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Contents
EDITORIAL | Autonomy, Agency and Voice in a difficult world | Christina Richardson … p 3
POLICY POSITION | Learner Autonomy as Agency … p 6
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR | Professional Learning through NALDIC … p 7
NEWS & EVENTS | pp 8-9
Resources | EAL Toolkit now available online … p 8
Resources | Talking about autism with parents and families … p 8
Resources | The Importance of Home Language … 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
COVER FEATURE | Learner autonomy: What does it mean for EAL learners? … pp 17-29
Learning EAL “from the inside out”: the benefits of a learner autonomy approach | David Little on a human rights-based learner autonomy approach to the inclusion of EAL pupils … pp 18-21
Spotlight on Readers’ and Writers’ workshop: Placing learners at the centre of their literacy learning | Rachel Knowles considers the development of learner autonomy through the Readers’-Writers’ Workshop model … pp 22-23
Empowering Minds: Exploring Learner Autonomy | Rachel Knowles, deputy editor of the EAL Journal collaborated with five students from Li Po Chun United World College to explore their beliefs and experiences of autonomous learning … pp 24-29
EAL ESSENTIALS
Motivation | Jaimy Ottevanger reviews theoretical frameworks on motivation, discusses practical applications and suggests sources to find out more about motivating language learners in the classroom … pp 30-32
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
A Pathway to Autonomy | Martin Russell discusses children’s rights and autonomy … pp 33-35
COMMENT
Teaching learner autonomy: skills for EAL students in the mainstream classroom | Jonathan Bifield on developing learner autonomy … pp 36-37
An EAL ‘pedagogy of love’ | New Columnist Zoe Welsh discusses an EAL pedagogy of love … pp 38-39
BOOKS
More Than Words: Promoting Race Equality and Tackling Racism in Schools | By Sarah Soyei and Kate Hollinshead | Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers // Reviewed by Jane Jones … p 40
Safiyyah’s War | By Hiba Noor Khan | Published by Andersen Press // Reviewed by Paul Nancarrow … p 41
Initial Language Teacher Education | By Gabriel Díaz Maggioli | Published by Routledge // Reviewed by Clara Chiclana and Ana Cecilia Cad … p 42
THE LAST WORD
What you need to be warm | Paul Nancarrow finds hope in Neil Gaiman’s new book on displacement … p 43
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | Christina Richardson
DEPUTY EDITORS | Katharine Anderson | Rachel Knowles | Fiona Ranson | Leandro Paladino
CONFERENCE EDITOR | Fazana Farook
ASSOCIATE EDITORS | Simeon Bates | Hamish Chalmers | Dianne Excell | Constant Leung | Frank Monaghan
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