NALDIC has recently published two new resources for teachers. The first is web based and updates and revises our guidance on the education of children from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds. In 2003, the Refugee Council estimated that there were almost 99,000 refugee children of compulsory school age in UK schools. How to help these children get the most from their education and their new lives remains a pressing concern for teachers. Written by Bill Bolloten and Tim Spafford, acknowledged experts in this field, our revised 2012 guidance makes essential reading for teachers and teacher educators. This web based resource covers:
Our second publication tackles the tricky question of examinations, assessment and the bilingual learner. How we assess EAL learners within the national system remains a concern for teachers in schools across the UK. Edited by Dianne Excell, this volume of our flagship NALDIC Quarterly includes articles on both summative assessment, which identifies the level pupils have reached in a standardised scale of attainment and formative assessment which finds out what pupils can do so that their teachers know how to help them progress further.
The contents include:
Editorial - Dianne Excell
View from the Chair - Amy Thompson
EAL Assessment Practices in Secondary Schools - Catharine Driver
Assessing Proficiency in a Pupil’s First Language - Angelika Baxter
Assessing Bilingual Learners: A Beginners’ Guide - Judith Longstreth
Classroom Discourse and Teachers’ Formative Assessment in Content and Language Integrated Classrooms (CLIL) in Madrid - Irene Pascual Peña
Exam Facts - Nicola Davies
A Summer of Mis-assessment? EAL Pupils Caught in the Squeeze - Constant Leung and Manny Vazquez
NALDIC News
Conference Reviews
Book reviews - Catharine Driver and Frank Monaghan
This publication is free for members to download and non-members can purchase an electronic copy at only £2.00. Print copies of the publication will be sent to members and subscribers in November and will be available to purchase from the website.
