-safeguarding-defending-the-pedagogic-rights-of-learners-using-eal/My EAL Journal article on the pedagogic rights of learners using EAL.Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:49:40 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/translanguaging-boost-multilingual-learning/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/translanguaging-boost-multilingual-learning/Translanguaging is more than translating: the 'I say, I say, Compare' routine.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 03:22:40 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/barrier-games-communicative-vocabulary-learning/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/barrier-games-communicative-vocabulary-learning/A quick-to-prepare barrier game for communicative vocabulary practice.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 03:06:58 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/reading-races-boost-fluency-and-energise-learners/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/reading-races-boost-fluency-and-energise-learners/One-minute team reading races that build fluency and get learners excited about reading.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:44:27 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/shouting-dictations-turn-reading-into-communication/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/shouting-dictations-turn-reading-into-communication/Two gapped versions of one text turn a reading task into a four-skills speaking activity.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:32:16 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/grass-skirts-great-for-practice-stage-grammaring/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/grass-skirts-great-for-practice-stage-grammaring/Turn grammar worksheets into tear-off strips for movement, pace and instant feedback.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:21:08 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/good-ideas/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/good-ideas/Some of the activities I do from time to time in class, and why I do them.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:35:57 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/prevention-is-better-than-the-cure-an-ecological-approach-to-eal-provision/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/prevention-is-better-than-the-cure-an-ecological-approach-to-eal-provision/What a cardiologist's focus on prevention can teach us about whole-school EAL provision.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:48:57 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/about-me/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/about-me/A little about me.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:13:10 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/my-publications/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/my-publications/A list of my publications, the most recent at the top.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:06:34 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/is-it-all-really-so-bad-reasons-to-be-positive-about-the-future-of-eal/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/is-it-all-really-so-bad-reasons-to-be-positive-about-the-future-of-eal/Why British international schools give reasons to be positive about the future of EAL.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:56:35 GMThttps://ealtoolbox.com/blog/effective-questioning-the-ccq-framework/https://ealtoolbox.com/blog/effective-questioning-the-ccq-framework/A three-level framework for concept checking questions that puts students at the centre of the lesson.Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:08:55 GMT