EAL news

• NALDIC 23: slides from the presentations Well, the evaluations are in and it's official, NALDIC 23 was one of our best conferences ever, so a massive thank you to all who organised it, all who presented, and most importantly all those who took part on the day.

• NALDIC Seminar- EAL Teaching - What Works? Systematic Review Download a PDF of Prof. Victoria Murphy's talk about her systematic review of effective interventions to support EAL learners.
• South and Central London RIG Meeting NALDIC’s South and Central London RIG met on 24th September and were treated to a fantastic workshop by one of Australia’s leading EAL teacher educators, Misty Adoniou.

• New EAL MESH Guide This new EAL Mesh Guide provides rich sources of information and support for teachers and TAs working with EAL learners and also school leaders in developing a strategic response to their needs.

• NALDIC Project Officer post NALDIC are recruiting for a part-time Project Officer.....

• Report shows impact of EALness and racism on Eastern European learners The 'New migration new challenges: Eastern European migrant pupils in English schools' report shows that the EAL attainment gap is not as narrow as the DfE would like to suggest and there remains an urgent need to focus on the distinctiveness of EAL.
• English, Language and Literacy 3 to 19 There is an alternative to the 'official' National Curriculum for English!

• EAL Audits by NALDIC and The British Council Launch of two national audits of EAL that explored provision in schools and training and development for initial teacher education - NALDIC Audit now available online
• EEF, The Bell Foundation and Unbound announce new £2m fund for EAL pupils A new £2m funding round focused on raising the attainment of children classified as having English as an Additional Language (EAL) from economically disadvantaged backgrounds has been announced
• EAL TeachMeet Hull The first TeachMeet dedicated to EAL was organised by NALDIC member Kamil Tzerbiatowski at his school (Newland School for Girls) in Kingston upon Hull on April 27.

• New research study on writing and EAL Professor Victoria Murphy's team at Oxford University has just issued a report on their reserach into EAL learners' writing in Year 5: Writing Challenges of Children Learning EAL.
• Ofsted: Supporting Traveller pupils in primary to secondary transition Ofsted have published a good practice example showing how St Edmund’s Catholic Primary School supports Traveller pupils throughout the transition from primary to secondary school.

• EAL TeachMeets TeachMeets are becoming a popular way for teachers to get together to share expertise and form informal networks with colleagues up and down the country
• Joshua A. Fishman (1926-2015) Bilingualism loses one of its great advocates and scholars. An obituary by Ofelia Garcia
• NALDIC London South and Central RiG meeting NALDIC launched a fresh Regional Interest Group for South and Central London on March 19 at St Gabriel's College, SW9 6UL

• A Great Briton's values We're hearing a lot from politicians and Ofsted these days about promoting 'British values'

• An EAL success story! Report on Woman's Hour (30.01.15)
• Ground-breaking Research on EAL Reports on EAL pedagogy and achievement
• Roma pupils must be better supported to learn, says Ofsted Case studies of good practice and recommendations
• 'The Challenges of EAL'
• NALDIC 3 minute presentations
• New NALDIC publication EAL MATTERS is launched

• NALDIC Conference 2014 presentations
• EAL becoming a surrogate election issue?
• NALDIC response to Mail on Sunday article
• Follow us on Storify!

• 'London Effect' down to EAL learners and their families
• EAL funding 2015-16
• NALDIC Quarterly - Sample article from the current edition

• NQs 14.2 and 14.3 now online!

• NALDIC regional activity
• NALDIC response to the Carter ITT review

• EAL Nexus Seminar Series 2014

• Meeting the needs of EAL learners in Primary Schools

• NALDIC in the news, and on the news
• Conference 2013 presentations
• Critical Pedagogy
• The Guardian reports on how schools break down the language barrier

• Exam data by language and ethnicity
• NALDIC has moved...
• Home and School: Equal Partners in Primary Pupils' Learning NALDIC Occasional Paper 27
• NALDIC Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Interest Group meeting

• NALDIC East Midlands Regional Group meeting
• Free Movement of Bulgarian and Rumanian citizens across the European Union

• Racism against teachers

• Ethnic minority pupils in England are storming ahead
• NALDIC 21 Conference a great success!

• The impact of migration
• EAL Pupil Data 2013

• The Pupil Premium and EAL Students

• Pilot EYFS Profile results sound cautionary note for bilingual children

• IPPR calls for much more national leadership for English language support in schools
• Equality analysis shows differences in GCSE entries for bilingual students GCSE Reform Equality analysis shows bilingual pupils at a disadvantage at GCSE
• EAL book shortlisted for UKLA Academic Book Award

• Pupil premium money filling the gaps left by EAL funding cuts
• New research calls for language stages for all EAL learners

• Gap widens for bilingual students at GCSE Latest DfE figures show bilingual pupils falling behind
• New pilot training programme for teachers to benefit EAL learners
• Tell us about your EAL training
• Bilingual free schools grow in number
• British Council expands its activities in the UK

• Guidance for assessing bilingual five years olds published by the Standards and Testing Agency
• Access to EAL training for teachers must not be left to chance
• Labour leader calls for more EAL teaching in schools
• 100% of bilingual pupils make expected progress in more than 1000 schools
• Jump in EAL learners working at Level 2 or below in English at age 11
• Gap widens for bilingual five years olds for the first time in five years
• Have your say on the future of primary languages

• Language Week at the British Academy
• Marilyn Abbott talks reading at the 20th Annual Conference
• Reading English as an Additional Language
• New NALDIC resources

• Bilingual success in phonics screening check

• Draft SEN legislation and EAL
• EAL now 'NOTSEN'
• Pupil Premium report flags up EAL learner concerns
• Bilingualism benefits low income children too!
• Time to apply for The Bell Foundation EAL Award
• Schools forums need to act on increased needs
• Latest Ofsted good practice case study published
• Booking opens for NALDIC's EAL and Reading conference
• More details on the new English SATs
• Neville Alexander (1936 - 2012)

• NALDIC responds to the primary National Curriculum proposals
• Petition to save Asset languages qualifications

• Changing landscape for EAL?
• Nick rides for NALDIC
• Exciting opportunity for EAL co-ordinators and teaching assistants
• The Bell Foundation announces EAL award
• EAL learners and the new OfSTED inspection framework
• Final changes to EAL funding announced

• More than 1 million EAL learners in English schools
• Your verdict on the phonics screening check
• More training required for education and health professionals to support bilingual children with additional needs
• Charity campaigns to extend available community language examinations

• Time for the UK to move on from 'sink or swim' argue language experts
• Regional variations for bilingual students at GCSE
• NALDIC responds to funding reform
• EAL and Additional Needs Summer Conference Book your place for our EAL/SEN conference on Saturday 16th June at NCLL, University of Reading

• Nuffield funds research into bilingual children in Reception classes
• Revised EYFS requires settings to support English and first language development
• British Council seeks writers on teaching Migrants and Refugees
• Community language teaching under attack
• EAL and Additional Needs Naldic Quarterly now available

• Government proposes slashing funding to EAL pupils
• Civitas calls for better provision for bilingual learners
• Fantastic fundraising
• Moving English and EAL forward?
• Polish speaking population in schools doubles in three years
• 2011 Language Trend Survey shows the impact of Ebacc
• Extra funding for ESOL announced
• 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
• Research report calls for an end to EAL funding cuts
• Cambridge Assessment expresses concern about EAL in the UK
• Arvon Foundation supports bilingual learners

• Are 5% of UK secondary students born overseas?
• DfE spells out its EAL policy
• Help keep NALDIC running!
• Gap fails to narrow for bilingual students at GCSE Latest DfE figures reveal enduring discrepancies
• Partnership Teaching video available online
• British Council call for editor of 'Innovations in English Language Teaching to Migrants and Refugees'
• Bilingual learners and phonics screening check
• Subscribe to our new EAL podcasts
• Speech and language therapy for bilingual pupils

• Find out more about phonics with NCLL
• Tricky times for subject associations
• Phonic checks and bilingual pupils
• New OfSTED good practice case study published
• Funding concerns highlighted on BBC Asian Network

• Overwhelming support for EAL funding in a national formula
• National Scholarship fund results announced
• Latest attainment data shows EAL and bilingual pupils still at a disadvantage
• EAL packages shortlisted for BETT 2012 award
• OfSTED requires teachers to meet bilingual learners' needs

• Welcome to our new look website
• EAL essential part of new teachers' standards

• New survey shows support for bilingual pupils has deteriorated
• UK cuts 253,000 Euros in funding for international collaboration on language teaching
• New York and Los Angeles pledge to improve education provision for bilingual students
• Newcomer pupils in the UK have hardly any entitlements
• NALDIC argues for 7 year EAL funding
• Ebac confusion and concern
• Leading Partners in English as an Additional Language programme

• NALDIC responds to the revised EYFS
• School by school data on EAL pupils and teachers now available
• Bright bilingual migrant children ‘placed in low ability classes’
• How much does it cost to support EAL learners?
• Action for ESOL celebrates u-turn

• Huge funding changes for EAL and ethnic minority learners
• Training our next generation of outstanding teachers

• Refugee Council expresses grave concerns over ESOL
• Calling all members
• Linda Rockey HMI
• EYFS changes are a step backwards on languages
• Bernadette Hall

• Ellen Bialystok explains the bilingual advantage
• Pupil premium for EAL learners?
• New PGCE with EAL specialism
• Equality concerns raised as Education Bill makes its way through the Lords
• EAL pupils numbers on the rise

• Cuts and Equality Impact Assessments
• Ofsted launches EAL 'good practice' case studies
• Rosen calls for a recognition of diverse cultural and linguistic literacies
• Closing the gap for immigrant students through language centric policies

• Consultation on a new OFSTED framework

• Marching for EAL and bilingual learners' language rights
• EAL in a fair and integrated Britain
• Tickell calls for early support and assessment for children learning EAL
• New Multilingual Learning website
• NUT/NALDIC National Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant Survey published

• Oldham NUT take strike action on redundancies
• EAL back on the political radar
• Teaching English is up to parents

• Action for ESOL
• New study published on English language fluency

• EAL funding mainstreamed

• UK Border Agency announces date for spouse and partner language tests
• London becoming more multilingual
• The importance of EAL teaching

• OFSTED changes and concerns

• English language rules for spouses

• Equality Impact Assessment undertaken on mainstreaming EMAG
• EAL pupil numbers continue to grow

• EMA funding may be 'mainstreamed'

• New study and seminar series looks at Polish pupils in London schools

• Save the Children campaign on the Languages of Schooling
• Measuring Diversity?

• NUT argues for a new ring fenced grant

• Pledge support to the Right to A Voice campaign

• Cambridge Primary Review recommends 'proper' resourcing of EAL

• Penny McKay
• Concerns over alternative qualifications