The official blog of NALDIC, the UK's subject association for EAL.
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Developing Vocabulary to Support Writing: A Study of Young EAL Learners
NALDIC publishes plain language summaries of Master’s and PhD research. In this post Jasen Booton summaries his MSc dissertation, conducted as a part of his studies at the University of Oxford, on developing vocabulary for writing in EAL learners.
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Researching the Young Interpreter Scheme during a global pandemic
NALDIC members will be familiar with the Young Interpreters Scheme run by Hampshire EMTAS. PhD student Debra Page is conducting research at the University of Reading around the scheme and is looking for participants to help her. Here she updates …
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Hounslow Language Service: EAL Summer Courses
The latest edition of the EAL Journal was put together in challenging circumstances. Regrettably, in the upheaval and delay, we published advertisements from our friends at the EAL Academy and Hounslow Language Service that were incorrect and out of date. …
Can online CPD help you make a difference for your EAL pupils now?
The latest edition of the EAL Journal was put together in challenging circumstances. Regrettably, in the upheaval and delay, we published advertisements from our friends at the EAL Academy and Hounslow Language Service that were incorrect and out of date. …
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Principles into Practice with EAL learners in Crisis Teaching
New NALDIC executives Eowyn Crisfield and Joanna Borysiak pioneered a novel approach to NALDIC’s very successful Regional Interest Group (RIG) network, by hosting the very first virtual RIG meeting last month. Members of the Oxfordshire RIG were joined by colleagues …
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Teachers’ perceptions and recognition of EAL learners with additional needs
The EAL Journal publishes plain language summaries of Master’s and PhD research. In this post Felicity Parry summarises her dissertation project on teachers perceptions about bilingualism and special educational needs. Background: Why I did the research? Teachers are in an …
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Expert advice on supporting the learning of EAL pupils during and after school closures – The NALDIC/Bell webinar series
The Bell Foundation and NALDIC teamed up in April to host a webinar on supporting EAL learners during and after school closures. Here, Silvana Richardson of the Bell Foundation, who moderated the event, provides an excellent wrap on the proceedings. …
What am I doing to support my EAL learners during lockdown?
In today’s covid-19 guidance, Jon Bifield, EAL Lead at a secondary school in Leicester, describes some of the ways he is helping to support his students during school closures. Jon is a prolific blogger on EAL, and a wealth of …
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Calculating Replacement Grades: NALDIC’s Position
Earlier this month Ofqual published its guidance to teachers, students, parents and carers on how Summer 2020 grades for GCSEs, A-Levels, Extended Project Qualification and Advanced Extension Award in maths would be calculated in the face of the cancellation of …
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Kitabu dual-language ebook Library, a library in my hands in less than a minute!
MantraLingua have provided free access to their extensive library of bilingual ebooks for multilingual families to use during the school closures. In this post (reblogged from the excellent Hampshire EMTAS website) by Eva Papathanassiou, Bilingual Assistant Manager at the organisation, …
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