The blog for the EAL Journal, a magazine of practice, research and activism published three times a year by NALDIC.
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Welcome back! (Nothing’s changed while you were away.)
Frank Monaghan writes widely about language and the media. In this post, he discusses the impact of news stories on public attitudes to migrants. I was hoping to kick off my occasional blog spot about language in the media with a …
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Analysing classroom English
Kamil Trzebiatowski, an EAL teacher from Hull, has examined his students’ writing to find out what priority should be given to different language features. It’s frequently heard in schools across the country that EAL learners ‘need to learn …
Bilingual EAL Library
Hamish Chalmers is a regular contributor on the use of first languages in the classroom. In this piece, he introduces an account by Kay Robinson, EAL Specialist at East Oxford Primary School, describing her success in developing a bilingual library …
Education, and educational research, are more important than ever
In the first of our new series, regular columnist Victoria Murphy explores the correlation between experimental research, social justice and diverse classrooms. This year has been a challenging one for the UK. It has seen increased political turmoil and …
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Welcome to the new blog!
Welcome to the relaunched EALjournal.org, the companion site to NALDIC’s flagship publication, the EAL Journal. We’ve made a few changes for the new school year, and this post explains what’s coming up. Our regular columnists begin on Monday, and you …
Exciting news and a summer break for EALjournal.org
Dear all, Those of you who subscribe will have noticed that things are have been a bit quiet on EALjournal.org recently. It’s no accident: we’re working hard behind the scenes to prepare for a big relaunch in September. In the …
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EAL in International Schools
Graham Smith is the managing director of The EAL Academy, one of the EAL Journal’s sponsors. In this post he reports on a recent International Schools conference that had much to contribute to the debate at home. Every three years ECIS …
