Deryn Hall is Key Stage 3 Literacy Consultant for the Borough of Tower Hamlets, with experience in a variety of settings and is an experienced INSET provider. Dominic Griffiths is Secondary Phase Coordinator for Tameside LEA Learning Support Service, with many years teaching experience across primary and secondary in both mainstream and special settings. Liz Haslam has over 20 years' experience in the field of EAL and now works cross-phase as advisory teacher for Isolated Bilingual Learners in Tameside. Yvonne Wilkin is a consultant for Ethnic Minority Achievement in Tameside, with over 25 years' teaching experience in the field of SEN and EAL.

'This is a good handbook in that it offers resources in ideas, assessment inventory forms, diagrams (which can be used for teaching and staff development), sample lesson plans and further reading. It is clearly set out...a potentially very useful resource and it should be a valuable addition to the bookshelves of educationists involved in multilingual schools.' British Journal of Special Education

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Bilingual Pupils; Chapter 3 The Identification and Assessment of Bilingual Pupils Causing Concern; Chapter 4 Asking Questions; Chapter 5 Collecting the Evidence; Chapter 6 Planning Support; Chapter 7 School Systems; Chapter 8 Conclusions;

Deryn Hall is Key Stage 3 Literacy Consultant for the Borough of Tower Hamlets, with experience in a variety of settings and is an experienced INSET provider. Dominic Griffiths is Secondary Phase Coordinator for Tameside LEA Learning Support Service, with many years teaching experience across primary and secondary in both mainstream and special settings. Liz Haslam has over 20 years' experience in the field of EAL and now works cross-phase as advisory teacher for Isolated Bilingual Learners in Tameside. Yvonne Wilkin is a consultant for Ethnic Minority Achievement in Tameside, with over 25 years' teaching experience in the field of SEN and EAL.

'This is a good handbook in that it offers resources in ideas, assessment inventory forms, diagrams (which can be used for teaching and staff development), sample lesson plans and further reading. It is clearly set out...a potentially very useful resource and it should be a valuable addition to the bookshelves of educationists involved in multilingual schools.' British Journal of Special Education

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Bilingual Pupils; Chapter 3 The Identification and Assessment of Bilingual Pupils Causing Concern; Chapter 4 Asking Questions; Chapter 5 Collecting the Evidence; Chapter 6 Planning Support; Chapter 7 School Systems; Chapter 8 Conclusions;