Dianne Excell is the national coordinator for NALDIC’s regional interest groups. In this post, she tells us why they’re important and what you can expect if you come to one. She also introduces the first of her in-depth reports …
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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Things to look out for …
Paul Barry is an EAL specialist at Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok, Thailand. Like many in the sector, he has worked in both private language schools and in international schools – both of which can differ substantially from public-sector …
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 …
Welcome back! (Nothing’s changed while you were away.)
Frank Monaghan writes widely about language and the media. In this post, he discusses the impact of news stories on public attitudes to migrants. I was hoping to kick off my occasional blog spot about language in the media with a …
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Analysing classroom English
Kamil Trzebiatowski, an EAL teacher from Hull, has examined his students’ writing to find out what priority should be given to different language features. It’s frequently heard in schools across the country that EAL learners ‘need to learn …
Bilingual EAL Library
Hamish Chalmers is a regular contributor on the use of first languages in the classroom. In this piece, he introduces an account by Kay Robinson, EAL Specialist at East Oxford Primary School, describing her success in developing a bilingual library …
