Tell us about your work with EAL learners

Help us to get an accurate picture of current EAL work in schools by sharing your experiences

We are currently collecting the experiences of teachers, instructors and teaching assistants with responsibility for EAL learners. These will feature in our Summer 2012 issue of NALDIC Quarterly.

We are keen to hear from colleagues across the country about their EAL teaching experiences. Please consider taking part in this important project by completing our questionnaire below. You can remain anonymous if you wish. This web form for collecting contributions from teachers, instructors and teaching assistants will be open until the end of March 2012.

First name
Family name
Your role *	EAL specialist teacher (QTS) EAL specialist teacher/instructor (without QTS) Mainstream teacher Teaching assistant Bilingual teaching assistant other
Which part of the UK do you work in?
Please provide your email addres if you are happy for us to contact you to ask for extra information or clarification
Your work phase	Early Years Foundation Stage Primary Middle Secondary Further Education
Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into working with bilingual learners in schools
Tell us about the characteristics of diversity in your school	Tell us about your learner backgrounds, language backgrounds, socio-economic status, environment etc.
Where and how do you currently work with bilingual learners?	Tell us more about the age groups you work with and how you work with them - whether you support in class, in partnership or cooperative teaching, with small groups outside the mainstream classroom, with individuals, supporting language learning in specific subjects, supporting language learning across the curriculum, through specific programmes.
How do you work with class or subject teachers or teaching assistants?	Tell us about your involvement in planning, resource selection/preparation, monitoring, assessment, training, dissemination, work with parents/community, whole school initiatives etc.
Can you provide a short vignette of your work with one child/young person which illustrates your work in your current context?	Tell us about your work with one of your learners
Finally what do you feel are the key issues in supporting the language and learning needs of bilingual learners at the current time?	Tell us about what you feel would make the most difference to your work