Webinar: Supporting young multilingual pupils in early years settings

This is the second webinar in a series of joint events between NALDIC, the National Association for Language development in the Curriculum, and the Chartered College of Teaching, the professional body of teachers in England. During this webinar, Prof Victoria Murphy (Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Oxford; Chair, NALDIC) explored how multilingual pupils can be supported in early years settings. The webinar was chaired by Dr Lisa-Maria Muller (Education Research Manager, Chartered College of Teaching). More and more children around the world are growing up with more than one language. A typical scenario for emergent multilingual children around the world is one where they speak a language in the home that is not the same as the dominant, society language, and importantly, not the language of formal education. These children are referred to as English as an Additional Language (EAL) in the UK. For many EAL children, their first experience with formal education marks t