Description

Welcome to the second edition of NALDIC Quarterly, our new quarterly member publication. The theme of this edition is ICT and EAL learning and it builds on the success of our recent conference ‘Not just how but why: EAL and ICT in the multilingual classroom’.

Following our regular View from the Chair, we include an article by our conference keynote speaker Dr Rupert Wegerif. In his article, Rupert describes a series of research studies that provide evidence for the value of using computers as a support for oracy and considers the educational implications of this for EAL learners.

Contents

View from the Chair (page 2)
Ian Jones

Policy, Practice and Research

The role of ICT as catalyst and support for dialogue (page 4)
Rupert Wegerif

Not just how but why: EAL and ICT in the multilingual classroom (page 12)
Nicola Davies

Literacy Hour in Year 2 (page 20)
Sheilagh Crowther

Year 8 Geography (page 22)
Manny Vazquez

Multimedia Approaches to autobiographical writing (page 24)
Dina Mehmedbegovic

Use of Word (page 28)
Mick Scott

Pupil portraits (page 30)
Amal by Jean Marshall
Abdi by Catharine Driver

Establishing an LEA Protocol for KS4 EAL New Arrivals in Schools (page 34)
Kate Collier

NALDIC News (page 36)

Refugee Children Update (page 41)

Reviews (page 46)