Description

This edition contains some write-ups from the excellent November conference on the subject of ‘Speaking, listening and learning English as an Additional Language’. We thought it would be good to share the ideas with those who were unable to attend this time round so as to stimulate further discussion of the issues that were raised. We have received contributions from Jill Bourne on ‘Constructing Ability Through Talk’, Jennifer Jenkins on ‘Talking It Through Whose Accent?’. Neil Mercer on ‘Thinking Together, and an interview with our keynote speaker, Merrill Swain.

Contents

Editorial (page 1)
Frank Monaghan

Conference Reports

‘Constructing Ability Through Talk’ (page 3)
Jill Bourne

‘Talking It Through Whose Accent?’ (page 10)
Jennifer Jenkins

‘Thinking Together’ (page 18)
Neil Mercer

Interview with Merril Swain (page 23)
Charlotte Franson

Mobility (page 26)
Manny Vazquez

The Grammar of Talk (page 28)
Frank Monaghan

Pupil Portrait (page 34)
Jan Hogan

NALDIC News (page 37)
Nicola Davies

QCA’s English 21 consultation (page 43)
Frank Monaghan

Refugee children update (page 45)
Bill Bolloten and Tim Spafford

Reviews (page 48)
Nicola Davies, Angela Creese