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Simple tips for helping EAL students

Ruth Tarrant

3rd March 2016

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EAL students often make huge progress, but it can be hard for them to get started at school in new subjects being studied in an unfamiliar language. Here are 5 simple things you can try to help them along.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.