One of the key aspirations of NALDIC is to help forge links between practitioners, researchers and policy makers. We believe that when these groups talk to each other everyone has a much better chance of driving EAL-related research, policy and …
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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The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy published a research study that used data collected as a part of the now rescinded requirement for school to assess and report English language proficiency in the school census.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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Removal of the DfE Proficiency Scales: A missed opportunity
Naomi Flynn is Associate Professor of Primary English Education at the University of Reading. She recently conducted a study into teachers’ perceptions about policy and practice in EAL. One of the key findings was that policy enactment in practice may be …
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NALDIC’s Position: Changes to English Proficiency Data Collection
Withdrawal of English as an Additional Language (EAL) proficiency data from the Schools Census returns A response from the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) We understand that the DfE has decided to remove EAL proficiency data …
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A place in the sun … or the Daily Mail
I had the good fortune to be in Melbourne at the end of November and visited the fantastic Immigration Museum, which just so happened to be having a special exhibition about British migrants to Australia. It was illuminating to be …
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Being Intentional: Great Practice for EAL from the USA
In summer 2018, when blogging for NALDIC about the loss of the DfE Proficiency Scales, I briefly referred to my then recent trip to the US to observe teachers in multilingual classrooms in Indianapolis. In July this year I made …
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