DATE:      Thursday, 2nd May 2024
TIME:       7.00 pm to 8.00 pm
VENUE:   Online Via Zoom

Target Audience: Primary Teachers, Post Primary Teachers and Special Needs Assistants

In this webinar we will look at some specific strategies for developing listening and talking skills.

It is important to make classrooms language rich and in this webinar, Kirsten will share strategies that she would recommend from her experience of working in schools in Scotland.  These strategies will help develop EAL learners listening and talking skills.

Everyone will leave with a selection of strategies to use, adapt and reflect on their effectiveness in their own context.

There will also be time for questions and answers.

Bio of presenter - Kirsten Barrett 

Kirsten Barrett is a Scottish primary school teacher from Glasgow. Glasgow has been welcoming refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants for decades.  Kirsten has taught for 15 years and has specialised as an English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher.  In that time she has spoken at various different events and is keen to help others learn from each other.

Recently she has relocated to her home in Cork and is looking forward to developing her own knowledge of the Irish system.  She is a keen reader of children’s books and a huge advocate for Reading for Pleasure.