NALDIC CONFERENCE 9
EAL in context: pedagogy, learner identity and race equality.

NALDIC held  its 9th Annual Conference on November 17^th 2001 at the  University of Birmingham. The theme of the conference was  EAL in context: pedagogy, learner identity and race equality. The keynote speaker was Professor Jim Cummins from the University of Toronto who inspired the 300 conference participants with his presentation  "What am I doing here? The role of Teacher and Pupil Identity in Developing English Academic Proficiency" challenging them to examine their role in the classroom.  The conference also featured afternoon seminars led by

• Terry Wrigley
• Catharine Driver
• Jean Conteh and Ishrat Dad
• Manjula Datta
• Raymonde Sneddon
• Judy Shepherd

and a full report of their presentations can be viewed here .