NALDIC members will be familiar with the Young Interpreters Scheme run by Hampshire EMTAS. PhD student Debra Page is conducting research at the University of Reading around the scheme and is looking for participants to help her. Here she updates …
Category: Research
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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Literacy engagement in French immersion programmes
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and doctoral research. In this post Marina Antony-Newman presents a summary of her Master’s dissertation on L1 literacy maintenance and its effects on L2 and L3 development.
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What multilingual learners say …
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and Doctoral research. In this post Monika Reece, teacher, teacher educator, and researcher on migration, equality and EAL presents a summary of her PhD research on perceptions of being …
Defining the knowledge base of CLIL
Dee Rutgers of the University of Cambridge describes ongoing research that brings together teachers, teacher educators and researchers from the UK and the Netherlands to jointly define the knowledge base of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) teaching in multilingual …
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 …
Family Skills: improving EAL learner’s literacy through family involvement
Fatima Husain and Sarah Frankenburg of NatCen Social Research were independent evaluators on a recent Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) trial of the Family Skills programme. Family Skills was designed to support academic progress in young EAL learners with family involvement …
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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 …
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 …
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