The EAL Journal blog publishes plain language summaries of EAL-related Master’s and Doctoral research. In this post Judith Flynn, Ed. D., Associate Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University and EAL specialist, presents a summary of her doctoral… Read more → Continue Reading →
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Sara Moodie is Head of the EAL team in Jersey. In this post, contemplative, searching and uplifting by turns, Sara describes accompanying Portuguese heritage pupils to the Youth Parliament in Lisbon. She uses the experience… Read more → Continue Reading →
Dave Windass from writing charity First Story tells us all about their fabulous projects that transform the writing experience for young EAL writers. He also tells about National Writing Day, which is next week, and urges us… Read more → Continue Reading →
Kamil Trzebiatowski, member of NALDIC’s executive committee and EAL Coordinator at a secondary school in Hull, describes some of the classroom approaches he uses for incorporating EAL learners’ home languages to support their learning in English across the curriculum. Continue Reading →
Using children’s home languages in English medium classrooms is widely agreed to be good practice. But how can teachers with classes with lots of different home languages make this a reality for all children? Josh… Read more → Continue Reading →