The official blog of NALDIC, the UK's subject association for EAL.
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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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Multilingual Language Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
What are the effects on language use in multilingual families of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated school closures? Can you help us to find out?
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Investigating Global Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners
In a break from Covid-19 related posts, we bring you an invitation to get involved in a new research project. Sue Garton and Fiona Copland of Aston and Stirling Universities, respectively, are looking for teachers of 7-11-year-old English learners to …
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Promoting EAL Pupil Voice at home
As distance learning becomes the ‘new normal’, the absence of a collaborative classroom environment raises concerns that there will be fewer opportunities for learners to practise speaking English. This lockdown may be a difficult and unprecedented time, but there are …
Let’s not forget the EAL parents
Keeping up with the lessons and activities being set by teachers for your children is hard enough when instructions and guidance are in the language you are most proficient in. For parents who are English learners themselves, the challenge is …
