Adapting to the realities of 21st century linguistic diversity among our school population can be a challenge. Bilingualism specialist Eowyn Crisfield describes how she and Jane Spiro, a colleague from Oxford Brookes University, explored how… Read more → Continue Reading →
Meeting The Languages Challenge
Dr. Daniel Semakula is medical doctor at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda, and Allen Nsangi is a Doctoral Researcher at Oslo University in Norway. They were recently involved in a large… Read more → Continue Reading →
The DfE recently published national data showing that, for the first time, average performance of EAL learners in GCSE examinations is higher than average performance of non-EAL pupils. This finding has prompted some to suggest… Read more → Continue Reading →
In 2016 the government introduced the requirement for schools to report the level of English proficiency for children classified as learning English as an additional language (EAL). This has provided a new opportunity to understand… Read more → Continue Reading →
Julia Boonak is Head of International Department at Bromsgrove School in the West Midlands. Bromsgrove attracts students from all around the world, representing a wide variety of languages and cultures. In this post Julia describes… Read more → Continue Reading →