… tell us how you feel about EAL policy and practice. Naomi Flynn and colleagues from the University of Reading have developed a survey to capture how EAL teachers feel about their work and the broader policies around EAL. In this …
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Literacy for Achievement
This short post is a call for action! There’s a fantastic CPD programme being developed with major funding behind it – the sort of thing we’ve been crying out for. They’re short a few participants, though, so please do read on and …
IATEFL reflections
Nandhaka Pieris (NALDIC’s project officer) attended the IATEFL conference in Glasgow recently and sends this report. This post was originally published on Nandhaka’s personal blog. Happy Easter and happy reading! ELT, EAL, INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS In this Inclusive …
What is research and who is it for?
In the last of our mini-series of research blogs, Victoria Murphy asks what counts as research and whether everything that teachers are presented with should be given equal weight. Research comes in many forms, from reading reports of previous studies …
Nurturing a rich first language – the key to success in school
Carrie Norman is a former EAL Lead and a current primary school principal. She started Beelingual UK – a publisher of multilingual children’s books – in response to the needs she saw in school. Our EAL pupils have always achieved …
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EAL pupils with special needs: Are we meeting their needs?
Andrea Tan reports on a research seminar that she led at Bangor University, Wales, last month. It focused on the needs of EAL pupils with special needs, highlighting the paucity of research in this area, especially in the UK. In the past two decades, …
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Creative ESOL for EAL
ReWrite is a London-based charity that aims to break down barriers of prejudice and racism through drama and creative writing. This post, by Farha Bi, builds on her experience of running Creative ESOL with EAL pupils in London schools. Rewrite has been working …
Issue two is out!
Issue two is out! NALDIC members will receive this issue today. For everyone else, here’s a little peek at our special issue on CPD for EAL … Our cover features Bill Bolloten and Jonathan Brentnall (keynote speakers at NALDIC’s 24th …
EAL Cartography
Chris Dixon is a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, where he studies the language and literacy development of EAL pupils in years 4-6. In this post he shares the ‘EAL Map’ of England and Wales that he created as …
CPD Through the Power of Partnership Teaching
Linda Sandler is Head of EAL at Falinge Park High School in Rochdale, where seventy-eight per cent of the pupils are bilingual. In this post she describes partnership teaching and offers a vignette based on her own experience of how …
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