ealdominicb.bsky.social
@ealdominicb.bsky.social
Head of EAL. All views and opinions are my own.
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EAL Strategies, Advice and Guidance Shared Document .pdf
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I have collated a document of my pinned tweet, full of strategies, advice, guidance and resources for all teachers working with #eal #ell #mll students. It has a particular focus on refugees and asylum seekers.
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#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
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
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#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
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
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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...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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#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/
RIG and SIG mailing lists and meetings are open, for free, to members and non-members.
naldic.org.uk/rigs-and-sigs/
RIGs and SIGs - NALDIC
For a list of upcoming RIGs and SIGs meetings CLICK HERE Regional Interest Groups Coordinator… Read more → For a list of upcoming RIGs and SIGs meetings CLICK HERE Regional Interest Groups Coordinator...
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August 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#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/
RIG and SIG mailing lists and meetings are open, for free, to members and non-members.
naldic.org.uk/rigs-and-sigs/
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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
Here are my pre-made ones for you to use: sites.google.com/view/eslfair... #OntEd #MLL #Ml #EAL #ESL
@ESL_fairy Resource Hub - Multilingual Resources
Microsoft Translator Instructions in Many Languages
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September 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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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:
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:
Oracy-rich learning for EAL pupils: #Oracy skills are high on the #education agenda. Glynis Lloyd considers what primary #teachers need to know about #teaching oracy to pupils who use English as an additional language – with 12 practical ideas: buff.ly/4SvaEnh #schools
September 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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:
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:
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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
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
August 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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
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
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Team member @nuthmani.bsky.social writes about the urgent need for educators to embrace the fact that education IS political.
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Education is not neutral: it’s time to stop pretending
Strength of purpose in education, rather than timidity, is needed to craft the best possible schools
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August 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Team member @nuthmani.bsky.social writes about the urgent need for educators to embrace the fact that education IS political.
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"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...
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The importance of teaching Scots youngsters to be global citizens
Education can be a powerful force in bringing about long-term change
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August 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"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...
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📣 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.
August 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📣 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.
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#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
August 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#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
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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...
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...
Family Toolkit | NCELA - English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs
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August 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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...
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...
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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
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
August 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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
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
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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.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
August 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
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Anyone wanting to refer Esol students let us know @learnenglishyh.bsky.social #esol
August 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Anyone wanting to refer Esol students let us know @learnenglishyh.bsky.social #esol
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The silence from the education community, especially when so many 'stood' with Ukraine, is deafening
May 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The silence from the education community, especially when so many 'stood' with Ukraine, is deafening
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Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 6
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Bilingual and Multilingual Educators 6
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July 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 6
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Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 5
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July 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 5
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Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 4
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July 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 4
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Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 3
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July 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Bilingual and Multilingual Educators Starter Pack 3
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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.
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.
July 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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.
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.
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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
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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
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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!
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!
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🎧
Migrants rights campaigner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social tells us why the UK Home Office should be dismantled.
Find The Civil Fleet Podcast on all podcast services and on YouTube, too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67-...
Migrants rights campaigner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social tells us why the UK Home Office should be dismantled.
Find The Civil Fleet Podcast on all podcast services and on YouTube, too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67-...
July 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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!
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!
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Nice electrcical circuit symbols poster from the IET
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education.theiet.org/media/0ino10...
July 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Nice electrcical circuit symbols poster from the IET
education.theiet.org/media/0ino10...
education.theiet.org/media/0ino10...
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Gazeteci Timur Soykan, serbest bırakılmasının ardından adliye önünde sevinçle karşılandı
July 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Gazeteci Timur Soykan, serbest bırakılmasının ardından adliye önünde sevinçle karşılandı
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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.
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.
I’ll be voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill today.
This deeply sensitive issue demands rigorous safeguards and investment in palliative care to protect vulnerable people.
My full statement here:
This deeply sensitive issue demands rigorous safeguards and investment in palliative care to protect vulnerable people.
My full statement here:
June 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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.
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.