Theme: Becoming a Totally Inclusive School: the Role of Language
Convenor/s: Lorna Caputo & Katherine Anderson
Host: NALDIC Zoom
NALDIC Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have developed in response to requests from members who want to raise the profile of EAL and bilingualism in a specific area of interest.
We are thrilled to invite you to our 5th Special Interest Group (SIG) specifically for EAL/ESL/ELL educators in international schools.
Speaker
Angeline Aow | International educator, learning and development specialist, workshop leader, school evaluator and pedagogical leader
Language has power in our school ecosystems. It determines students’ access to the curriculum, families’ and caregivers’ access to information about the school, how educators collaborate with each other and more. How a person commands and uses language can either gain them linguistic capital or put them on the outskirts. English-medium schools are prevalent and linguistic power differential manifests in schools in multiple ways. Together we will explore the importance of dismantling these dominant narratives and language considerations educators need to be critically aware of so that all learners (students & educators) and their linguistic identities are valued.
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International Schools SIG Convenors
Lorna Caputo & Katherine Anderson
InternationalSchoolsSIG@naldic.org.uk