EAL policy

[Sarah Dinley]

Can anyone help to understand what the current policies are regarding
pupils with EAL? There seem to be a lot of reports, summaries,
guidelines and research but no policies? Or am I just not looking
hard enough. I would be grateful of any help, this is for a
university presentation.

[charlott...@canterbury.ac.uk]

There is a link to a govt briefing on the left hand column of this page:
http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/Viewpoints/Viewpoint?id=138962

Charlotte Franson

Principal Lecturer
Department of English and Language Studies
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road
Canterbury, Kent, England CT1 1QU
Tel: 01227 782 940  ext 3182

http://www.naldic.org.uk
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/prospectus/postgraduate/courses/TEAL.asp

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[Sarah Dinley]

Thank you!

On Mar 13, 1:17 pm, <charlotte.fran...@canterbury.ac.uk> wrote:
> There is a link to a govt briefing on the left hand column of this page:http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/Viewpoints/Viewpoint?id=138962
>
> Charlotte Franson
>
> Principal Lecturer
> Department of English and Language Studies
> Canterbury Christ Church University
> North Holmes Road
> Canterbury, Kent, England CT1 1QU
> Tel: 01227 782 940  ext 3182
>

> http://www.naldic.org.ukhttp://www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/prospectus/postgraduate/courses/T...

[Frank]

If I can give a non-government health warning on that statement on the Camridge Assessment website, however, I notice it's not 'badged' by the DfE, it's a statement by Angela Overington, who leads on EAL there so it's possibly best regarded as semi-official and not binding!

 

Cheers,

 

Frank

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[CATHARINE DRIVER]

But on the other hand it does summarise policies that have been in place for some years now....It's not exactly a unilateral change of direction is it?

I would be interested to see if Gove and his flunkies dare challenge any of it. 

Catharine

 

Catharine Driver
EAL Consultant and Trainer
07801 268 125
http://www.ealconsulting.co.uk/

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From: Frank <frank.m...@mac.com>
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Subject: [EAL-Bilingual;1658] Re: EAL policy

If I can give a non-government health warning on that statement on the Camridge Assessment website, however, I notice it's not 'badged' by the DfE, it's a statement by Angela Overington, who leads on EAL there so it's possibly best regarded as semi-official and not binding!

 

Cheers,

 

Frank

On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:07:42 PM UTC, Sarah Dinley wrote:

Thank you!

On Mar 13, 1:17 pm, <charlotte.fran...@canterbury. ac.uk> wrote:
> There is a link to a govt briefing on the left hand column of this page:http://www. cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/ Viewpoints/Viewpoint?id=138962
>
> Charlotte Franson
>
> Principal Lecturer
> Department of English and Language Studies
> Canterbury Christ Church University
> North Holmes Road
> Canterbury, Kent, England CT1 1QU
> Tel: 01227 782 940  ext 3182
>
> http://www.naldic.org.ukhttp:/ /www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/ prospectus/postgraduate/ courses/T...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Dinley [mailto:sarahdin...@ googlemail.com]
> Sent: 13 March 2012 13:09
> To: EAL-bilingual
> Subject: [EAL-Bilingual;1654] EAL policy
>
> Can anyone help to understand what the current policies are regarding pupils with EAL?  There seem to be a lot of reports, summaries, guidelines and research but no policies?  Or am I just not looking hard enough.  I would be grateful of any help, this is for a university presentation.
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[Amy Thompson]

In the document, it states:

Teaching of mother tongue and culture from countries of origin

The Government recognises the benefits that derive from the maintenance of ethnic minority linguistic and cultural traditions, but believes the main responsibility for maintaining mother tongue rests with the ethnic minority community themselves. We believe that English should be the medium of instruction in schools.

So nothing has changed since the Swann Report (1985) with regard to seeing the mainteance of mother-tongue/community languages as the responsibility of the EM community themselves. 

The recent British Council publication on EAL in Primary schools finds that community languages continue to be regarded as 'folk', whilst the European languages are regarded as 'elite'.  Sad to say that despite the Languages Strategy and more enlightened views in many schools, the prevailing attitude remains thus. 

Then there's this:

Is second-language English an issue for children?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9695000/9695432.stm

Almost as bad as the Blunket comment on speaking another language at home causes schizophrenia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138409/Blunkett-Speak-English-homes.html

Despite many years of government rhetoric on celebrating diversity, it seems maintaining one's heritage language is still viewed as being unBritish. 

Amy

[Jones, Ann-Elizabeth]

England`s approach compares poorly with many European countries such as
the Netherlands, and regions of Spain such as Catalonia and the Basque
region, which are actively promoting bilingualism and plurilingualism in
schools, and making other languages the medium of instruction in
designated schools.

We are in the invidious position of actively discouraging the
development of the linguistic heritage which bilingual children bring
with them to school, while bemoaning the lack of linguistic skills of
the majority of the British population (which has economic
implications). The fact that an elite group does study languages doesn`t
compensate for the lack of skills in the population as a whole.

Of course these are the two faces of monolingualism at its unenlightened
worst. But I would say that as a bilingual ...

My own instinct is that we need to recast the debate in terms of
welcoming monolinguals to the richer world of being bilingual or
trilingual.

The Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) had great
success with its campaign aimed at parents in Gwent some years ago: its
refrain was "Being bilingual makes you brighter"! Gwent duly opened its
first Welsh-medium secondary school in response to parental demand.

Then there's this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-138409/Blunkett-Speak-English-ho
mes.html

________________________________

Thank you!

<http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/Viewpoints/Viewpoint?id=138962

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>
> Charlotte Franson
>
> Principal Lecturer
> Department of English and Language Studies
> Canterbury Christ Church University
> North Holmes Road
> Canterbury, Kent, England CT1 1QU
> Tel: 01227 782 940 ext 3182
>
> http://www.naldic.org.ukhttp:/
/www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/ prospectus/postgraduate/ courses/T.

<http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/prospectus/postgraduate/courses/T.>

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> Can anyone help to understand what the current
policies are regarding pupils with EAL? There seem to be a lot of
reports, summaries, guidelines and research but no policies? Or am I
just not looking hard enough. I would be grateful of any help, this is
for a university presentation.
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[Jones, Ann-Elizabeth]

Dear EMA and EAL colleagues,

We are holding this course in Islington next term - two half day sessions of 3 hours each.

It`s aimed at staff working with AS, A2 and Baccalaureat students, as well as GNVQ at higher levels. We piloted it at Haringey Sixth Form college and a range of staff found it to be very relevant to the students they were teaching. (Business Studies, Economics, History and Psychology teachers attended as well as the EMA dept). It covers advanced oral, reading and writing skills, with the materials drawing on a number of subject areas. Our approach is based on functional linguistics.

I can send the brochure and booking form to anyone who is interested. We have some bookings already but would like a larger group. Alternatively, details can be found on the Islington EMAS website.

Ann

Charlotte Franson

http://www.naldic.org.uk
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/courses/prospectus/postgraduate/courses/TEAL.asp

[serena buchan]

Hi Ann,

Please send me details.  I copied in my work email.

 

Best Wishes,

Serena

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[Ana mesa]

Hi Ann , I am interested too. Could you email details of the course to anames...@hammersmithacademy.org please? Thanks,

Ana Mesa-Masa

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