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Language development with very young learners in King’s College International School, Bangkok

Author: Raj Ladva, Head of Early Years and Senior Leader
Created: Thu 24th Sep 2026

"Sawasdee krub!” 
“nǐ hǎo!” 
“Hello!” 
“Annyeonghaseyo!”

As a leader of an international school setting over the last decade, my fluency in saying ‘hello’ in multiple languages has only improved! Taking advice and guidance from families and the community has made a huge difference in creating an important sense of belonging, not only for the children but the parents, too. 

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Do you have a large number of EAL learners aged 3-4?

Author: Val Awad, Head of Early Years, Cairo English School, Egypt
Created: Sat 21st Dec 2013

As a Head of Early Years in an international school following the EYFS and IPC curriculums it has always been important to ensure that the teaching of the English language is done in the classroom without the help of specialist EAL support. Early years teachers are great physical, visual talkers!

One of the key principles of teaching in the Early Years is that bilingualism has an advantage and that as the first language it has a continuing and significant role in identity, learning and the acquisition of additional languages.

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