Conference 14

17 November 2006, SOAS, London

NALDIC's 14th Annual Conference featured Professor Joe Lo Bianco from the University of Melbourne as the keynote speaker. The conference included perspectives on the education of pupils learning English as an additional language from around the British Isles. The conference explored the range of expectation and entitlements and considered how, in a situation of funding uncertainty, teachers can help to ensure high expectations and full entitlement for EAL learners.

Keynote Speaker

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

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