Harnessing the power of technology
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Contents
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
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