Information about EAL in Scotland

This wiki has been set up to help students, teachers and others who are interested in finding out a bit more about English as an Additional Language.

(Note: this is NOT an official site, and if you want information about teaching requirements etc please follow the appropriate links)

Some background reading:

There are many books about English as a Foreign, Second or Additional language; finding what is most useful for you may take some time. However, there are some basic introductions that could help you to get started.

Harmer, J 2001 The practice of English language teaching Harlow : Longman

Carter, R and Nunan, D 2001 The Cambridge guide to teaching English to speakers of other languages Cambridge, Eng. : Cambridge University Press

  Further reading - click this sentence for the link

Other useful information:

The LT Scotland website has information about EAL

Hilary McColl has created a site with lots of links

The General Teaching Council for Scotland has official information about regulations, qualifications and applying for jobs; there is no initial teaching qualification for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in Scotland. There are therefore special requirements for registration in this category. Further information is on the GTC site about TESOL

SQA site for information about ESOL

SQA PDA ESOL Literacies

Stevenson College will be running this course for ESOL teachers who are already qualified at Certificate level (Cambridge/Trinity) from January to June on a Thursday evening. If you would like more information and an application form, please contact Caroline Battes on 0131 535 4630 or email cbattes@stevenson.ac.uk

Ann Morgan-Thomas

Head of Section

Community-based ESOL

Stevenson College Edinbrgh

4 Duncan Place

Edinburgh

EH14 6AE