EAL teacher

If you work on #EAL in a school and leadership is not fully behind you, supporting, encouraging, enabling, then it is hard, hard work and I think you can be proud of any small achievements. Here’s to you all.

@dioldy86 @Miss_HVB @EALDominicB @twinkl_eal I’ve done some. One successful one in a primary simply around games and activities, sometimes child-led. There was lots of English language development through fun stuff.

Does anybody run an EAL themed after-school for children? If so, what do you do in it? Thanks in advance! #EAL @Miss_HVB @EALDominicB @twinkl_eal

Do you want to find out about primary schools with fantastic EAL practice? Watch the short videos at theealacademy.co.uk/eal-in-primary…. @EqualiTeach @EALOxon @EALGlasgow @EALteach

@Penny_Ten Thanks - really clear and helpful.

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‘knows more English than they let on’ - on a transition note about a pupil who arrived in the country new to English a few months ago. I find the attitude concerning - am determined to make sure that child will be surrounded by empathetic adults and all the support they need.

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My new post on #EAL Learning Postcards: "Is this normal? -encouraging #ParentalEngagement" eal.pjb.co.uk/index.php/blog/ Thank you @Jmosley_history for the original Learning Postcard idea.

Robert Jenrick: taking action on the people’s priorities, which apparently now includes making children feel less safe & welcome. I can barely find words to express how despicable this is & @RobertJenrick should be made to answer for it. This craven villainy represents no one.

#EAL pupil labelled ‘lazy’ by a teacher without considering the challenges the child faces, which are considerable 😔 I want to say it’s ‘lazy’ not to seek answers as to what’s going on… But I stop and reflect on what’s gone wrong here, because that all needs addressing!

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate, value and enjoy those languages, but a sense of loss has definitely been my companion for as long as I can remember. Prob why I advocate so much both professionally & personally for children not losing their linguistic & cultural heritages. (2/3)

One of the most powerful analogies by Pauline Gibbons explaining why content and language teaching in our classrooms needs to happen simultaneously. #multilingual #EAL #MLs

@PLSEALDep @EALDominicB @KathrynKashyap @EALACADEMY @LewishamEAL @catharineEAL @BifieldJonathan @ofsted And also a lack of understanding of what ˋEAL´means adds to these pupils not being accurately recorded. It may be a problematic label but it’s what we have.

@KathrynKashyap @EALACADEMY @LewishamEAL @catharineEAL @EALDominicB @BifieldJonathan That’s what I keep saying. I don’t think EAL students are decreasing, they’re just not recorded since @ofsted eliminated EAL from their inspection criteria.

Which local authorities have seen the biggest change in their percentage of EAL pupils since 2016? @LewishamEAL @catharineEAL @EALDominicB @BifieldJonathan @PLSEALDep

@EALACADEMY @Steph__Hill @MsReedTeach @MaryAreading @RachaelTirsati2 @BifieldJonathan @LewishamEAL @PLSEALDep @Chiakachi Thank you for these interesting posts

There are just thirteen local authorities in which fewer than 5% of school pupils have English as an additional language. @EALteach @Steph__Hill @MsReedTeach @MaryAreading @RachaelTirsati2 @BifieldJonathan @LewishamEAL @PLSEALDep @Chiakachi

@judecwrites @FunkyPedagogy @Team_English1 I’d recommend ´Transform Teaching and Learning Through Talk: The Oracy Imperative’ by @stottcrates and @amy_gaunt

Can anyone recommend a good book on whole school oracy? Or blogs? Have read the EEF research. Thanks 😊 x @FunkyPedagogy @Team_English1

The 2023 Schools Census data is now available. It tells us that the both the number and the proportion of EAL pupils are continuing to rise. @PLSEALDep @rs_EAL @EALteach @BetterBilingual @FrankMonaghan @FranNantongwe

🧵Lots to digest from the @EngMediaCentre @__BAAL symposium on Challenging Linguistic Discrimination. @KhawlaBadwan delivered a fab keynote w/loads of important ideas about language, literacy & literacy monsters, arguing for a 'plurilithic' not 'monolithic' view of literacy. 1.

@ClareFeeneyUK Your talk was great 😊

Finally me, from a NE secondary sch, talking through some themes from our language work w/yr 7 & 8 - validating students' languages, taking a critical stance, understanding & celebrating linguistic diversity. 6.

“You’re getting smarter” said a well meaning teacher of a 11 yr old EAL pupil, referring to her progress in learning English. I winced at the word choice. “She’s smart already”, I said in the pupil’s defence, “She speaks 2 languages, for example”. “3” corrected the pupil. 🙌

We should both collect #EAL proficiency data in England AND invest in doing that collection properly. The brief period in which it was collected nationally was characterised by an absence of central guidance, moderation or quality assurance.

@mumtothree33 Sure. DM?

@EALteach Hi, is there any chance I could ask you a few questions re: EAL please?

This anecdote is so important when we consider phonics teaching and #EAL

@AsgardAnnie Agree so strongly with this. A daily frustration !