A FREE GLOBAL WEBINAR TRAINING SESSION FOR K-12 TEACHERS:
WHAT YOU NEVER LEARNED ABOUT BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS
What Every Educator Needs to Know When Working with the Fastest Growing Student Population
THURSDAY, 22nd JANUARY, 2026
11.00 AM LONDON | 15.00 DUBAI | 19.00 SINGAPORE
* This is a 60 min, live webinar taking place on JAN 22nd. There will be a recording available for 5 days after the event.
READY TO GAIN A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR BILINGUAL AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS?
Most educators work with bilingual and multilingual learners every day, yet very few ever received training to understand their specific learning and language needs.
Bilingual and multilingual learners (BMLs, MLs, ELL, EAL students) are the fastest growing student population in English speaking schools today, and research shows that they are overrepresented in special education settings as compared to monolingual students.
Since most teachers are not aware of the process of language acquisition in bilingual and multilingual children, and the research is often counter-intuitive, this makes it more difficult for educators to understand and meet the needs of their BMLs.
If you’re a teacher, school leader or teaching assistant, you will gain practical insights that transform how you interpret your learners’ needs and progress. Everything you learn is grounded in well-established research but explained clearly and simply so you can apply it in your classroom immediately. While this webinar focuses on bilingual and multilingual learners, the explanations and strategies you learn will support every student you teach, across all year levels and subjects.
This webinar is led by Alison Scofield and Francesca McGeary, Co-founders of the Centre for Educators of Bilingual and Multilingual Learners. Francesca and Alison are educators, consultants and literacy specialists who work with schools, students and families all over the globe. Their years of experience help teachers understand and work with BMLs with confidence.
Learn some of their most valuable tips and strategies to get you started so that you can begin applying what you’ve learned, immediately.
REGISTER FOR THIS FREE WEBINAR TO GAIN NEW UNDERSTANDING ALONG WITH PRACTICAL STRATEGIES GROUNDED IN RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE.
Who Should Attend? This webinar is ideal for school leaders, class teachers, subject teachers and teaching assistants.
What else you can expect to learn in this LIVE, 60-minute webinar training:
Why conversational fluency appears early while academic English takes much longer to develop
How long it typically takes for bilingual learners to reach full academic proficiency
Why maintaining home languages are so important
Why your BMLs’ academic progress can slow at specific stages and what you can do about it
Why vocabulary is the strongest predictor of literacy and academic success
How normal stages of language acquisition can resemble learning difficulties
Why many BMLs are referred unnecessarily for learning support and what educators should look for instead
What specific strategies you should start using right away
* We will also have time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar.