An English as an Additional Language (EAL) Programme: Learning Through Images for 7–14-Year-Olds

Caroline Scott has a wealth of experience in supporting young emergent bilingual learners within culturally rich, internationally minded learning environments. Caroline has taught at schools in Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, where she has also trained other teachers in supporting language learning with the curriculum.

Caroline was the founding Head of Primary at a British International school in Cairo, Egypt (a 3–18 IPC school) and the Primary Principal at an International School in Milan, Italy (a 3–18 IB PYP school). She has also held a number of class teaching, EAL coordinator, senior leadership and advisory roles in the UK.

Caroline is the author of Teaching Children English as an Additional Language: A Programme for 7–11 Year Olds and Teaching English as an Additional Language 5–11: A Whole School Resource. She is the creator of the Learning Village (www.learningvillage.net), an online learning programme for 6–14-year-old English language learners in schools where English is the language of instruction and Community Village (www.communityvillage.net), a blended learning programme for supporting parents who are new-to-English entering English medium schools. Through this programme and her books, she designs resources for learners, as well as training programmes for teachers, to assist them in leading EAL in their school. Caroline is also the editor of the EAL Teaching newsletter, a free monthly EAL newsletter for teachers. She has a keen interest in education technology.