‘No More Marking’ is a freely available online tool that helps judges (e.g. teachers) to apply judgment to the best possible effect, using a technique called 'Comparative Judgement'.
‘English for academic purposes’ for EAL
Jenny Verney is an English teacher and EAL and Academic Literacy Coordinator at a secondary school in Sheffield. She teaches GCSE English and A-Level English Language, and writes and delivers courses in Academic English. In this blog post she discusses …
Reading comprehension is the key to accessing the curriculum.
Natalie Smith is researching reading and EAL for her PhD at the University of York. In this post, she talks about a gap in our knowledge base and describes how her research aims to provide new insights.
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Working with the new EAL ‘stages’
Kamil Trzebiatowski is an EAL Coordinator in Hull. In this guest post, he writes about his experiences of trying to adapt his school’s EAL assessment to the new EAL stages of proficiency.
EAL Journal is back!
This week the EAL Journal returns from its summer holidays. We’ve got a great line up of posts, on teachers working with the new EAL stages, on reading, on academic language advanced EAL learners … and much more! Each week …
Our first issue
Our first issue arrived yesterday. Hundreds of NALDIC members all around the country will have woken to a quiet thump on the mat and already begun reading; many more will be looking forward to a quiet moment to savour it as they prepare …
How relevant is our research base to teaching EAL learners in the UK?
There has been a surge in EAL research over the past couple of years, but is it enough to give a solid evidence-base for teaching? In a guest post, Hamish Chalmers argues that it is not – yet – but sees much …
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