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Practice

One of NALDIC’s key pillars is to assist the community of EAL practitioners in developing and maintaining professional  skills and knowledge of the teaching of EAL and related fields by providing opportunities for them to share and reflect on their practice.

EAL Learners in the UKEAL Learners | A picture of a young boy writing at a desk in a school classroom

Who are our EAL learners and what are their needs?

Bilingualism and Additional / Second Language Acquisition

What is bi- and multilingualism and how should teachers approach this?

NALDIC Publications

NALDIC publishes a wide range of EAL books, papers and reports. Many of our in-house serial publications are now available as e-publications and the shop will be updated with more soon.

The EAL Coordinator: the first one hundred days

This pamphlet is for those new to the role of EAL Coordinator in Primary and Secondary schools.

Learning Capsules

Learning capsules

Learning Capsules offer bite-size professional development for NALDIC members and will cover a range of themes and topics linked to learning and teaching EAL.

Understanding Multilingual Children’s Language Development

This  online course is aimed at teachers, speech and language therapists, and parents wanting to know more about how to support children learning in more than one language.