Language Development and Social Integration of Students with English as an Additional Language

Michael Evans is Emeritus Reader in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. Claudia Schneider is Reader in Migration Studies at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Madeleine Arnot is Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education and co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement at the University of Cambridge. Linda Fisher is Reader in Languages Education at the University of Cambridge. Karen Forbes is a Lecturer in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. Yongcan Liu is Reader in Applied Linguistics and Languages Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Oakleigh Welply is an Associate Professor in the School of Education, Durham University.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Education and social integration for EAL students: narratives and debates; 3. The international, national and regional policy context of social integration in schools; 4. The methodology of researching EAL; 5. Progression in language, learning and social integration; 6. Towards an inclusive pedagogy for EAL in the multilingual classroom: principles and practices; 7. Rethinking home-school communication for parents of migrant children; 8. Conclusion.

'Just when it feels like countless nations are turning their backs on new immigrants and established immigrant communities looking to further integrate with their host communities, Michael Evans and his colleagues show us why now, especially, educators need well-researched, proven policies and strategies to support the socio-educational development of immigrant-background students. Evans and colleagues have compiled their multi-year, multi-site research in ways that address the personal, educational, and, ultimately critical societal implications of the reciprocal nature of language development and social integration as an additive bicultural strategy. The empirical research at the heart of this book, while conducted in the East of England, will have far reaching effects. The book is a marvel at providing the reader with a comprehensive view that uniquely marries powerful student perspectives with concrete examples of pedagogy, and concludes with crucial ideas for educators to engage immigrant parents as partners not simply as participants in their children's UK school experiences.' Alison Bailey, Professor of Education, University of California, Los Angeles