NALDIC ANNUAL CONFERENCE 11

Building a Framework for Success:
Developing Practice and Principles in EAL Teaching

Saturday November 8th 2003
The Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST,  Manchester

• Meeting the Needs of Isolated Bilingual learners
• Developing Approaches to Early Stage EAL learners
• Meeting the Needs of More Advanced EAL learners
• Developing Bilingual Teaching and Learning Approaches
• EAL learners in the Early Years

Session Details

Language and content (and everything else)                        
Richard Barwell 

Mainstream and Complementary Schooling                          
Arvind Bhatt and Angela Creese      

Developing EAL through circle time in the Early Years         
Moira Brazil

New to English - the challenge for learners and teachers     
Carrie Cable, Constant Leung
Deborah Short and Manny Vazquez 

Unlocking the potential of bilingual teachers                       
Jean Conteh, Noha Khatib, Aura Mor-Sommerfield Saiqa Riasat 

Building on Bilingualism                                                      
Judith Lawton

Providing support for EAL  children in low incidence settings                                                               
John Landon

Identity, Empowerment and Creativity                                 
Dina Mehmedbegovic                     

Teaching and learning vocabulary in an EAL context
Penelope Robinson  

Learning from international frameworks for assessment     
Katie Scott

Keynote Address

Deborah J Short
Principles and Practices for EAL Teaching Success
Language Education and Academic Development,
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL),  Washington 

Poster Presentations, Book Displays, NALDIC Publications
Showings of Stephen Krashen's July NALDIC presentation
‘ The two goals of bilingual education and why they are both important'

Download a booking form here.  

Book train tickets to Manchester with Midland Mainline here 

Find more information on the conference venue or book accommodation at www.meeting.co.uk

Deborah J. Short is a division director at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). Her specialization is the integration of language and content instruction. She conducts CREDE research projects on sheltered instruction and newcomer programs and directs TESOL's ESL Standards Project. She is also a teacher trainer and curriculum/materials developer. She is a co-author of Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: The SIOP Model.

The deadline for papers for the conference is 12th September.  For more information, download a conference paper application form  or contact events@naldic.org.uk