. Goodwin describes it as children whose main language is not English, but, to continue your line of thought, that’s not what EAL means. EAL means the main language at home is not English. The child … (View Post)

For example, imagine a Ukrainian family come over to the UK. The dad speaks Russian and the mum speaks surzhyk, although they're both making an effor to learn formal Ukrainian given the politics… (View Post)

Trade body in favour of more of the thing they do isn't perhaps the most persuasive argument. (View Post)

When I was a kid, a school friend had a Lebanese dad and a Chinese mum. His baby sister spoke Levantine Arabic, Mandarin and English, but hadn’t yet worked out that everyone else in the world can’t s… (View Post)

The Middle East crisis is only pushing the argument one way: stop relying on fossil fuels a.s.a.p.! (View Post)