On Wednesday this week Oxford University Press launches the latest in its series of ELT position papers: The Role of the First Language in English Medium Instruction. The piece was written by NALDIC Vice-Chair, Hamish Chalmers, in collaboration with an …
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Language Diversity and Educational attainment of Eastern European pupils in primary schools in England
Feyisa Demie is an Honorary Fellow at Durham University and head of research for school self-evaluation at Lambeth Local Authority. In this post he summarises his research paper that breaks down linguistic background data and attainment in Key Stage 2 …
The EAL Teaching Survey
… 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 …
Unblocking university for displaced people
Today we begin a new series of blog posts around EAL. Our first is from Anna Lindley of SOAS (the School for Oriental and African Studies) in London. She writes about what universities can do for displaced people, including a …
Misapprehension and Misinformation — @TeacherToolkit
This post is by Diane Leedham, NALDIC stalwart and EAL commentator, and is from the excellent Teacher Toolkit blog. She discusses the ongoing issues around the DfE requesting nationality data from parents and gives advice for colleagues on the front line. Are …
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Dear Justine
Justine Greening took office as the new Secretary of State for Education last week. NALDIC has written to welcome her to the sector, and to urge her to engage with EAL. This post contains the full text of our letter.
Two new research studies on EAL
On Friday, the British Council and the Bell Foundation published two new research studies on EAL. Frank Monaghan was at the launch event and sends this report.
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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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