Description

This is the Guest edition that brings together work of teachers, educators and students across schools in Southwark and the Algarve that were part of an EU funded Comenius Regio project: Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom (2011 – 2013).

This edition begins with an introduction from Chris Souvlis who co-ordinated the project across the two regions and set up strong collaborative links between the participants. The project website provides information about all participating schools and captures some of the exciting work and activities produced as a result of the project.

Contents

View from the Chair (page 3)
Amy Thompson

Editorial (page 4)
Vicky Obied

Introduction of the Comenius Regio Project: Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom (MCMC) (page 5)
Chris Souvlis

Section 1: London

Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom through Continuing Professional Development (page 7)
Vicky Grammatikopoulou and Vicky Obied

A Different Approach to EAL
Erika De Carvalho and Zoe Dormady (page 8)

Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Reception Class (page 12)
Itoro-obong Akie

Meeting the Learning Needs of EAL Children (page 14)
Marion Cranmer, Jackie Davey, Wayne Cooper, Fatima Duerden and Adeola Soyinka

Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Secondary Classroom (page 16)
Ellie Andrews, Steph Cawrey and Jessica Rowson

Section Two: The Algarve

Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom: The Teachers CPD Programme in the Algarve (page 18)
Project Team in the Algarve

The Challenge of the Multicultural School: A Portuguese Experience on Language Teaching (page 24)
Anabela Brás, Dina Grilo and Dolores Manso

Co-teaching in Multicultural Contexts page(28)
Edite Duarte Cira Cardoso and Isabel Figueira

R@dioNaus – A Pedagogical Project: Broadcasting for Multiculturalism (page 33)
Jorge Figueira, Paulo Soares and Rute Domingos

Book Review

The Roles of Language in CLIL (page 37)
Ana Linares, Tom Morton & Rachel Whittaker
Reviewed by Constant Leung

NALDIC Conference update (page 39)

The NALDIC IT Appeal – can you spare £5? (page 40)