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Understand how to contribute to the assessment of bilingual learners

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'EAL learners with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities’ from The Bell Foundation

Speaking English as an Additional Language (EAL) is not a Special Educational Need (SEN), but learners with EAL may themselves have additional educational needs, just like learners who use English as their First Language.

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'The rights of every child: A summary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’ from UNICEF UK
‘New arrivals’ from The Bell Foundation
'Aiming High: Meeting the needs of newly arrived learners of English as an additional language (EAL)’ from Naldic
‘EAL Assessment Framework’ from The Bell Foundation
'EAL Learners in Schools’ from Naldic
'Challenges in bilingual families no one tells you about’ from Dr Nicole Brown
'Language needs or special needs? The assessment of learning difficulties in literacy among children learning English as an additional language: a literature review’ By Tony Cline and Tatheer Shamsi
'Distinguishing the different SEN or EAL?’ by Susan Rosamond, Imtiaz Bhatti, Marion Sharieff, Karen Wilson
'EAL learners with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities’ from The Bell Foundation

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