We've launched our latest evidence on EAL learner attainment with @education.ox.ac.uk. This builds on 10 years’ worth of research and reinforces the importance of assessing proficiency in English. We asked teachers for their key takeaways⬇️ bit.ly/vidcovsuf View the report: bit.ly/43YoaSk

Our latest evidence from @education.ox.ac.uk shows that the later an EAL pupil joins school, the harder it is for them to catch up in education. Late arriving monolingual pupils do not face this same attainment penalty, however. Explore the findings in our data story: https://bit.ly/3JJVmGp

#Oracy is important for success in education and later in life. For all pupils to benefit however, the specific needs of #EAL pupils must be considered. Teachers must provide learners with a structured approach that exposes them to language and builds their confidence: https://bit.ly/4nSDEje

Can we just address the fact that the UK should not, under any circumstances, be detaining and forcibly removing victims of trafficking or torture to another country. This government is going to end up being the cause of death for already traumatized individuals. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#NALDIC 's Regional and Special Interest Groups are spaces where you can share your practice and meet local and global colleagues working with #EAL RIG and SIG mailing lists and meetings are open, for free, to members and non-members. naldic.org.uk/rigs-and-sigs/

Looking for some FREE illustrated simple stories in many languages to explain school rules and routines to your newcomer students? Here are my pre-made ones for you to use: sites.google.com/view/eslfair... #OntEd #MLL #Ml #EAL #ESL

As pupils return to school, #oracy skills have never been more important. But how can teachers teach oracy skills to pupils who speak English as an Additional Language (EAL)? Glynis Lloyd offers practical tips for primary schools to ensure an oracy-rich curriculum for multilingual learners:

The curriculum review is an important opportunity to reform a system that often fails to support EAL learners effectively. We’re calling for more flexibility around learning and assessment, to support EAL students to learn English, and access the curriculum through English: https://bit.ly/4nSDEje

Team member @nuthmani.bsky.social writes about the urgent need for educators to embrace the fact that education IS political. bylines.scot/news/educati...

"Education can be a powerful force.... Standing in solidarity with the global community, working for a cleaner, safer world with greater equality, peace and justice." A powerful call for Global Citizenship Education by Charlotte Dwyer of @scotdec.bsky.social app.scotsman.com/story/528335...

📣 Our co-founder and director, Jehan Al-Azzawi will be on BBC radio Scotland on Saturday morning from 8am discussing the events outside the Cladhan Hotel in Falkirk last week and the role for educators.

#EAL pupils’ English proficiency = biggest achievement predictor at school. It explains 4-6 times as much variation in attainment as gender, FSM and ethnicity combined. Assessment of proficiency is key to effective classroom support and should be reintroduced in England: bit.ly/4nSDEje

Resources for emergent bilinguals! The English Learner Family Toolkit is available in four languages (English, Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish) #ELL #ESL #ESOL #Multilingual #EduSky ncela.ed.gov/educator-sup...

UPDATE: 10 of the 24 longlisted authors have now withdrawn from the Polari Prize. First Book: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire Main award: Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth Judging panel: Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes

Keeping track of people withdrawing from the Polari Prize Longlist over the inclusion of proud self-described "TERF" John Boyne. Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.

Anyone wanting to refer Esol students let us know @learnenglishyh.bsky.social #esol

The silence from the education community, especially when so many 'stood' with Ukraine, is deafening

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I've created, so far, 6 starter packs of educators who teach or are interested in #EAL, #EAL/D, #ELL, #MLL, #EFL, #ESL, #bilingualism and #multilingualism. Please tag others so that I can add to these lists. Please DM me if you wish to be removed from any of the lists.

Multilingual classrooms are now the norm, with over 1 in 5 pupils speaking #EAL in England. But a policy vacuum, alongside the disappearance of expertise and services, has left learners unsupported and teachers unprepared. We’re calling for urgent changes to plug the gap: bit.ly/4nSDEje

Of course we’re angry about how we treat people in our asylum system, But we should also be furious at the immense waste of public money that this failed deterrence policy represents. That money belongs to us & should be used to support our communities, not terrorise migrants!

Nice electrcical circuit symbols poster from the IET education.theiet.org/media/0ino10...

Gazeteci Timur Soykan, serbest bırakılmasının ardından adliye önünde sevinçle karşılandı

I didn’t support the Assisted Dying Bill at Second Reading, a decision I reached after a great deal of thought. Since then, several reasonable safeguards have been rejected, which has only deepened my concerns about this Bill. I’ll be voting against at Third Reading today.

In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq. Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes. Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same. The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.

In December 2023, the Israeli President Isaac Herzog signed an artillery shell before it was fired to massacre Palestinians in Gaza. He belongs in the dock at The Hague, not platformed on the BBC.

This is the second time this woman (“Britain’s strictest headteacher”) has claimed there’s a secret school in London she won’t name that has replaced Shakespeare with me. It’s complete bullshit of course but why’s she so obsessed with me

What N. Ireland is experiencing right now is a form of state media censorhip to cover up the overwhelming level of paramilitary involvement in the far-right, white supremacist riots that have swept the North. While cameras and narratives focus on the 'youths' - the men in the shadows .. [1/n]

When leaders let scapegoating and anti-migrant rhetoric flourish, it puts real people at risk. Appalling racist violence has driven this mum from her home. A year since the last racist riots, it's hard not to ask if more could have been done to stop this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Clive Lewis: “I am ashamed” of Labour re Gaza www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/cliv...

Teaching English as an Additional Language? 🔠 Our MESHGuide supports the teaching and learning of EAL in terms of language and literacy development, these skills allow learners to access the whole curriculum: www.meshguides.org/guides/node/... #MESHGuide #Research #Education

“UNRWA teams are not a target. Impunity opens the door to more atrocities. We call for independent investigations into our colleague Kamal’s killing and all other UNRWA staff killed.” – UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini Full statement: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

This.

That we're still arguing about the use of the word "genocide" in the face of this is indication of just how thoroughly Palestinians have already been dehumanized, and an indictment of any who choose word games over these stark facts. Get your hearts right.

Hello and a huge "BIG WELCOME" to new visitors to our profile page and also to those who have ventured over from X to have a browse at our new profile here on Bluesky. We're looking forward to interacting with you! #EAL #Renfrewshire #Bilingual #ESOL

“Aren't Arabs terrified? Don't Arab and Iraqi women weep when their children die?…” This historic speech by Tony Benn in 1998 (link below) is never more relevant than today to remind people that they’re responsible to uphold equality of humanity at least for a moment in their hearts every day. #Gaza

More proof that the hostile environment is bad for everyone. As if the devastating human cost of immigration enforcement raids wasn't enough, taxpayers will now have to foot the bill for damages because the Home Office wanted to showboat about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Systematic change to cultivate a #MultilingualEcosystem for our #mlls is hard but joyful work. Check out my new article with Mayuko Perkins. It's been super fun to co-write about this journey. #mll #eal #ell #CollaborativeCLIL #CLIL #MLLsCanDo www.tieonline.com/article/7672...

The silence from the education community, especially when so many 'stood' with Ukraine, is deafening

Why in secret?

Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage and Jimmy Carr attend secret Israeli party at British Museum www.middleeasteye.net/news/kemi-ba...

"Creating language friendly classrooms will support all our learners in developing their thinking skills and knowledge of the subjects they study" Read about language-friendly practices in an English state school by Jonathan Bifield in the #EAL Journal (p. 40-41) naldic.org.uk/publications...

One of our MSc applied linguistics students is looking for UK teachers to take part in a survey about working with multilingual/EAL students. Please complete the survey if you can here: qualtricsxmd56r9tjxj.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... and share with teaching colleagues. Thanks!

Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries. 1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration

Since the 2nd of March, Israel has been preventing food from entering the Gaza Strip.

This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.

"Challenging Monolingual Mindsets" Read our latest #policy statement here naldic.org.uk/activism/ #EAL #NALDIC #multilingualism