Decolonising the Curriculum | What does it mean for teaching and learning with EAL pupils?
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Contents
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
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