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The #EAL Journal - a magazine of research, practice and activism. Published termly in autumn, winter and spring by @EAL_naldic.

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The Winter Edition of The EAL Journal is upon us. Packed to bursting with fabulous CPD tips and reviews, our usual round up or research, World News and so much more #HaveYouGotYours
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Letters from Indiana #3 ealjournal.org/2021/10/11/le…

Letters from Indiana #3

Teachers talking less than pupils: the value of small group instruction Naomi Flynn I am in the closing weeks of my Indianapolis EAL project, and swimming in so much data that it is difficult to wo…

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Letters from Indiana #2 ealjournal.org/2021/09/15/le…

Letters from Indiana #2

It starts with mindset Naomi Flynn In this second of my letters from Indiana I will share with you my developing thoughts about the interplay of teacher mindset and practice when it comes to teachi…

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Letters from Indiana #1 ealjournal.org/2021/08/23/le…

Letters from Indiana #1

NALDIC Executive member Naomi Flynn is currently undertaking a research project in Indiana, USA, to explore the implementation of a teaching approach known as Enduring Principles of Learning, with …

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Ofsted removes one of the voices for EAL in the inspectorate ealjournal.org/2021/03/29/of…

Ofsted removes one of the voices for EAL in the inspectorate

NALDIC has learned that Ofsted is to abolish the role of National Lead for EAL, ESOL and Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. It has done so without consultation and, it appears, without regard for the impa…

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The Development of Young Learners’ Reading Skills ealjournal.org/2020/11/18/th…

The Development of Young Learners’ Reading Skills

Following her recent research project, Natilly McCartney shares interesting insights into the reading strategies young EAL students are likely to adopt, and her findings into the different scaffold…

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Making the most of online training ealjournal.org/2020/11/16/ma…

Making the most of online training

The EAL Academy joins the #naldic28 conference as one of our Gold Sponsors. In this guest post, the EAL Academy describes how they met the challenge of providing training during the pandemic w…

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Language Homes: Pahari-Pothwari and English ealjournal.org/2020/11/11/la…

Language Homes: Pahari-Pothwari and English

Dr Farah Nazir My mother tongue didn’t come up in primary school; it was unseen and unheard. The boundaries of my language were set and that came with limited codeswitching* too, since my sch…

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Schools Use £1bn Catch-Up Funding to Support Remote Learning for Pupils with EAL ealjournal.org/2020/11/09/sc…

Schools Use £1bn Catch-Up Funding to Support Remote Learning for Pupils with EAL

Flash Academy joins the #naldic28 conference as one of our Gold Sponsors. In this guest post, Flash Academy describes how their Apps can be used to support learners after lockdown. 

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Blended or Hybrid Learning with the Learning Village ealjournal.org/2020/11/05/bl…

Blended or Hybrid Learning with the Learning Village

Learning Village joins the #naldic28 conference as one of our Gold Sponsors. In this guest post, Learning Village introduces the EAL programme in the context of the shift to online and blended lear…

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Start the presses! The latest issue of EAL Journal has gone to the printers and will be winging its way to you shortly. This issue is a focus on young refugees. We also catch up on life under lockdown and explore our usual cornucopia of news, views, research and activism.
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Developing Vocabulary to Support Writing: A Study of Young EAL Learners ealjournal.org/2020/07/30/de…

Developing Vocabulary to Support Writing: A Study of Young EAL Learners

NALDIC publishes plain language summaries of Master’s and PhD research. In this post Jasen Booton summaries his MSc dissertation, conducted as a part of his studies at the University of Oxfor…

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Researching the Young Interpreter Scheme during a global pandemic ealjournal.org/2020/07/06/re…

Researching the Young Interpreter Scheme during a global pandemic

NALDIC members will be familiar with the Young Interpreters Scheme run by Hampshire EMTAS. PhD student Debra Page is conducting research at the University of Reading around the scheme and is lookin…

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Hounslow Language Service: EAL Summer Courses ealjournal.org/2020/05/28/ho…

Hounslow Language Service: EAL Summer Courses

The latest edition of the EAL Journal was put together in challenging circumstances. Regrettably, in the upheaval and delay, we published advertisements from our friends at the EAL Academy and Houn…

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Can online CPD help you make a difference for your EAL pupils now? ealjournal.org/2020/05/25/ca…

Can online CPD help you make a difference for your EAL pupils now?

The latest edition of the EAL Journal was put together in challenging circumstances. Regrettably, in the upheaval and delay, we published advertisements from our friends at the EAL Academy and Houn…

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Principles into Practice with EAL learners in Crisis Teaching ealjournal.org/2020/05/14/pr…

Principles into Practice with EAL learners in Crisis Teaching

New NALDIC executives Eowyn Crisfield and Joanna Borysiak pioneered a novel approach to NALDIC’s very successful Regional Interest Group (RIG) network, by hosting the very first virtual RIG m…

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Teachers’ perceptions and recognition of EAL learners with additional needs ealjournal.org/2020/05/11/te…

Teachers’ perceptions and recognition of EAL learners with additional needs

The EAL Journal publishes plain language summaries of Master’s and PhD research. In this post Felicity Parry summarises her dissertation project on teachers perceptions about bilingualism and speci…

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Expert advice on supporting the learning of EAL pupils during and after school closures – The NALDIC/Bell webinar series ealjournal.org/2020/05/07/ex…

Expert advice on supporting the learning of EAL pupils during and after school closures – The...

The Bell Foundation and NALDIC teamed up in April to host a webinar on supporting EAL learners during and after school closures. Here, Silvana Richardson of the Bell Foundation, who moderated the e…

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