Reading and Writing with Children in Second Languages
Perfect for guides supporting children learning in their second language.
- Workshop recording
- Available immediatelyRecording available for 1 month with an option to extend
- Aoife Ahern & Mariann Manhertz
- Price: €37
Workshop Takeaways:
- Understand how communicative purpose shapes the genres we read and write
- Know how to prepare children to read with understandingby first grounding literacy in oral, meaningful language experiences.
- Learn a clear, adaptable processfor guiding children from reading to writing through a teaching–learning cycle.
- Gain the ability to plan sequences of lessonswhere children read and write across all curriculum areas.
- Receive a practical, enjoyable approachthat increases fluency, vocabulary growth and interest in reading and speaking in the second language.
Key Workshop Topics:
- What genres are and why they matter for comprehension and writing.
- How listening, speaking, reading and writing work together to support literacy.
- Strategies for integrating reading, grammar, vocabulary, spelling and writing in context.
- Explore two text genres with hands-on preparation for your classroom
- How to move beyond isolated grammar practice into real communication.
Meet your speakers
Mariann Manhertz
Aoife Ahern, PhD
PODCAST with Mariann & Aofie
Before the workshop, you can also hear Mariann and Aoife discuss the key ideas behind this approach, why second-language reading and writing can feel difficult, and what helps children understand texts more deeply.
Listen to the podcast episode here
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