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Learn English with the Across Cultures EAL Resources Within a constantly evolving world, where the number of learners with EAL is consistently increasing in schools, it is now more important than ever to ensure that...
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What does translanguaging look like in practice?
For the EAL Coordinator series, Dr Esther Bettney Heidt (Multilingual Learning Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison) interviews Marijke Rivers-Andries (TASIS England) Esther: Many international schools are very interested in the concept of translanguaging. Current research...
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The NALDIC General Council Day 2024
Sharing ideas and practices during the General Council Day in May The Edinburgh skies were blue, and the sun was out in all its splendour on Saturday 18th May for the annual NALDIC General Council...
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For Hilary Hester Ives who changed my life as a teacher
NALDIC’s friend, Raymonde Sneddon, pays tribute to Hilary Hester (1935-2024) Hilary Hester’s name is familiar to all those who have taught bilingual children. From the late 1960s till the 1990s, working at the ILEA’s...
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Working multilingually: resources and activities
Teacher and researcher Sophie Liggins shares with the NALDIC community some resources and activities for working multilingually During a lesson with new to English students, a group of Pashto-speaking girls worked together to explain how...
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Creating a multilingual library of picture books
Hannah M. King and Gonzalo Pérez Andrade, researchers and lecturers at the London Metropolitan University, share with NALDIC their experience of creating a mobile multilingual library of picture books In 2022, we started a research...
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Heritage language education: not just celebrating, but nurturing
NALDIC committee members reflect on the role of multilingual education in communities and community schools after the new Global Call to Action for Heritage Language Education In February, many schools celebrate International Mother Language Day,...
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Designing for Translanguaging: the value of instructional routines
Jacob Huckle, teacher and researcher in multilingual learning, shares his idea of translanguaging routines In our latest post, we saw how some very little acts can be important to start making space for multilingualism and...
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Little acts, big impact
NALDIC friend and committee member Susan Stewart reflects on how little (language) acts can make an impact in our schools As professional jugglers of sorts, we teachers are constantly needing to prioritise what we do....
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