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Issue 21
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Summer 2023 | Accountability
Contents
EDITORIAL | Where’s the accountability for EAL learners? | Christina Richardson … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Reinterpreting curricula and challenging discourses of accountability … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | What do we mean by ‘access’ to the curriculum? … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
Online Webinar | Children and the Hostile Environment … p 8
Poetry Prize | The Stephen Spender Prize … p 9
Event | Don’t miss NALDIC’s Conference 31 … p 9
Feedback sought on… Refugee Stories –Education: Obstacles and Aspirations … p 9
SHORTS | Our regular round-up of mini summaries of recent and relevant research … pp 10-11
RIGs & SIGs | News, information and reports from the most recent round of NALDIC’s regional and special interest groups … pp 12-15
BOOKS | Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging | Edited by Jeff MacSwan | Published by Multilingual Matters | Reviewed by Leo Paladino … pp 12-15
COVER FEATURE | Accountability: Who is looking out for EAL learners? … pp 17-24
Interview: Accountability for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) | In conversation with Nunana Nyomi … pp 18-21
Should teachers know about “refugee” as a learner identity? | Kathryn Kashyap focuses on refugee awareness … pp 22-24
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
Accountability and the rights of EAL learners | Fiona Ranson discusses the lack of accountability for EAL learners … pp 25-27
CPD REPORTS | pp 28-34
#1 Attainment in the early years | Linda Bakkouche and Dr Viktoria Magne on teachers’ perceptions of factors impacting on academic attainment in EAL children’s early years … pp 28-29
#2 Metaphor in bilingualism | Dorota Gaskins and Gabriella Rundblad on how we can help bilingual children access their education … pp 30-31
#3 Supporting literacy skills and community cohesion for transnational young people | Liz Chamberlain, Naomi Flynn, Imran Hafeez, Jim Sells and Alex Twitchen on a joint Open University and National Literacy Trust project … pp 32-34
EAL ESSENTIALS
Vocabulary development | Jaimy Ottevanger reviews key aspects of vocabulary development, discusses practical applications, and suggests strategies to support vocabulary development in the classroom … pp 35-37
COMMENT
Arriving late – EAL learners in the Secondary Sector | Jonathan Bifield discusses Key Stage 4 new arrivals … pp 38-39
The Language of the Other | Zeynep Demir on language, power and the need to create more inclusive classrooms … pp 40-41
EAL Assessment in International Schools | Katharine Anderson discusses key questions from the International School SIG … pp 42-43
ONLINE
Initial Teacher Education: The technological turn | Sultan Turkan discusses the pros and cons of digitalising teacher education … pp 44-46
THE LAST WORD
Understanding trauma and how to support children | Kathryn Kashyap comments on a discussion with Dr Tina Rae about her new book, reflecting on the key practical messages for schools … pp 47
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Rachel Knowles | Fiona Ranson | Leandro Paladino
CONFERENCE EDITOR | Fazana Farook
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Frank Monaghan
Issue 20
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Spring 2023 | Every teacher is a language teacher
EDITORIAL | Interconnectedness, community and hope | Christina Richardson … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Every teacher is a language teacher: reality or an elusive desired state? … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Practices of hope and discourses of possibility … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
Language Hub | Good news for languages! … p 8
Conference | What is your school doing for Refugee Week? … p 9
Event | Schools of Sanctuary: Refugee Week Launch … p 9
Feedback sought on multilingual resources … p 9
MEET THE TEAM | On these pages you can find out about the team behind NALDIC … pp 10-11
SHORTS | Our regular round-up of mini summaries of recent and relevant research … pp 12-13
BOOKS | Multilingual Perspectives on Translanguaging | Edited by Jeff MacSwan | Published by Multilingual Matters | Reviewed by Leo Paladino … pp 12-15
WORLD NEWS
ZAMBIA, ARGENTINA , SIERRA LEONE & USA | Classrooms Around the World: An Educational Adventure | Laura Rodríguez, Thandiwe Zitha, Mark Kungbana and Adam Borchers share an initiative to bring classes together … pp 15-17
COVER FEATURE | NALDIC Conference 30: Every Teacher is a Language Teacher … pp 19-33
Keynote 1 | All teachers are language teachers – what does this mean in a context of coloniality and deep social inequality? | Professor Carolyn McKinney, School of Education, University of Cape Town … pp 20-21
Keynote 2 | Pushed and Pulled in Multiple Directions: EAL Provision between tensions, myths, needs, aspirations, and hope | Khawla Badwan, Reader in Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University … pp 22-23
Papers | 15 papers … pp 24-31
Workshops | 4 workshops … pp 32-33
CPD REPORTS | pp 34-51
#1 A first language safe space | Katherine Laura Jessett discusses the benefits of a first language homework club … pp 34-35
#2 Teaching vocabulary for writing | Claire Frost provides an overview of her Master’s in Bilingualism dissertation … pp 36-37
#3 Why is my approach to supporting EAL learners not working? | Emmy Roberts shares what she learned as a trainee from revisiting some common EAL approaches and support strategies … pp 38-40
#4 EAL Pupils and the spatial organisation of classrooms | Dr Ellen Bishop shares her doctoral research on spatial factors shaping EAL pupil education, support provision, and social opportunities in school … pp 41-43
#5 Exploring language structures in origin and application | Tazreen Kassim-Lowe shares some early insights from her Phd journey … pp 44-46
#6 Training during the Pandemic – how has it impacted on teachers’ readiness for inclusive teaching? | A research group from King’s College London shares its findings … pp 47-51
EAL ESSENTIALS
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) | In this new edition of EAL Essentials, Jaimy Ottevanger reviews the basics of CLIL theory, discusses practical applications, and suggests sources to find out more about the model … pp 52-54
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
School Admissions: Where are Rights of the child? | Fiona Ranson raises concerns over school admissions … pp 55-57
COMMENT
EAL Training in a changing world | Jonathan Bifield on the ever more pressing need for training … pp 58-59
Supplementary schools as “open” spaces | Kathryn Kashyap visits a supplementary school … pp 60-43
TEACHER VOICE
Subject Teachers and EAL (Multilingual) Learners | Lois Ashcroft reflects on the challenges faced by subject teachers as they integrate content and language learning for EAL pupils … pp 64-65
THE LAST WORD
HELD: the Hub for Education and Language Diversity | Melanie Cooke and Ben Rampton explain the work of the hub … pp 67
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Rachel Knowles | Fiona Ranson | Leandro Paladino
CONFERENCE EDITOR | Fazana Farook
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Frank Monaghan
Issue 19
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Autumn 2022 | Sanctuary
EDITORIAL | Schools as sanctuary spaces | Christina Richardson … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Sanctuary in schools: teaching and learning spaces as living, dynamic contexts … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | New initiatives to celebrate 30 years of NALDIC … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
NALDIC 30: NALDIC: Past, Present and Future | Looking back – Dianne Excell on the work of the RIGs … p 8
NALDIC 30: Initiatives for NALDIC’s 30th Year | 30 Voices in EAL. Rachel Knowles on this new initiative … p 9
NALDIC 30: NALDIC Publications | Since 2016 … p 9
NALDIC 30: NALDIC Conferences | Since 1992 … p 9
SHORTS | Our regular round-up of mini summaries of recent and relevant research … pp 10-11
RIGs | News, information and reports from the most recent round of NALDIC’s regional and special interest groups … pp 12-15
Regional Interest Groups (RIGs) Reports … pp 12-15
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Reports … p 16
WORLD NEWS
ARGENTINA | Inter-generational learning | Laura Rodríguez on an innovative partnership for holistic education … pp 16-18
COVER FEATURE | Supporting sanctuary-seeking children … pp 19-34
Schools of Sanctuary: more important now than ever | Megan Greenwood explains how Schools of Sanctuary plays an important role in helping schools develop practice, building cohesive communities … pp 20-23
Birmingham City of Sanctuary: working together for change | Barbara Forbes on collaborative work inspiring students to be agents of change … pp 24-26
From conflict zones to classrooms | Josh Corlett shares how the International Rescue Committee is helping schools in England better support refugee students … pp 27-28
Migrant Children and Communities in a Transforming Europe (MiCREATE) – Creating a child-centred approach | Shoba Arun, Hadjer Taibi, and Hafsah Musamod share the work of the MiCREATE project … pp 29-34
EAL ESSENTIALS
Translanguaging | Jaimy Ottevanger discusses translanguaging exploring its theory and practice, and implications for social justice, and how it can help create a sense of belonging and appreciation of cultural diversity. … pp 35-37
COMMENT
Jonathan Bifield on EAL pedagogy in Humanities resources | Creating Curriculum Resources … pp 38-39
Kathryn Kashyap on rethinking notions of sanctuary | How far can schools be places of sanctuary? A critique … pp 40-43
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
Ordinary people and extraordinary actions | Fiona Ranson on the life and work of children’s rights activist, Janusz Korzak … pp 44-45
THE LAST WORD
Heritage Languages in complementary schools | Carmen Silvestri offers an insider perspective … pp 46
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Rachel Knowles | Fiona Ranson | Leandro Paladino
CONFERENCE EDITOR | Fazana Farook
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Frank Monaghan
Issue 18
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Summer 2022 | Wellbeing
EDITORIAL | Working together to promote wellbeing | Christina Richardson … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Integrating concepts of wellbeing and literacy … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Recognising and harnessing children’s strength, courage and resilience … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
WEBINAR: Chartered College of Teaching/NALDIC webinar … p 8
WEBINAR: Refugee Week: Schools as a place of Healing webinar … p 8
SEMINAR: Decolonising the Curriculum | A collaborative multilingual seminar … p 9
SHORTS | Our regular round-up of mini summaries of recent and relevant research … pp 10-11
RIGs & SIGs | News, information and reports from the most recent round of NALDIC’s regional and special interest groups … pp 12-16
Regional Interest Groups (RIGs) Reports … pp 12-15
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Reports … p 16
WORLD NEWS
JERSEY | Leading the way: The new Language Policy for Jersey Education | Eowyn Crisfield reports on the development of an innovative policy … pp 17-19
ARGETINA & THE UNITED STATES | Language learning across the Americas | Laura Rodríguez and Stacey Ward report on a project that connected secondary school students in Argentina and the United States … pp 20-21
COVER FEATURE | Wellbeing – Supporting the mental health of EAL pupils and wider school communities … pp 23-32
In conversation with: Liam Murphy | Liam Murphy, author of ‘Supporting the Wellbeing of Young Children With EAL’ discusses his experiences of supporting early years’ children through social and emotional learning with Rachel Knowles … pp 24-26
Children Caring on the Move | Kathryn Kashyap shares insights from a participatory research project with separated young migrants … pp 27-30
Buddy Box, a language ice-breaker | Mark Hill MBE tells us about the creation of ‘Buddy Box’ … pp 31-32
Teacher Voice
Championing EAL through Covid constraints and beyond | Abigail Blaylock shares her experiences of assuming the role of EAL Lead … pp 34-35
COMMENT
Jonathan Bifield on supporting new arrivals who speak EAL | The wellbeing of new arrivals to school … pp 36-37
Kathryn Kashyap considers ‘well-being’ informed provision | “Warm Welcome?” … pp 38-39
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
Wellbeing and Children’s Rights | Fiona Ranson unearths inconsistencies in defining well-being … pp 40-41
EAL ESSENTIALS
Classroom Interaction and Group Work | This new series in the Journal will review relevant terms, models and frameworks for EAL practitioners. In this second edition of EAL Essentials, Jaimy Ottevanger looks at a few models that analyse classroom interaction and group work in relation to language development. … pp 42-44
BACK PAGE COMMENT
Supporting Mental Health: Teacher Wellbeing | Place2Be consultant clinician, Kathleen Forbes talks to EAL Journal Editor, Christina Richardson about the importance of promoting teacher wellbeing … pp 45-47
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Rachel Knowles | Fiona Ranson | Leandro Paladino
CONFERENCE EDITOR | Fazana Farook
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Kate Anderson | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow
Issue 17
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Spring 2022 | Decolonising the Curriculum
EDITORIAL | Decentring and rethinking | Christina Richardson … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Decolonising the Curriculum … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | A portal that gives us opportunities to imagine another world … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
CONFERENCE: MiGreat! Changing the narratives on migration – exploring creative approaches … p 8
EVENTS: EAL Journal on Instagram | Research Seminar | Creative Multilingualism … p 9
NALDIC TEAM | On these pages you can find out about the team behind NALDIC … p 10
SHORTS | Summaries of the latest research reports … pp 12-13
RIGs & SIGs | News, information and reports from the most recent round of NALDIC’s regional and special interest groups … pp 14-21
RIG Reports … p 14-17
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Reports … p 18
SIG Focus: Newcomer and Refugee | Chelsea Williams provides an overview of the recent Newcomer and Refugee SIG … p 19
SIG Focus: International Schools SIG | Kate Anderson, Lorna Caputo and Jacky Lipp on the International Schools SIG … pp 20-21
WORLD NEWS
Taking a ‘multilingual turn’ | Jacob Huckle reports from Suzhou, China … pp 22-23
COVER FEATURE | NALDIC Conference 29: Decolonising the Curriculum … pp 25-38
Keynote 1: Sameena Choudry | From segregation to colonisation: A short history of EAL provision and practice in England … pp 27-28
Keynote 2: Dr Deirdre Kirwan | Linguistically diverse classrooms: encouraging children to show who they are and what they can do … pp 29-31
Keynote 3: Dr Ian Cushing | Raciolinguistic ideologies and the sonic surveillance of language in schools … pp 32-33
Papers … pp 34-37
Workshops … pp 38
Teacher Voice
Working within a whole school vision: subject teachers share their approaches | Head of EAL, Anna Czebiolko, and colleagues Nicole Whitling, Paul Walton and Kieran Dawson share their approaches … pp 40-43
Mathematics … p 41
English language and Literature … p 42
Science … p 43
EAL ESSENTIALS
NEW SERIES! This new series in the Journal will review relevant terms, models and frameworks for EAL practitioners. It is primarily aimed at new or trainee teachers but will hopefully be of use to more experienced professionals as well.
BICS and CALP | In this first edition, Jaimy Ottevanger reviews Jim Cummins’ work distinguishing Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) … pp 45-47
The Rights of the Child: What do we need to know and why? | Fiona Ranson reveals a worrying track record/performance … pp 48-49
COMMENT
Jonathan Bifield discusses enhancing proficiency in English | There isn’t enough time! … pp 50-51
Eowyn Crisfield on linguistic diversity | Linguistic Diversity and the Curriculum … pp 52-53
Kathryn Kashyap on building ‘inclusiving’ strategies | Welcoming pupils with “disrupted education” … pp 54-55
Frank Monaghan on learning from schoolscapes | EAL and the Linguistic Landscape … pp 56-57
RESOURCES & RESEARCH
BOOK REVIEW: Teaching EAL – Evidence-based Strategies for the Classroom and School (2021) by Robert Sharples | Reviewed by Moira Brazil … p 58
READING GROUP: Introducing the EAL Journal’s Race Equality Reading Group … p 59
BOOK REVIEW: Decoloniality, Language and Literacy: Conversations with Teacher Educators edited by Carolyn McKinney and Pam Christie | Reviewed by Frank Monaghan … pp 60-61
RESEARCH REVIEW: Decolonising the curriculum: Perspectives from the Global South
Voices from Nepal | Rachel Knowles … p 62
Voices from Argentina | Laura Rodríguez … p 63
Voices from New Zealand and Australia | Fiona Ranson … pp 64-65
THE LAST WORD
Sanctuary: Not just a physical space | Christina Richardson on preparing (schools) for pupils seeking sanctuary … p 66
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Rachel Knowles | Fiona Ranson | Leandro Paladino
CONFERENCE EDITOR | Fazana Farook
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Kate Anderson | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow
Issue 16
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Autumn 2021 | What’s the word on reading?
EDITORIAL | Beyond kind gestures | Christina Richardson … p 3
CONTRIBUTE TO NALDIC | How can you get involved? … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Continuing to move forward during a turbulent time … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
TEACHER EVENTS: University of Copenhagen Webinar Series … p 8
WORKSHOPS: Theatre of the Oppressed | English For Action … p 8
CPD: Refugees in Northern Ireland… p 9
SHORTS | Summaries of the latest research reports … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS | Find out what’s been happening near you … pp 12-15
RIGs Update … p 13
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 14
Convenor News … p 15
WORLD NEWS
A shared eagerness to learn | Laura Rodriguez on an exchange project between Argentina and India during the Covid-19 pandemic … p 16
Japan’s Linguistic Landscape | Fabian Bi Sheng SIAU on Japan’s ethnolinguistic diversity … p17
COVER FEATURE | EAL learners and reading … pp 19-35
Supporting and assessing EAL Learners’ reading development | Melanie Griffin … pp 20-22
Repositioning phonics to enhance provision for EAL | Judy Stanyard and Fiona Ranson … pp 23-25
Thinking beyond the ‘Reading Wars’ | Leandro Paladino and Christina Richardson … pp 26-27
Voices from the Classroom … pp 28-30
Embracing multiliteracies and mentor texts to bridge to school literacy | Harriet Crossley and Richard O’Neill … pp 31-32
Supporting EAL learners with reading at secondary school | A teacher educator and two experienced EAL teachers offer advice for trainees and new teachers … pp 33-35
CPD REPORTS
#1 Developmental Language Disorder and bilingual children: what you need to know | Carolyn Letts , Teresa Garrido-Tamayo, Elaine Ashton, Anastasia Trębacz … pp 36-39
#2 “They never include us” – The curriculum inclusion of Eastern European Roma pupils | Rachel Knowles … pp 40-41
#3 Modified Guided Reading in a Dutch Bilingual school | Marly de Geus … pp 42-43
#4 Vocabulary Acquisition Mediated by a Self-made, Visual Learning Tool | Tazreen Kassim-Lowe … pp 44-45
#5 Professional Development for EAL: Lessons from the US | Naomi Flynn … pp 46-47
ONLINE
The story continues… How digital multilingual story books can be used to decolonise (language) learning and provide a start point for exploring the Sustainable Development Goals | Leandro Paladino and Christina Richardson with Agustina Merlotti, Laura Rodríguez and Emiliano Tisano … pp 48-49
COMMENT
Jonathan Bifield on reading in a second language | The importance of activating background knowledge … pp 50-51
Eowyn Crisfield on School Language Policy | School Language Policy: Why do we need one? … pp 52-53
BOOKS
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism | Multilingual Matters | 7th Edition Colin Baker and Wayne E Wright … p 55
Hamish Chalmers discusses making research meaningful | What questions do EAL teachers want EAL researchers to address? … pp 56-57
RESEARCH IN DEPTH
Why the Learning and Teaching of Diverse Critical Literacies Matters | Yvonne Foley, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK … pp 58-62
THE LAST WORD
Afghan new arrivals: a “warm welcome” | Kathryn Kashyap considers how schools can create welcoming environments … p 63
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Leandro Paladino | Fiona Ranson | Rachel Knowles
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow
Issue 15
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Summer 2021 | Beyond the school gates
POLICY POSITION | Learning loss – the invisibility of EAL … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Rays of sunlight: positives after a challenging year … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | Introducing NALDIC Special Interest Groups … pp 8-9
EVENT: Identity, Digital Storytelling and Linguistic Citizenship – Dr Bonny Norton, University of British Colombia … p 8
WEBINAR: Plurilingualism and Interculturality – University of Copenhagen … p 9
RESEARCH: Coming Up Soon: Letters from America … p 9
SHORTS | Research Shorts takes another bite-sized look at recent research in the field … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS | Find out what’s been happening near you … pp 12-15
RIGs Update … p 13
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS | Bolivia’s Linguistic Landscape | Beatriz Erazo on Bolivia’s indigenous languages … p 16
COVER FEATURE | Making the most of children’s learning opportunities outside school … pp 17-27
Promoting children’s language development: building parent-teacher relationships | Jaimy Ottevanger … pp 18-20
Supporting Home Learning for Children from Sanctuary Seeking Backgrounds | Megan Greenwood … pp 21-24
Abinibi Project: Intergenerational learning programme | Gbemisola Isimi … pp 25-27
CPD REPORTS
#1 Women’s Marginalised Identities: Identifying the Visibility Gap in Coursebooks | Amelia Kirkland … pp 28-29
#2 Language use by Hokkien migrants in London | Chunxi Zhang … pp 30-31
#3 Teaching English in Vietnam | Paul Stanton … pp 32-33
COMMENT
Identifying strategies to support home learning | Jonathan Bifield … pp 34-35
Working with families to support language development at home | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 36-37
COMMENT: AGAINST THE CURRENT
What does it mean when …? | Samira Moradi on reading between the lines … pp 38-39
SPOTLIGHT ON…
What might MFL teachers in inclusive classrooms with EAL students learn from Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction? | Jane Jones … pp 40-42
BOOKS
Bilingual Families | Multilingual Matters | Eowyn Crisfield (2021) … p 44
RESEARCH IN DEPTH
Bilingualism in the family and children’s well-being: Why speaking the family language is not just a ‘nice to have’ | Lisa-Maria Muller, Katie Howard, Elspeth Wilson, Jenny Gibson, Napoleon Katsos … pp 46-50
THE LAST WORD
EAL and MFL: crossing the divide | Christina Richardson on re-thinking how we view languages … p 51
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Elizabeth Chilton | Leandro Paladino | Fiona Ranson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow
Issue 14
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Spring 2021 | Laying a solid foundation
POLICY POSITION | Ofsted removes one of the voices for EAL in the inspectorate … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Championing our EAL learners in the time of Covid-19 … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | The latest dispatches … pp 8-9
WEBINAR: Joint NALDIC/Chartered College of Teaching webinar: “Supporting young multilingual pupils in early years settings” … p 8
CONFERENCE: Decolonising School Conference … p 9
EVENTS: … pp 8–9
SHORTS | Research Shorts takes another bite-sized look at recent research in the field … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS | Find out what’s been happening near you … pp 12-15
RIGs Update … p 13
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
COVER FEATURE | EAL in the Early Years … pp 17-29
Building a strong foundation and multilingual mindsets … p 17
A bilingual nursery’s journey. The beginning | Amy Thompson … pp 18-19
Challenging monolingual practices: an action research study in a private nursery in London | Daniela Panniello and Dr Kyara Rojas-Bustos … pp 20-23
Early Years: Successes in Somerset and Beyond | Louise Campbell-White … pp 24-25
Visible thinking for the Early Years | Mariela Fiscante … pp 26-29
CONFERENCE REPORT | Multilingual Britain: Successes, Challenges and Future Directions … pp 31-42
A Moment in Time: NALDIC Conference 28 Goes Online … p 31
Keynote #1 | Critical Connections: Engaging with the tensions and challenges of a global digital storytelling project creating spaces for multilingual learning in schools – Vicky Macleroy … pp 32-33
Paper 1 | Critical Connections: Engaging with the tensions and challenges of a global digital storytelling project creating spaces for multilingual learning in schools – Annabel MacWilliam, Lorraine Cusack and Kim Almond, St David’s Primary School Edinburgh & Edinburgh EAL Team … p 33
Paper 2 | The Management of EAL Provision in High-Need Schools – Claire Evans, Anderton Park School … p 34
Paper 3 | Making Language Visible: UASC in Care – Fiona Ranson … p 34
Keynote #2 | Some EAL Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me About Language – Kate Clanchy … p 35
Paper 4 | How can we better support and assess children who have English as an Additional Language? – An action research study Daniela Panniello, University of Roehampton … p 36
Paper 5 | EAL and GCSE Geography Classes – Anna Czebiolko, Cockburn John Charles Academy … p 36
Paper 6 | The Young Interpreter Scheme: staff experiences of participation – Debra Page, University of Reading … p 37
Paper 7 | Roma – Narrowing the Gap – Jane Driver … p 37
Paper 8 | Living with physical constraints: Why translanguaging matters now even more – Dr Lavinia Hirsu, University of Glasgow … p 38
Paper 9 | Un-/learning mono-/ multilingualism: insights from the primary school – Thomas Quehl, Goldsmiths,
University of London … p 38
Paper 10 | Teachers’ identification of language disorders in bilingual children: A study of attitudes – Felicity Parry, Bangor University … p 39
Paper 11 | Knowledge, spaces and dispositions towards language/s – Daniela Panniello & Dr Kyara Rojas-Bustos
University of Roehampton … p 39
Keynote #3 | Storybooks UK: Promoting multilingualism and online English language learning during Covid-19 – Dr. Bonny Norton … p 40
Paper 12 | Safe, open, possible spaces? Moving the discussion on about multilingual learning at home and at school post lockdown – Dr Kathryn Kashyap … p 41
Paper 13 | Disrupting monolingual mindsets: Heritage Language speakers’ responses to plurilingual ‘outlets’ in a mainstream secondary school setting – Sophie Liggins (University of Essex) … p 41
Paper 14 | Working with bilingual children at risk of developmental language disorder: adapting assessment and intervention for the nursery-aged bilingual child – Carolyn Letts (University of Newcastle); Sean Pert (University of Manchester) … p 42
Paper 15 | Reflection on multilingual activities in education: Presentation and evaluation of the free online M-SOC tool – Dr Gabriela Meier & Anita Wood, University of Exeter … p 42
TRIED AND TESTED | Two practitioners share insights on Routines and Enhancing Communication … pp 43-45
The Importance of Classroom Routines: Young Learners and EAL | Eugenia Dell’Osa … p 43
Enhancing communication in an Early Years Setting | Keli Nicholson … pp 44-45
CPD REPORTS
#1 ‘I didn’t understand anything.’ New to English voices on international transition | Katharine Anderson … pp 46-47
#2 EAL in the mainstream: Perceptions and Practices | Beata Raszkowska … pp 48-49
THE LANGUAGE OF…
Play | Elizabeth Rushton and Heather King … pp 50-53
COMMENT
Lockdown Three – Remote Learning for EAL Students | Jonathan Bifield … pp 54-55
School-supported Family Language Planning | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 56-57
COVID19: The largest EAL inset to-date! | Samira Moradi … pp 58-59
Pushing for a Truly Multilingual Britain | Thomas Avery … pp 60-61
EAL and proficiency in English: What should we be assessing and how? | Professor Steve Strand … pp 62-65
Reopening K-12 Schools During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Fiona Ranson … pp 66-67
BEST OF THE BLOG
My Language Homes | Dr Farah Nazir … p 68
The Development of Young Learners’ Reading Skills | Natilly McCartney … p 69
SPOTLIGHT ON…
Cognitive Load Theory: Teaching strategies derived from the ITT Core Content Framework for all MFL Teachers | Jane Jones … pp 70-73
ONLINE
Engaging with language diversity in primary schools across Europe: The VirtuLApp project | Lorna Carson … pp 74-76
BOOKS
Exercising Muscles and Minds: Outdoor Play and the Early Years Curriculum (2nd ed.) | Marjorie Ouvry and Amanda Furtado … p 77
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Home language learning: what factors matter,
and how do we support families? | Alex Hodgkiss … pp 78-82
THE LAST WORD | Fostering Equality | Amanda Savage … p 83
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Elizabeth Chilton | Leandro Paladino | Fiona Ranson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow
Issue 13
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Autumn 2020 | Let me tell you a story…
POLICY POSITION | On the importance of appropriate representation … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Finding the positives in difficult times … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | The latest dispatches … pp 8-9
REVIEWS: IDESR: A one-stop-shop for systematic reviews in education … p 8
PRESENTATION: Webinar on online teaching … p 8
TRAINING: Online Training for NALDIC members … p 8
CONFERENCE: Universities of Sanctuary Two Day Conference 13th & 14th October 2020 … p 9
EVENTS … p 9
SHORTS | Research Shorts takes another bite-sized look at recent research in the field … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS | Find out what’s been happening near you … pp 12-15
RIGs Update … p 13
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS | Brazil’s Linguistic Landscape … p 16
COVER FEATURE | The power of multilingual story-telling … pp 17-35
Honouring multilingual repertoires and identities: Our languages, our stories | Vally Lytra, Soukeina Tharoo, Emanuela Banfi, Zhan Chengyan, Carla Costa, Maria Eleftheriou-Kaparti, Zoe Meyer and Polina Schmid-Ilina … pp 18-21
Multilingual storytelling through translation: Ten years and counting | Stacie Allan and Charlotte Ryland … pp 22-25
Languages Matter | Eithne Gallagher … pp 26-28
Bringing Croatian literature to a wider multilingual audience | Naget Hussein … pp 29-31
‘Once Upon a Time in Genre Land’ Lauren’s lesson | Leandro Paladino with Lauren Stokes … pp 32-35
WORKING IN EAL | Working in EAL … pp 36-33
Here, two new members of the editorial team, Fazana Farook (Conference Editor) and Simeon Bates (Associate Editor) talk about their thoughts and experiences in working in the field of EAL teaching and training … pp 36-37
Is Every Subject Teacher an EAL Teacher Really? | Ms Samira Moradi … p 38
“I feel the most pressing issue for EAL teaching and learning is for a school to establish and adhere to a clear EAL Policy.” | Mrs Alexia Papalexandrakou … p 39
CPD REPORTS
#1 Roma Translanguaging Enquiry Learning Space (ROMTELS) | Heather Smith and Lydia Wysocki … pp 41-44
TRIED AND TESTED
Establishing a Multilingual Reading Club | Sam Pinkney … pp 46-47
COMMENT
Supporting EAL Learners in School during Covid | Jonathan Bifield … pp 48-49
Making multilingualism work in the classroom | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 50-51
BEST OF THE BLOG
Principles into Practice with EAL learners in Crisis Teaching | Eowyn Crisfiepld … p 52-53
ONLINE
The Hadi Badi Initiative – Bridging the Awareness Gap in Arabic Children Literature:
the Story of the Hadi Badi Initiative | hadibadi.org … pp 54-56
BOOKS
Subject Literacy in Culturally Diverse Secondary Schools: Supporting EAL Learners | Esther Daborn, Sally Zacharias and Hazel Crichton (2020) … p 57
RESEARCH IN DEPTH
Multilingual Digital Storytelling | Vicky Macleroy … pp 58-62
THE LAST WORD
Best Interests of the Child (Refugee?) | Fiona Ranson … p 63
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Elizabeth Chilton | Fiona Ranson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow | Leandro Paladino | Mae Zantout
Issue 12
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Summer 2020 | Supporting Young Refugees
EDITORIAL | Making a difference … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Learning through Lockdown … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Education is at the forefront of our national concerns … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | The latest dispatches … pp 8-9
What one school has been doing to support EAL learners at home … p 8
New report identifies concerns … p 9
EAL Conferences and Events … p 9
Webinar on online teaching … p 9
RESEARCH IN BRIEF | New findings summarised … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS | Find out what’s been happening near you … pp 12-15
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS | Bilingualism in Argentina … p 16
COVER FEATURE | Supporting Young Refugees … pp 19-3
Refugee education: beyond the classroom | Catherine Gladwell … pp 20-24
Educating Refugee-background children | Niki Cooper-Robbins … pp 25-27
New Scots: Refugee Integration Strategy 2018-2022 | Alison Phipps … pp 28-29
Refugee women and COVID-19 | Naget Hussein … pp 30-31
WORKING IN EAL | Working in EAL … pp 32-33
In these pages, our two new deputy editors, Elizabeth Chilton and Fiona Ranson talk to Christina Richardson
GROWING UP MULTILINGUAL
Reflecting on language and identity | Marianna Demetriou … p 34
Reflections on her motivation, language practices and identity | Zarah Shanawar … p 35
CPD REPORTS
#1 Parental involvement in a multilingual school: where does the buck stop? | Daphna Skotnicki … pp 36-37
#2 Making language visible: UASC in care | Fiona Ranson … pp 38-39
#3 Exploring how pupils, families and teachers negotiate the “spaces” | Kathryn Kashyap … pp 40-41
COMMENT
Supporting Refugee and Asylum-seeking Children in a Secondary School | Jonathan Bifield … pp 42-43
Leveraging home languages in distance learning | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 44-45
BEST OF THE BLOG
Investigating Global Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners | Sue Garton and Fiona Copland … p 46
Teach Real English!: as spoken ‘in the wild’ | Devyani Sharma … p 47
COMMENT
What’s useful? What’s not? | Jonathan Brentnall … pp 48-51
ONLINE
Stephen Spender Trust | Michaël Vidon … p 52
Using ‘Storybooks Canada’ in the Classroom | Justine Younie-Gillham … p 53-54
BOOKS
Creative Multilingualism – A Manifesto | Edited by Katrin Kohl, Rajinder Dudrah, Andrew Gosler, Suzanne
Graham, Martin Maiden, Wen-chin Ouyang and Matthew Reynolds (20 May, 2020) … p 55
RESEARCH IN DEPTH
Young refugees in UK schools | Robert Sharples and Jáfia Naftali Câmara … pp 56-58
THE LAST WORD
Covid-19: we’re all in this together? on the pandemic and EAL learners | Paul Nancarrow … p 59
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Liz Chilton | Fiona Ranson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow
Issue 11
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Spring 2020 | Harnessing the power of technology
EDITORIAL | Hands up for training! What works well and what’s needed? … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Evidence Informed Education … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Taking stock and seeking out the positives … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | The latest dispatches … pp 8-9
The Bell Foundation and NALDIC Webinar: supporting the learning of EAL pupils during and after school closures … p 8
Mantralingua offer free access to their library of dual language ebooks until the end of August 2020 … p 9
EAL Conferences and Events … p 9
Asylum seeker and refugee support … p 9
RESEARCH IN BRIEF | New findings summarised … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS | Find out what’s been happening near you … pp 12-15
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS | Kiev’s changing linguistic landscape … p 16
COVER FEATURE | The power of technology … pp 17-29
Technology Enhanced Learning | Chris Pim … pp 18-20
Global Storybooks for multilingual UK classrooms | Bonny Norton and Liam Doherty … pp 21-25
Online Communities of Practice | Anna Czebiolko … pp 26-28
Mobile Apps Supporting Vocabulary Acquisition | Joanna Norton … pp 29-32
CONFERENCE REPORT | Inclusive practices in multilingual classes … pp 33-
Keynote #1 | Assessing and addressing specific learning differences in multilingual learners … pp 34-35
Overview of workshops … pp 36-37
Paper write ups #1 … pp 38-39
Paper write ups #2 … p 40
Keynote #2 | The role of vocabulary depth in listening comprehension: Evidence from longitudinal data … p 41
Keynote #3 | Ofsted’s new Education Inspection Framework (EIF): Implications for pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) … p 42
Conference photo diary … pp 43-45
THE LANGUAGE OF…
Geography | Elizabeth Rushton … pp 46-49
MY LIGHTBULB MOMENT
Wendy Mackenzie on interlanguage … pp 51-52
Case studies involving interlanguage … p 53
CPD REPORTS
#1 If you can’t say it, use a puppet | Angélique Arts … pp 54-55
#2 Integration of home languages in Dutch Primary Education | Femke Goossens … pp 56-57
#3 ‘Trawsieithu’ – Translanguaging in the Primary School | Deborah Perrin … pp 58-59
#4 The role music can play in integrating EAL students into the English education system | Simeon Bates … pp 60-61
COMMENT
Digital Technology in the Mainstream Classroom | Jonathan Bifield … pp 62-63
Portraits and pathways: Knowing your multilingual learners | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 64-65
BEST OF THE BLOG
Massive Open Online Courses for language support | Napat Jitpaisarnwattana … p 66
BOOKS
Engaging with Linguistic Diversity.
A Study of Educational Inclusion in an Irish Primary School | David Little and Déirdre Kirwan (2019) … p 68
Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens.
Exploring ESOL and Citizenship | Edited by Melanie Cooke and Rob Peutrell (2019) … p 69
ONLINE
Storybooks UK — ‘Andiswa, Fußballstar’ | Brigitte Manion … p 70
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Language learning from apps: potential and pitfalls | Sophie Booton, Department of Education, University of Oxford … pp 71-74
LANGUAGE SKILLS | Post-Brexit immigration policy | Philip Seargeant … p 75
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Hamish Chalmers | Elizabeth Chilton | Dianne Excell | Femke Goossens | Janette Gibbons | Luke Johnston | Lisa Maria Müller | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Ivelina Miteva | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow | Mae Zantout
Issue 10
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Autumn 2019 | Hands up for training! What works well and what’s needed?
EDITORIAL | Hands up for training! What works well and what’s needed? … p 3
POLICY POSITION | A multilingual country in a multilingual world … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Ensuring the best interests of learners with EAL … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS … pp 8-9
New Core Content for Initial teacher training: no mention of EAL … p 8
EEF evaluation of EAL in The Mainstream research project: Integrating English … p 8
EAL Conferences and Events … p 9
Reflecting Realities Survey findings announced by the Centre for Literacy In Primary Education (CLPE) … p 9
Oracy All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG): deadline January 6 2020 … p 9
Consultation on Criminalising of the act of trespass when setting up unauthorised encampments … p 9
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-15
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS | Monolingual policies in multilingual classrooms … p 16
COVER FEATURE | EAL teacher training and CPD: Where are we now? What’s working well and what’s needed? … pp 17-29
Working with EAL learners: how ready are trainee teachers? | Yvonne Foley … pp 18-20
EAL Teacher Training: What works well and what is needed? | Jenny Smith … pp 21-23
Continued Professional Development (CPD): What, Where, Who and How? | Graham Smith … pp 24-26
Rethinking ESOL/EAL Professionalism with the growth in Educational Outsourcing | Tae Hee Choi … pp 27-29
TEACHER VOICE
Working with EAL children | Christine Brooks … pp 30-31
My lightbulb moment | Kinga Radwan … pp 32-34
CPD REPORTS
#1 Bilingualism and autism: understanding school experiences | Katie Howard, Jenny Gibson, Napoleon Katsos … pp 36-37
#2 Scaffolding Inquiry for EAL: Facilitating Meaningful Participation in the Mainstream Classroom | Jaimy Ottevanger … pp 38-39
#3 Social translanguaging in a bilingual primary school in Argentina | Leandro Paladino … pp 40-41
#4 Cracking the academic code: A mixed-methods evaluation of an academic vocabulary intervention for secondary school students with EAL | Anna Luczyna … pp 42-43
THE LANGUAGE OF…
Religious Education | Ann-Marie Brandom and Angela Wright … pp 44-48
COMMENT
Delivering Effective EAL CPD and Training | Jonathan Bifield … pp 50-51
Every teacher is a language teacher: Fact or fiction? | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 52-53
BEST OF THE BLOG
Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Early Years | Naila Malik … p 54
Being intentional: great practice for EAL from the US | Naomi Flynn … p 55
BOOKS
Educational Research: Taking the Plunge | Wood, P. and Smith, J. (2016) … p 56
Teacher-led Research: designing and implementing randomised controlled trails and other forms of experimental research | Churches, R. and Dommett, E. (2016) … p 56
Primary-Aged Children’s Books
The Dog who Found Sorrow | Written by Rüta Briede and illustrated by Elena Braslina … p 57
Everyone’s the Smartest | Poems by Contra and illustrated by Ulla Saar, translated by Charlotte Geater, Katlin Kaldmaa and Richard O’Brien. … p 57
The Adventures of Na Willa | By Reda Gaudiamo, illustrated by Cecillia Hidayat … p 57
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Guiding questions to inform CPD | Cécile De Cat, Emily Oxley and Helen Sadig … pp 59-62
THE LAST WORD | November 1, 2019 – Frank Monaghan turns to poetry | Frank Monaghan … p 63
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITOR | Paul Nancarrow
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Cathie Lacey | Diane Leedham | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Nandhaka Pieris | Sally Zacharias
Issue 9
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Summer 2019 | EAL in the Mainstream
EDITORIAL | EAL in the Mainstream … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Early Years Foundation Stage Early Learning Goals … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Research, Practice and Activism … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS … pp 8-9
Ofsted highlights importance of modern foreign language (MFL) learning post-Brexit … p 8
EAL and Conferences and Events … p 8
New EAL BAAL Research Network meeting … p 9
The Learning Village shortlisted for the Teach Primary Award … p 9
Perfect partners improve pass rate for FE EAL students … p 9
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-15
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS | Principles and practices in England and Catalonia … p 16
COVER FEATURE | EAL in the Mainstream … pp 17-28
EAL in the Mainstream: An English story | Constant Leung … pp 18-19
It all adds up | Frank Monaghan … pp 20-22
Lost for words? | Manny Vazquez … pp 23-25
Withdrawal teaching: Ideologies, pedagogies and common sense | Manny Vazquez … pp 26-28
TEACHER VOICE
Working with EAL children | Paul Nancarrow … pp 32-33
My lightbulb moment | James Charlton … pp 34-35
CPD REPORTS
#1 Parents Get Learning! | Wendy Mackenzie … p 36
THE LANGUAGE OF…
Art | PaulNancarrow … p 37-39
COMMENT
Co-Teaching in the Mainstream | Jonathan Bifield … pp 40-41
Conversations with parents | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 42-43
BEST OF THE BLOG
How to translate from Polish (even when you don’t know the language): The Stephen Spender Prize Polish Spotlight in the classroom | Anna Blasiak … pp 44-45
ONLINE
Online Courses | Keywords Biology and Geography | Paul Nancarrow … pp 46-47
BOOKS
Second Language Learners in International Schools | Maurice Carder with Patricia Mertin and Sarah Porter (2018) … p 48
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Multilingual Students in Mainstream Classrooms: A Synthesis of Research | Jim Cummins … pp 49-54
THE LAST WORD | Speaking English is being British? | Frank Monaghan … p 55
EDITOR | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Paul Nancarrow
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Hamish Chalmers | Catharine Driver | Diane Leedham | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Nandhaka Pieris | Manny Vazquez | Sally Zacharias
Issue 8
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Spring 2019 | Translanguaging
EDITORIAL | Translanguaging … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Reckless words … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Introducing our new Chair … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS … pp 8-9
DfE EAL Data Published … p 8
EAL and Conferences and Events … p 9
#haveyougotyours (tweets) … p 9
NALDIC GOVERNANCE Meet the NALDIC team … pp 10-11
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 12-13
RIG REPORTS … pp 14-17
Convenor News … p 14
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 17
STATEMENT | NALDIC’s response to Ofsted’s draft education inspection framework for 2019 … pp 18-20
COVER FEATURE | Translanguaging … pp 21-33
On EAL, Multilingualism and Translanguaging | Constant Leung … pp 22-23
Translanguaging as seen from the UK perspective | Christina Richardson … pp 24-25
Linguistic schoolscaping and the visibility of languages in the linguistic landscape of a minority language pre-school in Sweden | Boglárka Straszer … pp 26-28
A Critical Translingual Approach to “English” Education | Kate Seltzer … pp 29-31
Translanguaging as a pedagogic strategy for online distance modern language learning | Lina Adinolfi and Caroline Tagg … pp 32-33
NALDIC CONFERENCE | Evidence-informed practice for EAL … pp 35-44
Evidence informed practice for EAL Who, What, Where and When? | Jean Conteh … pp 36-7
Overview of workshops … pp 38-41
Conference photo diary … pp 42-44
TRIED AND TESTED | Teaching Macbeth: A lesson in Year 11 … pp 46-47
THE LANGUAGE OF… | Working with Hard Words: extending vocabulary depth through contextual reading of homonyms | Paul Nancarrow … pp 48-50
CPD REPORTS
#1 Working with EAL children in Early Years Settings in Somerset | Sharon Bond and Louise Campbell-White … p 51
#2 The Role of the First Language in English Medium Instruction | Hamish Chalmers … pp 52-53
#3 A ‘reading for pleasure pedagogy’ and English as an Additional Language | Kimberly Safford … pp 54-55
KEY CONCEPTS IN EAL | NALDIC revisited through translanguaging … pp 56-59
COMMENT
Translanguaging in the mainstream classroom | Jonathan Bifield … pp 60-61
Translanguaging: Back to basics in the classroom | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 62-63
BEST OF THE BLOG
The experiences of secondary school students with EAL:perceptions, priorities and pedagogy | Joshua Martin and Mindy McCracken | Graham Hall … p 64
Working together to drive the EAL discussion | Cherry Pearce … p 65
ONLINE
Online Courses | Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching | Kamil Trzebiatowski … pp 66-67
BOOKS … pp 68-69
Here I Stand – Stories that Speak for Freedom | Amnesty International UK … p 68
King of the Sky | Nicola Davies … p 68
Mathematics and English as Additional Language: Guidance for working with students new to English | Lois Francis … p 69
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Translanguaging Language Education | Li Wei … pp 70-74
THE LAST WORD | Hungry for change | Frank Monaghan … p 75
EDITOR | Robert Sharples
DEPUTY EDITORS | Paul Nancarrow | Christina Richardson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Hamish Chalmers | Catharine Driver | Diane Leedham | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Nandhaka Pieris | Manny Vazquez | Sally Zacharias
Issue 7
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Autumn 2018 | Grammar for EAL Learners
EDITORIAL | EAL and grammar … p 3
POLICY POSITION | National data on English language proficiency helps to improve student outcomes. The DfE was wrong to scrap the requirement to assess and report it. … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | A reflection on NALDIC’s work … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS … pp 8-9
Ofsted news … p 8
Deaf pupils with EAL … p 8
Three new reports … p 9
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-15
Convenor News … p 13
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 15
WORLD NEWS
CLIL in Madrid | Angus Maxwell … p 16
COVER FEATURE | Grammar for EAL learners … pp 17-25
EAL and Grammar in the 21st century curriculum – Are we on the right track? | Paul Nancarrow … pp 18-19
Ron Carter: Grammar and EAL | Frank Monaghan … pp 20-21
Making Sense of the Sentence | Paul Nancarrow … pp 22-23
Teaching Grammar with The Brontës | Harriet Crossley … pp 24-25
BEST OF THE BLOG
Finding Young EAL Learners’ Voices | Joshua Martin and Mindy McCracken … p 27
Language Diversity and Educational attainment of Eastern European pupils in Primary schools in England | Feyisa Demie … p 28
THE EAL COORDINATOR | The EAL Coordinator: the first one hundred days – A NALDIC Booklet … pp 30-31
Questions you need to ask … p 31
ONLINE
Online Courses | Understanding Classroom Interaction | Kamil Trzebiatowski … pp 32-33
BOOKS … pp 34-35
100 ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting EAL Learners | Chris Pim
100 ideas for Secondary Teachers: Supporting EAL Learners | Catharine Driver and Chris Pim
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | The acquisition of grammar in bilingual children | Anna Wolleb and Ludovica Serratrice … pp 37-42
THE LAST WORD | Two stars and a wish | Jane Jones … p 43
EDITOR | Robert Sharples
DEPUTY EDITORS | Frank Monaghan | Paul Nancarrow | Christina Richardson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Hamish Chalmers | Catharine Driver | Diane Leedham | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Nicky Vangalis Stobbs | Manny Vazquez
Issue 6
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Summer 2018 | CLIL and EAL: Much to learn from each other?
EDITORIAL | EAL in the mainstream classroom … p 3
POLICY POSITION | A CLIL Approach in UK mainstream classrooms? … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | A year in review … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS … pp 8-9
Two new research projects … p 8
News in Brief … p 9
PRESS STATEMENT | Withdrawal of EAL proficiency data from the School Census returns … pp 10-11
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 12-13
RIG REPORTS … pp 14-17
Convenor News … p 16
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) … p 17
WORLD NEWS
ELLSA: EAL in Asia | Tyler Stinchcomb … p 18
COVER FEATURE | Rethinking CLIL from an EAL perspective … pp 19-31
What is essential knowledge for CLIL teaching? | Sally Zacharias … pp 20-21
At the crossroads: A PlutiLiteracies Approach to Deeper Learning in CLIL-related contexts | Do Coyle … pp 22-25
Using goals to encourage autonomy | Caroline Scott … pp 26-27
How can Euro-CLIL inform EAL practice? | Eowyn Crisfield … pp 28-29
Welcoming & Supporting students who are New to English: one secondary school’s journey | Catherine Brennan … pp 30-31
EAL FUNDING | A response to ‘Educational Outcomes of Children with English as an Additional Language’ | Constant Leung … pp 32-33
THE LANGUAGE OF… | Making Historians of Sixth Formers | Charlotte Bowyer … pp 34-36
TRAINEE TEACHERS | Trainee Teachers and EAL: having a go | Naomi Cooper … pp 38-39
CPD REPORTS
#1 How children use their language skills within a primary school environment | Nicky Vangalis-Stobbs … pp 40-41
#2 Museum artefacts, language learning and cross-curricular pedagogy | Jim Anderson … pp 42-43
#3 The Young Interpreter Scheme: a coming of age | Astrid Dineen … pp 44-45
KEY CONCEPTS IN EAL | What is academic literacy and who should teach it? | Pauline Gibbons … pp 46-48
COMMENT DECOLONISATION | Decolonisation and critical race theory – what’s the relevance? | Rowena Arshad … pp 50-51
ONLINE
Online Courses | TESOL Strategies: Enriching Classrooms | Kamil Trzebiatowski … pp 52-53
BOOKS … pp 54-55
CLIL Activities: A resource for subject and language teachers by Liz Dale and Rosie Tanner (CUP, 2012) … p 54
Reviews in Brief … p 55
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | What does the research on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) tell us about EAL? | Tom Morton … pp 56-62
THE LAST WORD | A Confession | Graham Smith … p 63
EDITOR | Robert Sharples
DEPUTY EDITOR | Christina Richardson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Carrie Cable | Hamish Chalmers | Catharine Driver | Diane Leedham | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Victoria Murphy | Paul Nancarrow | Nandhaka Pieris | Kamil Trzebiatowski | Nicky Vangalis Stobbs | Manny Vazquez
Issue 5
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Spring 2018 | EAL: the next 25 years / CPD / Conference 25
EDITORIAL | EAL: the next 25 years … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Key priorities for a systematic CPLD framework for EAL … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Looking to the future … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS … pp 8-9
New reports released … p 8
EAL data … p 9
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-15
Spotlight on – North East RIG … p 14
WORLD NEWS
MALI | Timbolo School: the school for Tuareg children in Mali | Bikima Ag Ibnou … pp 16-17
BORNEO | Introducing NASSEA to Jerudong International School | Lisbeth Fangel Lloyd … p18
COVER FEATURE | The NALDIC Guide to CPD
The NALDIC Guide to CPD 2018 … pp 19-27
EAL CPD: Past, present, future … | Dina Mehmedbegovic … pp 20-22
NALDIC Associates … p 24
Doctoral Supervisor Listings … pp 26-27
CONFERENCE REPORT | The Bell Foundation Summer School | Deborah Owen & Dominique Bou Mansour … pp 27-29
LANGUAGE PUZZLES | A linguistic teaser for your class | Pavel Iosad & Graeme Trousdale … p 30
NALDIC 25TH CONFERENCE SPECIAL | EAL: the next 25 years… pp 31-38
KEYNOTE | Translanguaging and co-learning: beyond empowering the learner | Li Wei … pp 32-33
KEYNOTE | ‘Looking back over 25 years of research and moving forward’ | Fred Genesee … pp 34-35
Caught on Camera … pp 36-38
TRIED AND TESTED | Meeting the needs of new arrivals | EAL Academy … pp 39-41
THE LANGUAGE OF… | Hard-working words: extending vocabulary breadth and depth across the curriculum | Paul Nancarrow … pp 42-44
CPD REPORTS
#1 DARTS and Advanced Bilingual Learners | Aniqa Leena & Naomi Flynn … p 45
#2 The Young Interpreter Scheme: a coming of age | Astrid Dineen … pp 46-47
#3 The teaching-and-learning cycle | Anna Luczyna … pp 48-49
#4 Heritage Language Maintenance | Sophie Liggins … p 49
KEY CONCEPTS IN EAL | Funds of Knowledge | Jean Conteh … pp 50-52
COMMENT
REFUGEES | A very European crisis | Catherine Woollard … p53
ONLINE
Online Courses | Virtual Linguistics Campus | Kamil Trzebiatowski … pp 54-55
BOOKS … pp 56-57
Children’s Literature About Refugees: A catalyst in the classroom by Julia Hope
Learning and Teaching British values: Policies and Perspectives on British Identities by Sadia Habib
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Continuing professional development for EAL: mapping the field and filling in the gaps | Naomi Flynn … pp 58-62
THE LAST WORD | EAL in Scotland | Francine Whitmore … p 63
EDITOR | Robert Sharples
DEPUTY EDITOR | Christina Richardson
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Carrie Cable | Hamish Chalmers | Catharine Driver | Diane Leedham | Constant Leung | Vicky Macleroy | Frank Monaghan | Victoria Murphy | Paul Nancarrow | Nandhaka Pieris | Kamil Trzebiatowski | Nicky Vangalis Stobbs | Manny Vazquez
Issue 4
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Autumn 2017 | A new era in assessment?
EDITORIAL | Assessment … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Myth Busting … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | EAL in the next 25 years … p 7
NEWS … pp 8-9
New figures released … p 8
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-13
WORLD NEWS
MALAYSIA | EAL in a Malaysian International School | Jane Scott … p 14
COVER FEATURE | Assessment
A New Era in Assessment? … p 15
Assessing EAL: A Question of knowing what … | Constant Leung … pp 16-19
Understanding Language Assessment | Evelina Galaczi & Nahal Khabbazbashi … p 20
The EAL Assessment Framework in practice: Leeds | Therese O’Sullivan … pp 22-23
The NASSEA EAL Assessment Framework | Melanie Griffin … pp 24-26
The Bell Foundation’s EAL Assessment Framework for Schools | Emma Parsons & Katherine Solomon … p 27
Working with the EAL Stages of Proficiency | Li Yen French … pp 28-29
How are the English language proficiency exams designed? | Alex Thorp … pp 30-31
Language Assessments in the United States | Margo Gottlieb … p33
Views from Wales | Lisa Davies & Brenda Thompson … p 34
RESEARCHING TOGETHER | What language do you think in? | Clare Brumpton & Mirela Dumić … pp 36-38
THE LANGUAGE OF… | The Language of Science | Catharine Driver … pp 39-41
TRIED AND TESTED | In-class coaching for Primary literacy | Alice Washbourne … pp 42-43
CPD REPORTS
#1 Securing a whole-school commitment to academic language across the curriculum | Zara Ali … pp 44-45
#2 Learning objectives and success criteria | Hannah Macbeth … p46
#3 Accelerating Learning with Families | Bhupinder Gill
COMMENT
EAL DATA | Schools, pupils and their characteristics | Graham Smith … pp 48-4
ONLINE
Online Courses | Lesson Planning with ELL in Mind | Kamil Trzebiatowski … pp 50-5
BOOKS
The Personal World of the Language Learner by Cristina Ros i Solé (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) | Vicky Macleroy … pp 52-53
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension in children with English as an additional language | Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Marta Wesierska & Natalie Smith … pp 54-58
THE LAST WORD | From EAL to penal reform! | Ann Horton … p 59
Issue 3
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Summer 2017 | Children’s Literature
EDITORIAL | Children’s Literature … p 3
POLICY POSITION | EAL: More than Just Good Practice … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Leading the field … p 7
NEWS … pp 8-9
News from Wales | Jonathan Brentnall … p 8
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-13
WORLD NEWS
SOUTH AFRICA | Nal’ibali: a multilingual success story | Viv Edwards … p 14
JAPAN | Migrant Children at Public Schools in Japan | Seiko Oyama … p 15
SOUTH EAST ASIA | Professional Networks for EAL in Southeast Asia … p 16
COVER FEATURE | Children’s Literature
Introduction … p 17
Why Children’s Literature Matters | Michael Rosen … pp 18-19
First Story | Dianne Excell … pp 20-21
The Poetry of Belonging | Sara Hirsch … pp 22-23
Writing from Damascus in England | Nadine Kaadan … pp 24-25
Beyond Bilingual Books | Diane Leedham … p 26
Working across different associations | Stuart Scott … p27
Multilingual representation in children’s literature | Vicky Macleroy … p 29
FAITH MATTERS | Rethinking the home learning of children from different faiths | Vally Lytra, Eve Gregory & Arani Ilankuberan … pp 30-31
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT | Stories, Multilingualism & Language Development | Tracey Costley … pp 32-33
CHIILDREN’S LITERATURE | Finding Refuge in Books: Exploring Refugee Experiences in Children’s Literature | Farrah Serroukh .. pp 34-37
MY FAVOURITE BOOKS | Learners from two schools share their tips .. pp 38-39
THE LANGUAGE OF… | The Language of Literature | Paul Nancarrow … pp 41-43
TRIED AND TESTED | Developing Fluency in History as part of the Feedback Cycle | Ashley Bartlett … pp 44-46
COMMENT
TEACHER EDUCATION | The impact of master’s-level study in EAL on teacher-practitioners | Moira Brazil … p 47
EQUALITY | Schools are crucial to achieving university equality | Florentina Taylor … p 48
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE | Curiouser and curiouser | Dena Attar … p 49
ONLINE
Online Courses | Multilingual Learning for a Globalised World | Kamil Trzebiatowski … p 50
Multilingual resources … p 51
BOOKS
Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy by Jim Anderson and Vicky Macleroy (eds) (Routledge, 2016) | Sam Legg … p 52
Navigating, Languages, Literacies and Identities: Religion in Young Lives by Lytra, Dinah Volk and Eve Gregory (eds) (Routledge, 2016) | Ambreen Shahriar … p 53
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | What does research tell us about using the first language as a pedagogical tool? | Hamish Chalmers … pp 54-58
THE LAST WORD | Progress and performance | Nicky Vangalis Stobbs … p 59
Issue 2
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Spring 2017 | CPD & Conference 24
EDITORIAL | Professional Development in EAL … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Newly Arrived Beginners of English as an Additional Language … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Developing the field … p 7
NEWS … pp 8-9
RESEARCH SHORTS … pp 10-11
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-13
WORLD NEWS
LUXEMBOURG | Exploring Digital Creation (Conference at the University of Luxembourg) | Gabriele Budach, Vicky Macleroy, Bo Chapman, Zoe Flynn, Chryso Charalambous, Mirela Dumić & Marc Smith … pp 14-15
HAWAII (USA) | Becoming whole: bringing the land back into the curriculum | Jane Spiro … p 16
COVER FEATURE | The NALDIC guide to CPD
Introduction … p 17
Things to consider when choosing CPD | Nandhaka Pieris … pp 18-22
“From my own experience…” | Diana Mann … p 24-25
NALDIC Associates … p 27
TRAINING | EAL in the Mainstream Classroom: new training | Stefani Shedden … p 28
EAL POLICY | Setting the EAL agenda and not following it | Diana Sutton … p 29
NALDIC CONFERENCE | Addressing diversity in EAL
Overview … p30
Starting again: refugee children, school and belonging | Bill Bolloten … pp 31-32
Caught on camera … pp 33-34
TRIED AND TESTED | Coaching the Coaches: adapting GCSE PE for EAL learners | Catharine Driver … pp 35-37
L1 COGNATES | Drawing on L1 to develop students’ conceptual language | Paul Nancarrow … pp 38-39
COMMENT
MIGRATION | Putting research into practice: refugee education in Greece | George Androulakis … p 40
TEACHER EDUCATION | Talking about EAL with student teachers | Shiv Quinlan … p 41
POLICY | A great meritocracy? BME, EAL and ‘White British’ pupils | Sameena Choudry … p 42
ONLINE
Online Courses | Teaching EFL/ESL Reading: A Task-Based Approach | Kamil Trzebiatowski … p43
The best of Social Media … p 44
BOOKS
Growing Up With Languages: Reflections on Multilingual Childhoods by Claire Thomas (Multilingual Matters, 2012) | Vicky Macleroy … p 45
Asylum, Migration and Community by Maggie O’Neill (Policy Press, 2010) | Sadia Habib … p 45
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Why dropping a language is not going to help language impairment, but keeping two might | Lisa-Maria Müller … p 46-50
THE LAST WORD | Critical thinking: something to teach or something to do? | Lynne Isham … p 51
Issue 1
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Autumn 2016 | Where are we now?
EDITORIAL | EAL in a changing world … p 3
POLICY POSITION | What is ‘English as an Additional Language’? … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Mapping the field … p 7
NEWS … pp 8-9
RESEARCH SHORTS … p 10
RIG REPORTS … pp 12-13
WORLD NEWS
GERMANY | Supporting 40,000 New Students | Constant Leung with Brandenburger … pp 14-15
DENMARK | Language hierachies in Danish schools | Line Møller Daugaard … p 16
USA | The Facebook Debate on Labelling Learners | Suresh Canagarajah … p 17
COVER FEATURE | EAL: Where Are We Now?
Working as an EAL teacher in a South London Primary School | Anita Conradi … pp 18-19
Language Assessment | Constant Leung … p 19
‘United Mothers’ – a partnership ESOL/EAL project | Sheila MacDonald … p 20
Linking Theory and Practice to Realise the Potential of our EAL Pupils | Jean Conteh … p 20
Differentiating curriculum language for pupils with different levels of English | Jonathan Brentnall … p 21
EAL and ‘Translanguaging’ | Li Wei … p 21
TRIED AND TESTED | Developing Reading in a Year 10 Science lesson | Shafi Sultana Ahmed and Manny Vazquez … pp 22-24
STAGES OF PROFICIENCY
The new EAL ‘stages of proficiency’ … p 25
Lessons from Wales | Jonathan Brentnall with Diane Vanstone and Lisa Davies … pp 26-27
The implications for national data collection | Feyisa Demie … p 28
COMMENT
TEACHER EDUCATION | The new landscape for Initial Teacher E ducation and EAL | Moira Brazil … p 29
MIGRATION | How to talk about pupils’ multilingual repertoires | Tony Capstick … p 30
POLICY | Ofsted’s changing attitudes towards EAL | Graham Smith … p 31
THE LANGUAGE OF… | The Language of Mathematics | Frank Monaghan … pp 32-33
SOCIAL MEDIA
Blogging for EAL Teachers | Kamil Trzebiatowski … p34
The best of Social Media … p 35
BOOKS
Talking About Global Migration: Implications for Language Teaching by Theresa Catalano (Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 2016) | Robert Sharples … p 37
Children’s Literature in Multilingual Classrooms by Crhistine Hélot, Raymonde Sneddon and Nicola Daly (Trentham Books / IoE Press, 2014) | Vicky Macleroy … p 37
RESEARCH IN DEPTH | Phonics instruction and children with English as an Additional Language | Victoria A. Murphy & Destiny Franco … p 38-42
THE LAST WORD | Trust the Teacher | Urszula Clark … p 43