Introduction
The Talk Rich Teaching project is a study using a US-designed approach to teacher professional development called The Enduring Principles of Learning. This approach has had measurable success in raising the attainment of all pupils, but particularly pupils who speak English as an additional language (EAL).
In our project we are working with four primary schools to observe whether and how professional development using The Enduring Principles of Learning can change teachers’ practice in ways that will raise the language and literacy attainment of pupils with EAL.