NATECLA Language Issues - Winter 2026

We’re delighted to share that the latest edition of NATECLA’s peer-reviewed ESOL journal, Language Issues, is now available.
This edition was edited by Declan Flanagan.

This latest edition - 36.2 - features the cover article: ‘The burden of fluency: ESOL in an era of conditional belonging'(p.58), Declan Flanagan.

Other articles in this issue include: 

• Supporting adult language learning beyond the classroom: a reflective evaluation of the ESOL Digital Pathways Project by Andrew Potterfield (p.3)

•  Linguistic socialisation through creative practice: a migrant woman’s journey of integration by Josianne Block (p.14)

•  Parental perceptions on children’s use of digital devices and language learning: a post-pandemic study among parents of school children in Ireland by Md Touhidul Islam (p.23) 

•  Migrant women-only ESOL learning spaces in Northern Ireland by Juana Simpson (p.33)

•  Research Summary: Doing ESOL in times of far-right resurgence: An exploratory ethnography of activism and English Language Teaching in Glasgow by Katy Highet (p.41)

•  One sound at a time: supporting a dyslexic adult esol learner through phonemic awareness by Sara Khan (p.44)

• The Palestinian table in the ESOL classroom: recipes for a reparative praxis by Chiara Colombo (p.52)