IN-PERSON COURSE | 6-7 MARCH 2027 | INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HO CHI MINH CITY 
linguistic inclusion by design

Classroom Language Agreements

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Dr Eowyn Crisfield

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90-120 minutes

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Teachers of linguistically diverse classes

Price: £39

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Turn everyday language choices into a shared approach to learning

In multilingual classrooms, decisions about language arise constantly. Teachers need to balance inclusion and student agency with clear expectations, purposeful participation and the practical realities of teaching languages they may not understand.
This short course introduces Classroom Language Agreements: a collaborative tool for helping teachers and students establish how different languages can be used to support learning.

Grounded in research and designed for practical classroom application, the course will guide you through a structured process for exploring language use with your students, agreeing expectations together and ensuring that the resulting agreement becomes part of everyday classroom practice.

The course is suitable for classroom teachers, EAL and multilingual-learning specialists, language teachers, pastoral staff and school leaders. It can be used by individual educators or as a starting point for wider professional discussion across a team or school.

You will leave with a practical framework for creating a Classroom Language Agreement that supports greater clarity, participation and student ownership, while remaining aligned with your school’s wider policies and priorities.
Do you want to enrol a group of teachers from your school on this course? 
Email hello@ocme.uk for options and prices. 
The course was perfect for us (...) I feel it’s the best start we have had to the why and the what of language agreements. Thank you soooooo much!
Curriculum coordinator, international school in china
Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be better equipped to:

Identify how existing classroom practices encourage or restrict students’ use of language

Lead constructive conversations about language, learning and participation

Involve students in shaping clear and purposeful expectations

Develop an agreement suited to your learners, subject and school context

Navigate situations in which students use languages you do not speak

Embed the agreement so that it informs teaching and learning over time

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Dr Eowyn Crisfield

Dr Eowyn Crisfield is a specialist in languages across the curriculum, including EAL/ELL, home languages, bilingual and immersion education, super-diverse schools and translanguaging. She has been an ESL/EAL teacher, department head, curriculum developer, and has worked in several universities in teacher development programmes. 

Her focus is on equal access to learning and language development for all students, and on appropriate and effective professional development for teachers working with language learners. She works with families, schools, and organisations around the world, and is engaged in research on topics related to languages in education.She is also an honorary Norham fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.