Feyisa Demie is an Honorary Fellow at Durham University and head of research for school self-evaluation at Lambeth Local Authority. In this post he summarises his research paper that breaks down linguistic background data and attainment in Key Stage 2 …
Family Skills: improving EAL learner’s literacy through family involvement
Fatima Husain and Sarah Frankenburg of NatCen Social Research were independent evaluators on a recent Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) trial of the Family Skills programme. Family Skills was designed to support academic progress in young EAL learners with family involvement …
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Talking about teaching bilingual children: Encounters with difference
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and Doctoral research. In this post Judith Flynn, Ed. D., Associate Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University and EAL specialist, presents a summary of her doctoral thesis on pedagogic discourse among …
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One Year On: Making the Switch to EAL in an International School
In November of last year Paul Barry, EAL Specialist at Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok, Thailand wrote a post for EALJournal.org exploring questions that a teacher considering working in the international sector might want to ask abut the role. You …
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Extending vocabulary with LIPs
Mallory Henson is Principal Educational Psychologist in Milton Keynes Educational Psychology Service, and Chelsea Moore is a Psychology Assistant in the same team. They have recently been involved in re-launching their ‘Language Intervention Programme’ (LIPs) which aims to extend children’s …
New School Year – New Season of NALDIC blogging
It’s the start of the new school year and NALDIC is back with a new season on the blog. We hope that your summer was everything that you wanted it to be and that you are ready to hit the …
Removal of the DfE Proficiency Scales: A missed opportunity
Naomi Flynn is Associate Professor of Primary English Education at the University of Reading. She recently conducted a study into teachers’ perceptions about policy and practice in EAL. One of the key findings was that policy enactment in practice may be …
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