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Sponsored | Password: English Language Testing
Assessment literacy is Advocacy: Dr Helen Wood, Head of School Partnerships at Password, discusses assessment As EAL practitioners, we know what it means for a learner to progress from beginner to proficient, and we understand...
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Sponsored | Twinkl: resources for EAL
Empowering Multilingual Learners: How Twinkl EAL Supports Effective Practice Across Schools In classrooms across the UK, the number of pupils learning English as an Additional Language continues to grow, enriching school communities while presenting new...
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Sponsored | Across Cultures’ EAL Assessment Tool
Across Cultures presents an innovative EAL assessment tool for multilingual classrooms AssessEP is a comprehensive English language proficiency assessment tool designed for learners with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Developed by our team of...
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NALDIC’s Regional Interest Groups (RIGs): Have you ever attended one?
Dianne Excell is the national coordinator for NALDIC’s RIGs. In this post, she tells us why they’re important and what you can expect if you come to one. RIGs are regional networks of practitioners...
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NALDIC Statement in Response to Recent Executive Orders by New US Administration
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the International Mother Language Day, a quarter-century of efforts to preserve linguistic diversity, the NALDIC committee members raise their concerns about anti-diversity policies in the United States Donald...
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The NALDIC General Council Day 2024
Sharing ideas and practices during the General Council Day in May The Edinburgh skies were blue, and the sun was out in all its splendour on Saturday 18th May for the annual NALDIC General Council...
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For Hilary Hester Ives who changed my life as a teacher
NALDIC’s friend, Raymonde Sneddon, pays tribute to Hilary Hester (1935-2024) Hilary Hester’s name is familiar to all those who have taught bilingual children. From the late 1960s till the 1990s, working at the ILEA’s...
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NALDIC Conference 2023: Thirty years on – what am I still doing here?
Long-time NALDIC friend and EAL community member, Frank Monaghan, reflects on the 2023 NALDIC Conference I’ve attended pretty much every NALDIC conference since 1993. Back then I was an EAL teacher working in a...
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Highlights from NALDIC’s Autumn 2022 RIG’s Meetings: A Look Back
Welcome to the latest report on NALDIC’s Regional Interest Groups (RIGs), where more than 140 dedicated practitioners and professionals gathered to discuss and learn about critical topics in the world of English as an additional...
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