Description

The articles and book reviews that follow in this edition are by those who have extensive experience in International Schools: some have a spent a lifetime in them teaching, managing, giving workshops, serving on accreditation teams, writing books and articles, and speaking at conferences. It has been my aim throughout my career to ensure that Second Language Learners are given the best educational programmes that can be provided, based on available research evidence and pedagogical models. As can be seen from the conference notes (p37, last two paragraphs) on the most recent “ECIS ESL and Mother Tongue Conference” held in Geneva in 2008, the struggle is far from over, and this is reflected in the writings of many of the contributors to this NALDIC Quarterly.

Contents

Guest Editorial (page 2)
Maurice Carder

Policy, Practice and Research

The Incomplete Mission of International Schools (page 6)
Edna Murphy

Wanted! Bilingual and Bicultural Leaders to Run Brave New Schools (page 9)
Eithne Gallagher

Academic success for non-native English speakers in English-medium international schools: The role of the Secondary ESL department (page 13)
Paul Shoebottom

The Role of the Students’ Culture in Second Language Acquisition (page 19)
Dr Patricia Mertin

One view of language and learning? (page 21)
Carol Inugai-Dixon

Supporting Mother Tongue Entitlement – The IB Diploma experience (page 25)
Andrew Flory

Interviews (page 28)

Conference Report (page 33)

Book Reviews (page 38)