The official blog of NALDIC, the UK's subject association for EAL.
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How much can we learn from measuring EAL students’ English proficiency? A lot, actually.
In October 2018, Oxford University, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy published a research study that used data collected as a part of the now rescinded requirement for school to assess and report English language proficiency in the school census. NALDIC …
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Teaching primary foreign languages in multilingual classrooms
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and doctoral research. In this post Katy Finch, doctoral researcher in the Division of Human Communication at the University of Manchester presents a summary of her Master’s dissertation on teachers’ …
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The Teacher’s Middle Way: Blending Local and Foreign Curricula
One of the attractions for parents and students of the international and EMI school sector is the promise of an education based on British, American or other ‘Western’ educational norms. An inclusive approach in these settings, however, ensures that local …
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Defining the knowledge base of CLIL
Dee Rutgers of the University of Cambridge describes ongoing research that brings together teachers, teacher educators and researchers from the UK and the Netherlands to jointly define the knowledge base of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) teaching in multilingual …
The Power of Substitution Tables
Kamil Trzebiatowski, EAL Coordinator at a secondary school in Hull and nationwide EAL consultant, describes how he uses substitution tables in the classroom to support language development across the curriculum.
Using dual language story books to foster biliteracy
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and Doctoral research. In this post Dominika Gordon, EAL teacher at Eaton Square School in Kensington, London presents a summary of her Master’s research on using bilingual books as a …
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NALDIC’s Response to New Research on English Proficiency Assessment
Last month Oxford University, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy published a research study that used data collected as a part of the now rescinded requirement for school to assess and report English language proficiency in the school census. The …
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