[eal-bilingual] BBC Jam suspension

which was suspended last Tuesday, has a substantial EAL/bilingual

As the BBC did not publicise it well, you may not know that BBC Jam,
> which was suspended last Tuesday, has a substantial EAL/bilingual
> element.  We have been developing for BBC Jam a number of EAL activities
> embedded in DandT 11-14 and Science 7-9 (for all the UK) together with
> Bengali, Somali and Urdu translations - both contextual dictionaries and
> longer 'key concepts' with images and video. As you probably know, BBC
> Jam has just been suspended by the BBC Trust (formerly Governors).
> This means that as well as the existing material, which was ready to 
> go on
> line when the service was suspended, further plans to develop EAL  and
> Bengali, Somali and Urdu translations for English, Maths and Science for
> all age groups have also been frozen. I am told that if we highlight the
> importance of the site for bilingual pupils there is a good chance that
> at least that aspect, which the BBC call 'Community Language Support',
> can be restored. We would also provide curriculum-related translations
> into other community languages. Of course if the EAL and bilingual
> materials are restored within the general BBC Jam curriculum content
> then that will be of benefit to all pupils.
>
> BBC Trust Messages can be sent to trust.enquiries at bbc.co.uk
>
> Rob Leach
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