Author: eal_journal

Teachers talking less than pupils: the value of small group instruction I am in the closing weeks of my Indianapolis EAL project, and swimming in so much data that it is difficult to work out what my key findings will …

It starts with mindset In this second of my letters from Indiana I will share with you my developing thoughts about the interplay of teacher mindset and practice when it comes to teaching multilingual learners. I have not quite clarified …

Following her recent research project, Natilly McCartney shares interesting insights into the reading strategies young EAL students are likely to adopt, and her findings into the different scaffolding abilities they make use of with their monolingual peers.

The EAL Academy joins the #naldic28 conference as one of our Gold Sponsors. In this guest post, the EAL Academy describes how they met the challenge of providing training during the pandemic with their series of online courses.

Dr Farah Nazir My mother tongue didn’t come up in primary school; it was unseen and unheard. The boundaries of my language were set and that came with limited codeswitching* too, since my school was made up of majority English …

Flash Academy joins the #naldic28 conference as one of our Gold Sponsors. In this guest post, Flash Academy describes how their Apps can be used to support learners after lockdown. 

Learning Village joins the #naldic28 conference as one of our Gold Sponsors. In this guest post, Learning Village introduces the EAL programme in the context of the shift to online and blended learning caused by the current pandemic situation.