NALDIC groups for teachers of EAL pupils

Wednesday 10 March, 2010

NALDIC Regional Contacts

NALDIC has regional groups in many areas for members to meet on a local basis. If you are interested in joining a local group, click on the links below to send an email to the local contact

Please contact NALDIC if you would like to develop a regional group in your area.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

Bilingual Teaching and Learning
ICT
Isolated Learners
OFSTED
Early Years
Initial Teacher Education

Contact membership@naldic.org.uk for further details

NALDIC Affiliates and Sister Organisations

EALAW - English as an Additional Language Association of Wales

EALAW is committed to the advancement of language and curriculum development for pupils learning English as an additional language in Wales. Membership of EALAW is open to teachers and those who have a professional interest in the aims of the association.For further details contact Diane Vanstone c/o EMLA Service, Dynevor Centre, Dynevor Place Swansea, SA1 3ET 01792 465406 01792 463263

MERGE- Minority Ethnic Eastern Regional Group for Equality in Education

Regional group representing Eastern services including Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend and Thurrock. For further informaion contact Peta Ullman peta.ullmann@essexcc.gov.uk

NASSEA - Northern Association of Support Services for Educational Achievement

NASSEA is a professional organisation, established in 1989, to represent northern services and teams originally funded under Section 11, EMTAG and now EMAG. The association has members from 30 LEA services and teams stretching from Newcastle to Cheshire. For further information contact Keith Hargreaves Tel: 01204 373571 staff@bemas.fsnet.co.uk

SATEAL Scottish Association for the Teaching of English as an Additional Language

SATEAL is an organisation interested in fostering and developing the teaching of English as an additional language whose membership is open to individuals and groups involved with children, young people or adults whose first language is other than English, concerned for Scotland as a multilingual and antiracist society and interested in teaching English as an additional language.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

ACTA - Australian national co-ordinating body for teachers of English to speakers of other languages

TESOL- US professional organisation for teachers of English to speakers of other languages

TESL CANADA- Canadian national federation of English as a Second Language