Why is EAL so complex?
Every once in a while a school contacts me and asks me to do a redesign for their EAL provision, expecting that it will take a couple of...
Whole Sector Inclusive Language Policy
From December 2019 to March 2020 I carried out a review of EAL provisions for the Jersey education department (Children, Young People,...
Such fun! (A podcast about raising bi/multilingual children)
It seems like a long time has passed since I recorded this episode of the Teaching MLs podcast with Tan Huynh, but I still remember how...
Family Language Planning at School
You may be wondering what role schools play in family language planning, as it seems to be a strictly parental affair. While it is true...
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and languages: What are the connections?
The world of education is very interested in ideas around diversity, equity, inclusion, and decolonising the curriculum right now....
Translanguaging in online learning
The education sector is undergoing a major upheaval, as teachers and students all over the world are shifting to the online classroom....
Podcast: Talking about EAL/ELL
A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of having two conversation with Cate from The Language Revolution podcast. In the first one, we...
Is co-teaching always the answer?
Social media is all a-twitter these days about co-teaching. There are a couple of new books out, and the topic of co-teaching for EAL/ELL...
The myth of the 'native-speaker' teacher
Last week I worked with three different schools in the Netherlands, all with different profiles. All of them are international schools,...
EAL, ESL, EFL, MFL! What's the difference (and does it really matter?)
There are myriad terms used to describe languages in education, and it's often seen as a minor issue to choose a title for a language...
