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Make TOK Accessible for Your English Language Learners (ELLs)
John Sprague
Founder of TOK-Solutions and TOK and IB Core teacher for 25 years across three continents. He has written / co-written three TOK textbooks for Hachette Education and has been supporting teachers for over 10 years.
Nina Hall
An EAL specialist with 13 years’ classroom experience and 6 years teaching Theory of Knowledge. She is the founder of The Language Learning Lab, a consultancy supporting schools to implement adaptive EAL systems.
In this practical full-day workshop, John Sprague from TOK-Solutions and Nina Hall from The Language Learning Lab share high-impact strategies for supporting ELLs in TOK without lowering expectations, including how to:
- scaffold preparation for the TOK exhibition and essay
- build language needed for deeper analysis and expression
- support discussion and analysis through thinking routines
- use multilingual brainstorming strategies, including home-language exploration
- reduce students’ fear of participation and increase engagement with student-approved strategies
- provide structured practice for TOK speaking and writing tasks
Designed for teachers working with learners across a wide language range (B1–C2), this interactive session provides ready-to-use tools, adaptable scaffolds, class routines and inclusive strategies that strengthen both language development and conceptual thinking.
Access to TOK thinking begins with access to TOK language.