NALDIC’s annual conference is a highlight of the year for EAL practitioners up and down the country. This year’s conference, NALDIC 26, is themed Evidence Informed Practice for EAL, and is being held in Leeds on 17 November. Jean Conteh …
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Our Approach to Improving Outcomes for Romanian Pupils
Amanda Hazeldine is Assistant Head for Inclusion at Hifields Junior and Infants School in Birmingham. In this post she describes her school’s approach to supporting newly arrived Romanian children and their families, and the measures in place to support teachers …
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Changing attitudes to science in pupils with EAL: How does outdoor learning influence attitudes to scientific enquiry?
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Masters and Doctoral research. In this post Mark Hainsworth, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Chester, presents a summary of his Masters research into the effects of taking the science classroom outside on EAL …
Changing Lives through Writing
Dave Windass from writing charity First Story tells us all about their fabulous projects that transform the writing experience for young EAL writers. He also tells about National Writing Day, which is next week, and urges us all to get involved.
Practical ideas for using L1 in the classroom
Kamil Trzebiatowski, member of NALDIC’s executive committee and EAL Coordinator at a secondary school in Hull, describes some of the classroom approaches he uses for incorporating EAL learners’ home languages to support their learning in English across the curriculum.
Pupil Voices: a project by Milton Keynes EMA Network
Milton Keynes Ethnic Minority Achievement Network was inspired by the Pupil Voices presentation at NALDIC 25, our conference last November, to explore the voices of pupils and teachers in their region. In this post Emily Garratt, EMA Consultant in Milton …
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Creating Welcoming Learning Environments: Disseminating Arts-Based Methods in Including all Learners in their Education
Jane Andrews of the University of the West of England describes a research project that brings together teachers, the local authority, educators with a specialism in supporting EAL learners, researchers and creative artists to explore arts based methods for promoting …
Regional Interest Group Round Up
NALDIC Regional Interest Groups (RIGs) are a great way to get involved with the EAL community in your area. Run by local volunteers, they bring educators together to share and learn about practice, research and advocacy in the field of …
Finding Young EAL Learners’ Voices: Using Google Translate in class
Using children’s home languages in English medium classrooms is widely agreed to be good practice. But how can teachers with classes with lots of different home languages make this a reality for all children? Josh Martin and Mindy McCracken of …
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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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