The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Masters and Doctoral research. In this post Emily Starbuck, who did her Masters at Oxford Brookes University, presents a summary of her research into how well prepared teachers feel about teaching EAL learners.
Category: Research
Becoming bilingual at preschool: Greek children’s acquisition of subject pronouns in English
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Masters and Doctoral research. In this post Faidra Faitaki, doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, presents a summary of her MSc research into cross-linguistic influence in Greek children attending English medium pre-schools.
Translanguaging in linguistically diverse classrooms. Does it improve outcomes for multilingual children?
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Masters and Doctoral research. In this post Hamish Chalmers, doctoral researcher at Oxford Brookes University, presents a summary of his Masters research into the effects of a translanguaging-inspired approach to teaching in linguistically diverse classrooms.
Attitudes towards multilingualism and multilingual children in primary schools
The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of Masters and Doctoral research related to EAL. In this post Clare Cunningham Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at York St. John University presents a summary her doctoral research into attitudes towards the language practices …
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Somali Parents and Schooling in Britain
When Mohamed Kahin embarked on his PhD at IOE/UCL, he was already the author of the only book about the educational experience of the Somali community in the UK: Educating Somali Children in Britain, published by Gillian Klein at Trentham …
Meeting The Languages Challenge
Adapting to the realities of 21st century linguistic diversity among our school population can be a challenge. Bilingualism specialist Eowyn Crisfield describes how she and Jane Spiro, a colleague from Oxford Brookes University, explored how five schools in different parts …
Using multiple languages in education: experiences from the Informed Health Choices research project
Dr. Daniel Semakula is medical doctor at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda, and Allen Nsangi is a Doctoral Researcher at Oslo University in Norway. They were recently involved in a large research project with Ugandan school …
EAL English Proficiency and Attainment: What does the national EAL assessment data tell us?
In 2016 the government introduced the requirement for schools to report the level of English proficiency for children classified as learning English as an additional language (EAL). This has provided a new opportunity to understand how English proficiency and academic attainment …
Early teens researching together: What language do you think in?
Mirela Dumić and Clare Brumpton set up a ‘Research Institute’ at their school, working with early-teen students to investigate issues around multilingualism. A report of the students’ work was published in the Autumn 2017 issue of the EAL Journal. Here, …
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Supporting Young EU Migrants in Brexit Britain
Naomi Tyrrell is a researcher on the ‘Here to Stay’ project, which documents the lives of young people from Eastern Europe in the UK. Who is going to be most affected by Brexit? Every day there are news stories of …
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