EAL new arrival provision in a secondary community school in West London

Master's Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, grade: 73.4, London Metropolitan University, language: English, abstract: This research explores teachers¿ perspective on EAL (English as a second language) new arrival provision in a secondary community school in West London. This research aims to focus exclusively on the teachers¿ experience, which explore their attitude and perception about the provision of EAL for new arrival students in their school.

This is a small-scale qualitative study exploring secondary school teachers¿ views and experiences, who are responsible for the progress of these students. Although, teachers¿ perspective on EAL new arrival provision has been studied by many researchers, it has focused mainly on students. To gather teachers¿ views, this study employed three qualitative interviews and one focus group discussion which have been carefully analysed using a thematic analyses approach. This research has revealed the teachers¿ beliefs, practice and overall experience in catering for these students. It has shown that the provision needs to be explored through the teacher¿s eyes in order to get a clear picture of different concepts of EAL new arrival provision as to make effective provision for such pupils.