A new era in assessment?
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Contents
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
EDITOR | Robert Sharples
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
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