Alex Quigley's best-selling book, 'Closing the Vocabulary Gap', presents the vital social issue of language use and why limited vocabulary may be hampering the attainment of school-age learners. This twilight, based on the book, unlocks the global social issue of the 'vocabulary gap', before exploring approaches to explicit vocabulary teaching for all pupils, as well as multilingual learners who may struggle to access the academic language of school.
Speaker: Alex Quigley