Description

The focus for this edition of NALDIC Quarterly is teacher professional development and learning. The changing climate over the last few years means that much of the support provided by local authorities or the National Strategies no longer exists. However, it is clear from the NALDIC inbox and feedback from colleagues that there is still considerable demand from practitioners, both those experienced in supporting the language and learning needs of children and young people learning EAL and those who want to ensure they understand and know how to support EAL development. Some of these are practitioners with learners of EAL in their classes for the first time but many are teachers and teaching assistants who want to enhance their knowledge and skills and ensure that they are up-to-date with the latest thinking. The importance of meeting face to face to share and exchange understanding and strategies should not be underestimated and is clearly evident in the numbers attending and the feedback received at the two regional interest group meetings reported on in this edition. The
evaluations from the NADIC Conference also clearly show the thirst for knowledge remains high.

Contents

Editorial (page 2)
Carrie Cable

View from the Chair (page 3)
Amy Thompson

Policy, Practice and Research – Making links with schools and communities: a small-scale project with beginning teachers (page 5)
Clare Kelly

Bilingual Education: Where do we stand and where do we go? (page 10)
Ruth García Carrasco

Innovative practice in Initial Teacher Education (page 19)

Wandsworth Primary Schools Consortium – Initial teacher training (page 26)
Karen Mears, Lorraine Parker and Veronica Towers

Reflections from Someone Soldiering on in the Field of English as an Additional Language (page 29)
Mary Maybank

NALDIC Survey of Current Post Graduate Qualifications in Teaching EAL (page 33)

Reports From NALDIC Regional Interest Groups (page 38)

Book Reviews (page 42)