DfE data research
English proficiency of pupils with English as an additional language 2020
Lambeth Research – the impact of school closures owing to Covid-19
The Impact of School Closures on Pupils with English as an additional Language
Published by the Schools’ Research and Statistics Service Education and Learning
London Borough of Lambeth © The Authors. All rights reserved. February 2022. ISBN: 978-1-910428-30-6
Past publications from EAL Consultants and the Lambeth Research and Statistics Team may be accessed here:
EAL: Raising Achievement of Primary Pupils, Feyis Demie and Amanda Bellsham Revell, 2013
EAL: Raising Achievement of Secondary Pupils, Feyisa Demie and Amanda Gay, 2013
Longitudinal Study of Second Language Acquisition in Lambeth Schools, Amanda Gay and Amanda Bellsham-Revell 2013
Advanced bilingual learners
During 2003-4, the government commissioned Professor Lynne Cameron and Dr Sharon Besser, then at the University of Leeds, to undertake a series of investigations into the development of English fluency in pupils with well developed EAL (advanced bilingual learners) The findings were groundbreaking and are still necessary reading today:
Writing in English as an Additional Language at Key Stage 2, Key findings
Writing in English as an additional language at Key Stage 4 and post-16
The research investigated the writing skills of those who, although at an advanced stage of formal education, may be under-achieving in English. Over three hundred pieces of writing, from English language and a range of other subject areas, were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively to produce profiles of achievement and needs, and suggestions for diagnosis and intervention by teachers.
Professor Lynne Cameron, 2003
EAL in Practice 