Briefings, Letters, Position Papers & Views

We produce position papers and briefings on key issues that affect EAL learners and their teachers.

We also lobby for the needs of EAL and bilingual learners and their teachers by writing to government agencies and individuals.

6th August 2019
A Letter from the Chair to the new Education Secretary

31st March 2018
Potential withdrawal of EAL Proficiency Data from School Census returns – A Letter from the Chair to the Education Secretary

18th July 2016
Dear Justine – A Letter from the Chair to the new Education Secretary

April 2016
NALDIC Update from the Chair

Our chair comments of the EAL issues of the day in the View from the Chair column in EAL Journal.

The latest Views are listed below. Archived comments from NALDIC Quarterly can be found here.

Summer 2018
A year in review

Spring 2018
Looking to the future

Autumn 2017
EAL in the next 25 years

Spring 2017
Developing the field

Autumn 2016
Mapping the field of EAL

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Peta Ullmann, Chair
(stepped down as of November 2018)