Currently, as highlighted in the Autumn 2025 EAL Journal, Oracy (listening, thinking, understanding and speaking) is a focus in providing appropriate teaching and learning for multilingual learners. The RIG will examine why Oracy is important for multilingual learners, its challenges and benefits and what it looks like in practice. Guest speakers include:

Deborah Perrin: (EAL Lead for EAL and Multilingualism at the British School in Leidschenveen, Netherlands): Oracy and the Multilingual Learner: with examples of lessons across age phases which show the effectiveness of strategies such as translanguaging.

Jonathan Bifield: (EAL Coordinator at City of Leicester College) Oracy and the Knowledge Framework: Using Mohan’s Knowledge Framework for effective planning.