{"id":1423,"date":"2025-09-05T15:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:59:50","slug":"tep-talks-episode-21-english-as-an-additional-language-in-the-context-of-uk-primary-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/2025\/09\/05\/tep-talks-episode-21-english-as-an-additional-language-in-the-context-of-uk-primary-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"TEP Talks episode 21: English as an Additional Language in the context of UK primary schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Episode 21: English as an Additional Language (EAL) in the context of UK primary schools\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0XrgmTQh8YFfAxxBn2Elsi?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-slate-fragment=\"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\">Trainee educational psychologists Katy, Rebecca, Victoria, Nichola and Chloe respond to a question from a headteacher with several children who have joined the school from Hong Kong. The headteacher feels they are struggling academically but is unsure whether this is because they are not yet proficient in English or because they have additional learning needs &#8211; particularly as they can hold conversations in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/files\/2025\/09\/EAL-podcast-reference-list-Dec-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TEP Talks ep 21 References<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/files\/2025\/09\/EAL-podcast-outline-Dec-24.pdf\">Programme outline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4Wc0Fs4Zomhr6lb3jnEeKK\">Browse all episodes of&nbsp;<em>TEP Talks<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trainee educational psychologists Katy, Rebecca, Victoria, Nichola and Chloe respond to a question from a headteacher with several children who have joined the school from Hong Kong. The headteacher feels they are struggling academically but is unsure whether this is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/2025\/09\/05\/tep-talks-episode-21-english-as-an-additional-language-in-the-context-of-uk-primary-schools\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58097,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[253054],"tags":[151269],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bilingualism","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/edpsych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}