Description

This edition of NQ was planned when we were anticipating the long-awaited publication of the new national curriculum. In the aftermath of all the changes in recent years, it was important for the EAL profession to be able to envision where and how EAL would play a role in the new curriculum. With ‘schools freed from the constraints of central Government direction’ (The
Importance of Teaching: Schools White Paper, 2010) and with no central government policies forthcoming, it is all the more important to show how EAL praxis is very much needed for successful learning in the curriculum and across the curriculum, whichever shape or form the curriculum takes.

Contents

Editorial (page 1)
Amy Thompson

Responding to the Challenge of Linguistic Diversity: Council of Europe principles and perspectives and their implications for education systems (page 3)
David Little

Language Proficiency Across the Curriculum: An Action Research Project (page 11)
AnnMarie Delaney

Highlighting EAL Students Across the Curriculum (page 18)
Lynne Blackburn

Can we learn anything about EAL across the curriculum by analysing curriculum specifications? (page 24)
Jonathan Brentnall

Genre Pedagogy in Action (page 34)
Lee Donaghy

Teaching English for Academic Purposes to EAL learners in the Sixth Form (page 43)
Catharine Driver

The ‘problem’ of bilingual children in educational settings: policy and research in England (page 45)
Kimberly Safford and Rose Drury

Developing literacy in a multilingual multicultural nursery: individual routes and complex patterns (page 53)
Clare Kelly

Integration starts with staff: How improved use of a bilingual teaching assistant (TA) can create a more inclusive environment for pupils with English as an Additional language (page 59)
Adele Gwilt