Creating Welcoming Learning Environments

Jane Andrews is Professor of Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Her research focuses on multilingualism and learning and parental involvement in learning. She is a trained secondary school teacher specialising in EAL.Maryam Almohammad is an educator in language and intercultural communication at the Institute for Language Education, the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research and teaching focus on interculturality, intercultural citizenship, language, identities, art, creativity and power. She draws upon ethnographic research, sociological theories of practice, art-based methods and uses critical, postmodernist and posthumanist approaches.

This volume is a great source of fascinating ideas for teachers, researchers and other professionals working with EAL children and young people. It is about creating welcoming learning environments by bringing together theoretical insights, transformative practices and artistic content. The ideas are easily adaptable and will definitely inspire future readers to create their own activities and welcoming environments.

• ContributorsChapter 1. Jane Andrews and Maryam Almohammad: Introduction: Connecting Creative Arts Approaches with Supporting Children and Young People Developing English as an Additional LanguageChapter 2. Alison Phipps: The Well in WelcomingChapter 3. Maryam Almohammad: Working with Community Filming in Multilingual and Intercultural Language Education  Chapter 3.1. Gemma Sharland: Celebration through Film  Chapter 3.2. Alicja Lievaart: A Filmmaking ProjectChapter 4. Lyn Ma: Creating Together: The Role of Creative Arts in an ESOL ClassroomChapter 4.1. Su Tippett: Working with Children’s Needs and Preferences Using Creative Techniques  Chapter 4.2. Judith Prosser: Assessing Children’s Language Using Creative TechniquesChapter 4.3. Karen Thomas and Rebecca Reeve: Building Cohesion in School through CraftingChapter 5. Gameli Tordzro and Naa Densua Tordzro: Adinkra Creative Links: Music and Textiles in Welcoming Learning Environments  Chapter 5.1. Alison Grotzke: Working with Adinkra Symbols and Printing: Unlocking Creativity in Children  Chapter 5.2. Dominique Moore: A School Radio Station  Chapter 5.3. Lois Francis: Singing Songs from Jamaica in Early Years Settings and Primary Schools in South GloucestershireChapter 5.4. Judith Prosser: Audio in School: School Languages on the Tannoy SystemChapter 6. A Conversation with Tawona Sithole, Poet and MusicianChapter 6.1. Anna Comfort: Creative Arts Processes for Working with EAL ChildrenChapter 6.2. Dominique Moore: GCSE English, Using Poetry Written in Students’ First LanguagesChapter 7. Luci Gorell Barnes: The Welcome Banner: Cultural Exchange through Creative CollaborationChapter 8. Jean Conteh: Creativity, Collaboration and Ways Forward for EAL LearnersJane Andrews and Maryam Almohammad: Afterword: Summary of Ideas for Practice