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Saturday 13 March, 2010

 

Naldic Conference 17 - Integrated Language, Integrated curriculum

Professor Ofelia Garcia, City University of New York - Reimagining bilingualism in education for the 21st century

Professor Margaret Hawkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Language, curriculum and integration: A view from a video project
Professor Heather Lotherington, York University, Toronto - Scaffolding inclusive language and literacy education

I just wanted to say that, as a veteran of many years of Naldic conferences, I thought this was the best yet! Ofelia Garcia's keynote speech was so interesting - I will order her book today.

Worth flying all the way from Milan!

Our full conference report will be available in January 2010

Seminars:

Jonathan Brentnall, EALAW - Keeping sight of content-driven language in a skills-based curriculum

Constant Leung, Kings College London, Catherine Wallace, Institute of Education and researchers including Ann Elisabeth Jones - EAL practice and experience: issues from current research

Yvonne Foley, University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education- Using a Multidimensional Approach to Meet the Reading Literacy Needs of EAL Pupils
Ofelia García and Ricardo Otheguy, City University of New York - Hablamos los dos/ We speak both

Charmian Kenner and Mahera Ruby, Goldsmiths College, University of London- Teacher partnerships between mainstream and complementary schools: from parallel worlds to connected curricula

Discussant Summing Up and Plenary - Professor Viv Edwards Director, National Centre for Language and Literacy


Poster Presentations:
Kay Bentley, University of Cambridge: ‘Content and Language Integrated Learning: What can CLIL offer EAL?’
Carol Inugai Dixon: ‘Contexts for Good Practice’
Chris Pim: The NALDIC Vodcasts
Kimberly Safford: ‘Assessment for Learning with pupils using English as an Additional Language: a DVD for professional development’

Naldic Conference 16 - EAL: More than just good practice

pauline gibbons

Associate Professor, University of Technology, Sydney
Challenging pedagogies: More than just good practice


Candace Harper

Associate Professor, University of Florida

More than 'Just Good Teaching'!

'Thanks so much for a really brilliant conference.'

Our full conference report is available in NALDIC Quarterly 6.2.

Speakers:

Kim Baker, Luton - Language and content integration in primary science

Diane Boothe, College of Education, Boise State University Engaging English as an Additional Language through Problem-based Learning

Angela Creese, School of Education, University of Birmingham- Collaborating Teachers and Personalised Learning: Using Policy to Develop Good Practice

Beverly Derewianka, University of Wollongong, Australia- Meeting the Challenges of Subject English
Samina Jaffar and Navneet Padda, Redbridge- Developing Reading Skills through Home Languages

Constant Leung, Kings College and Katie Scott, Newcastle University - Assessing EAL learners: cross-curricular descriptors

Rosemary Mitchell-Schuitevoerder, University of Durham - Can a Task-Based approach turn the core curriculum teacher into a good EAL provider?

Martyn Pendergast and Olivia Roth, National Strategies- Accelerating progress of advanced learners of EAL at KS3: the role of EAL specialists in school improvement

Chris Pim - Talking Pen: Increasing access to the curriculum for pupils learning English as an additional language

Helen Sunderland, London South Bank University- Is the grass greener…? ESOL in the lifelong learning sector

Dr Catherine Wallace, Institute of Education - EAL Learners and Critical Reading

A description of seminar and workshops are here

Naldic Conference 15 - A pedagogy for diversity

Welcome Address - Mick Waters, QCA

Keynote presentations

Spoken English/Written English – From Corpus to Curriculum to Classroom Professor Ronald Carter School of English Studies and Humanities Research Centre at the University of Nottingham

Personalising EAL- responding to new policy initiatives Professor Constant Leung, Kings College, London

Workshop presentations

Towards a more integrated pedagogy for second language teaching: reflections of newly qualified teachers of community languages - Dr Jim Anderson, Goldsmith’s College Community languages

Getting them together: equalities, cohesion and linguistic identity - Robin Richardson, INSTED

The development of bilingual learning strategies in mainstream and community contexts- Salman Al-Azami, Goldsmiths College

Primary National Strategy and the bilingual learner Distinctive EAL practice leading a partnership approach to building capacity in schools, and at local authority level, to more effectively support the bilingual learner - Judy Shepherd, Surrey ELMA

Beyond Key Words or…..Was the dodo a sitting duck? Beginners new to English or advanced learners? Vocabulary size is still the key” - Manny Vazquez, Hounslow Language Service

POSTER presentations

EAL not SEN Laura Else

A Community of Practice: EAL Family Learning Club Maria Neves

Qur’anic Literacy: its central role in the life of UK Muslim communities  Andrey Rosowsky

Racing to English Gordon Ward

A full description of keynote speeches and sessions can be downloaded here and details of poster presentations here

Naldic Conference 14 - Advocacy: Entitlement, Inclusion and Expectations

Dilemmas and promises of difference, equality and language education Joe Lo Bianco

Keynote abstract

EAL: a case of curriculum integration or assimilation   Constant Leung     Presentation

Supporting Community language learners in Scotland Joanna McPake   Presentation

Welsh-A practical approach to language planning Meirion Prys Jones

The need for a long term comprehensive approach to EAL instruction in Irish Schools Matthew Wallen

NALDIC Practitioners conference

The Collaborative Learning Project hosts a conference page at www.collaborativelearning.org/conference.html

Naldic Conference 13 

The NALDIC Interview with Maggie Hawkins

The discursive construction of social contexts: The politics of multilingualism Adrian Blackledge

Mapping subject specific literacies Caroline Coffin

Linguistic Diversity in the classroom: An ecological perspective Angela Creese and Peter Martin

'My Language', 'My Culture', 'My Religion': Communities, Practices and Diasporas Roxy Harris

 

NALDIC Conference 12 View clips of the opening presentations

The NALDIC Interview with Merrill Swain

Constructing 'Ability' through talk Jill Bourne

Creating Positive Environments  Priscilla Clarke

Talking it through whose accent? Jennifer Jenkins

Talking Partners and its role in the classroom Jan Hilditch and Angie Kotler

Thinking Together Neil Mercer

Plenary

 

NALDIC Summer ICT Conference View clips of presentations

The role of ICT as a catalyst and support for dialogue Rupert Wegerif

Identity, Empowerment and Creativity Dina Mehmedbegovic

Making and using multilingual multimedia talking books Sheilagh Crowther

Sharing and Developing Resources Wanda Jarratt(Powerpoint presentation)

Using Clicker 4 to support pupils at the early stages of learning EAL Dawn Lama

Webquests- using ICT with EAL students (Powerpoint presentation)Frank Monaghan. 

View Frank's completed Nelson Mandela webquest at http://www.aclresources.net/frankmonaghan/index.html.  Access a Webquest toolkit and online template at http://aclresources.net/webquests/index.html

Effective Internet Research for EAL Learners Manny Vazquez and Michael Scott

NALDIC Conference 11

NALDIC Summer Bilingual Conference

The two goals of Bilingual Education and why they are both important

Professor Stephen Krashen

Professor Viv Edwards

NALDIC Conference 10 Report
Joint NALDIC/NUT Conference Report

NALDIC Conference 9

What am I doing here? The role of Teacher and Pupil Identity in Developing English Academic Proficiency Professor Jim Cummins

Seminar Reports

NALDIC Conference 8

Teaching as Mediation: Scaffolding second language learning through classroom interactions Pauline Gibbons

Some insights from the Vancouver Project on Language and Content Integrations Bernard Mohan

Seminar Reports

 

 
 
 
 

 

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