Community Languages - Useful addresses
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Africa Centre
38 King Street, London WC2E 8JT. Tel: 020 7836 1973. Fax: 020 7836 1975.
E-mail: africacentre@gn.apc.org
Website: www.africacentre.org.uk
The Centre for African Language Learning is on tel: 020 7240 0199 at the
same address
African Books Collective (ABC)
Unit 13, Kings Meadow, Ferry Hinksey Road, Oxford OX2 0DP. Tel: 01865
726 686. Fax: 01865 793 298. E-mail: abc@africanbookscollective.com
Website: www.africanbookscollective.com
Books about African languages and children's books in Swahili.
AIMER (Access to Information on Multicultural Education Resources)
- see also National Centre for Language and Literacy
Email: ehsabbaas@reading.ac.uk
Website: www.ncll.org.uk Tel:0118
931 8820Subscription database listing over 3000 resources.
Al Saqi Books
26 Westbourne Grove, London W2 5RH. Tel: 020 7229 8543. Fax: 020 7229
7492. E-mail: alsaqibooks@compuserve.com.
Website: www.alsaqibookshop.com
Catalogue available in English or Arabic.
ALAOME (Association of LEA Advisory Officers for Multicultural Education)
Chris Vieler-Porter, Chair ALAOME Evaluation, Advisory and Curriculum
Services, Education Centre, Queens Road, Walthamstow, London E17 8QS.
Tel: 020 8509 4218. E-mail: Chris.Vieler-Porter@edu.lbwf.gov.uk
Arabica
Contact Nadia Abdelaal PO Box 150, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 8RR. Tel:
0161 904 8102. E-mail: info@arabica.org.uk.
Website: www.arabica.org.uk
The Arabic Club for Kids
Contact Dr. Rabab Hamiduddin, 23 Oxford Court, Elmfield Way, London, W9 3UG. Tel 07737 136 246
Email: info@arabicclub.co.uk Website: www.arabicclub.co.uk
The Association for Language Learning (ALL)
150 Railway Terrace, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 3HN Tel: 01788 546 443.
Fax: 01788 544 149. E-mail: info@all-languages.org.uk.
Website: www.all-languages.org.uk/
Avanti Books
Unit 9, The io Centre, Whittle Way, Arlington Business Park, Stevenage,
Hertfordshire. SG1 2DB. Tel: 01438 747 000. Fax: 01438 741 131. E-mail:
enquiries@avantibooks.com
Website:www.avantibooks.com
The Basic Skills Agency
Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1NU. Tel: 020
7405 4017. Fax: 020 7404 6626. E-mail: enquiries@basic-skills.co.uk
Website: www.basic-skills.co.uk.
Formerly: Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU)
Bay Foreign Language Books
Unit 3b, Frith Business Centre, Frith Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent TN25
7HJ. Tel: 01233 720 020. Fax: 01233 721 272. E-mail: sales@baylanguagebooks.co.uk
Website: www.baylanguagebooks.co.uk
Over 400 world languages. Mail order only
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan/ Institute of Indian Art and Culture
Contact: The Director 4a Castletown Road, London W14 9HE. Tel: 020 7381
3086 or 4608. Fax: 020 7381 8758. E-mail: info@bhavan.net
Website: www.bhavan.net/ Provide language
courses in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit plus
courses in Indian music, dance, drama, art & archaeology and yoga.
Bilingualism, Languages, Literacies and Education Network (BLEN)
Tel & fax: 020 7281 8686. E-mail: ask@blen-education.org.uk
Website: www.blen-education.org.uk
A non-profit making, independent, teacher friendly forum for bilingualism,
languages, literacies & education.
Bolton. The Multicultural Resource Centre and Multicultural Books
P.O. Box 298, The Moss C.P. School, Falkirk Drive, Breightmet, Bolton
BL2 6FU. Tel/Fax: 01204 366 868 Email: multicultural@resources.freeserve.uk
Multi-lingual posters, maps and friezes
British Association of TESOL Qualifying Institutions (BATQI)
BATQI Secretariat, Graduate School of Education, 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol
BS8 1JA. Tel: 0117 928 7093 E-mail: g.m.clibbon@bristol.ac.uk
Accreditation of courses of teacher training, education and development
for teachers of English to speakers of other languages.
The British Council, Information Centre
Fifth Floor, Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street, Manchester M1 6BB.
Tel: 0161 957 7755. Fax: 0161 957 7762. E-mail (course enquiries): education.enquiries@britcoun.org
E-mail (other ELT enquiries): general.enquiries@britcoun.org
Website: www.britcoun.org/ English
overseas and overseas students in the UK. Information about teaching English
as a foreign language
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
Milburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry CV4 7JJ Tel: 024 7641 6994.
Fax: 024 7641 1418. E-mail: Becta@becta.org.uk
Website: www.becta.org.uk ESOL website:
www.becta.org.uk/teachers/display.cfm?section=1_3
Chinese Network
Contact: Katharine Carruthers, Parkside Community College, Parkside, Cambridge
CB1 1EH. Tel: 01223 355 233. Fax: 01223 712 601. E-mail: katherinec@ssatrust.org.uk
Website: www.schoolsnetwork.org.uk/main.asp?page=259
CME Books Europe
33 Lakin Road, Warwick, CV34 5BU Tel: 0870 3830042. Fax: 0207 1171609. E-mail: info@cme4europe.co.uk Website: www.chinesemadeeasy.co.uk Chinese books, posters, flashcards, stickers and training workshops for teachers of Chinese.
Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
Elliot House, 10-12 Allington Street, London SW1E 5EH. Tel: 020 7939 0000.
Fax: 020 7939 0004. Website: www.cre.gov.uk/
E-mail: info@cre.gov.uk
Commonwealth Institute, Commonwealth Resource Centre
Contact: Librarian Kensington High Street, London W8 6NQ. Tel: 020 7603
4535. Fax: 020 7603 2807 E-mail: crc@commonwealth.org.uk
Website: www.commonwealth.org.uk
Confederation of Indian Organisations (UK) (CIO)
Rajesh Kalhan, Director 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7XW. Tel:
020 7928 9889. Fax: 020 7620 4025 E-mail: cio@gn.apc.org
Website: www.cio.org.uk
Coventry Minority Group Support Services
Prior Deram Walk, Canley, Coventry CV4 8FT. Tel: 024 7671 7800. Fax: 024
7671 7900 Supplier of multilingual posters
Cypress Book Co (UK) Ltd
Unit 13, Park Royal Metro Centre, Britannia Way, Coronation Road, London.
NW10 7PA. Tel: 020 8838 2491. Fax: 020 8453 0709. Website: www.cypressbooks.com/
E-mail: sales@cypressbooks.com
English and Media Centre
18 Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN. Tel: 020 7359 8080. Fax: 020 7354 0133.
E-mail: info@englishandmedia.co.uk
Website: www.englishandmedia.co.uk
Publications distributed by NATE
Espabooks
C/Quintina Martín 10, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain . Tel. &
fax: +34 91 352 8349. E-mail: info@espabooks.com.
Website: www.espabooks.com Books
for learners of Spanish as a foreign language and for children
The European Bookshop
5 Warwick Street, London W1B 5LA. Tel: 020 7734 5259. Fax: 020 7287 1720.
E-mail: mrg@esb.co.uk Website: www.esb.co.uk
Foreign languages bookseller and retail outlet for European Schoolbooks
of Cheltenham. Also mail order.
G and W (Gaafar and Wightwick) Publishing
47a High Street, Chinnor, Oxfordshire OX9 4DJ Tel: 01844 352 513. Fax:
01844 354 329. E-mail: services@g-and-w.co.uk
Website: www.g-and-w.co.uk
Grant & Cutler
55-57 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7AY. Tel. 020 7734 2012. Fax:
020 7734 9272. E-mail: contactus@grantandcutler.com
Website: www.grantandcutler.com
All living languages
Great Britain-China Centre
Contact: The Director 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS Tel: 020 7235
6696. Fax: 020 7245 6885. E-mail: contact@gbcc.org.uk
Website: www.gbcc.org.uk
Greek Institute
34 Bush Hill Road, London N21 2DS. Tel & fax: 020 8360 7968. Website:
www.greekinstitute.co.uk/
E-mail: info@greekinstitute.co.uk/
Hounslow Language Service
Contact Roz Carter, Hounslow Education Centre, Martindale Road, Hounslow
TW4 7HE. Tel: 020 8570 2392 (Primary); 020 8570 4186 (Secondary). Fax:
020 8570 9965. Website: www.ealinhounslow.org.uk/
E-Mail: Roz.Carter@hounslow.gov.uk
Publisher of EAL and bilingual support materials
IHT Distributors
Long Acre, London. WC2E 9JH. Tel: 020 7836 4095. Fax: 020 7836 9831 Foreign
Press Distributors
The Chartered Institute of Linguists (IoL)
Saxon House, 48 Southwark Street, London SE1 1UN Tel: 020 7940 3100. Fax:
020 7940 3101. E-mail: info@iol.org.uk
Website: www.iol.org.uk Various diplomas
and certificates relevant to community languages and English as a second
language
International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
(IATEFL)
Darwin College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NY. E-mail:
generalenquiries@iatefl.org
Websites: www.iatefl.org/ and (jobsite):
www.jobs.edunet.com
LCL International Booksellers Ltd
104/106 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NT Tel: 020 7837 0486/0487/0488. Fax:
020 7833 9452 Website: www.lclib.com
E-mail: sales.lcl@btinternet.com
Also mail order
Language and Literacy Unit (LLU)
Contact: Madeline Held, Director South Bank University, 103 Borough Road,
London SE1 0AA. Tel: 020 7815 6290. Fax: 020 7815 6296. E-mail: lllu@sbu.ac.uk
Website: www.sbu.ac.uk/LLLU/
Languages from the Cradle (Lullabies of Europe)
A European Union Lingua project that is compiling the most common Lullabies in European languages, including Czech, Danish, English, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Turkish in order to promote language awareness at a young age.
Website: www.lullabies-of-europe.org
League for Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers
Commonwealth House 7 Lion Yard, Tremadoc Road, Clapham, London SW4 7NQ
Tel: 0870 7702636. Fax: 0870 770 2637 Website: www.lect.org.uk/lect/
E-mail: info@lect.org.uk
Learning Design (Tower Hamlets)
Ground Floor South, Limehouse Court, 3/11 Dod Street, London. E14 7EQ.
Tel: 020 7093 4051. Fax: 020 7093 4052. E-mail: info@learningdesign.biz
Website: www.learningdesign.biz
Magi Publications
1 The Coda Centre, 189 Munster Road, SW6 6AW . Tel: 020 7385 6333. Fax:
020 7385 7333. Website: www.littletigerpress.com/
E-mail: info@littletiger.co.uk
Mantra Publishing Ltd
Global House, 303 Ballards Lane, London. N12 8NP. Tel: 020 8445 5123.
Fax: 020 8446 7745. E-mail: mishti@mantralingua.com
Website: www.mantralingua.com
Bilingual readers in ethnic community languages and English.
Milet Publishing Ltd
Turnaround Publisher Services, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg
Road, London. N22 6TZ. Tel: 020 8829 3000. Fax: 020 7610 5475. E-Mail:
info@milet.com Website: www.milet.com
Materials in Turkish and dual language children's books in other community
languages.
Minority Rights Group
54, Commercial Street, London. E1 6LT. Tel: 020 7422 4200. Fax: 020 7422
4201. E-mail: minority.rights@mrgmail.org
Website: www.minorityrights.org
Some materials available for use in schools, especially dual-text booklets
in main refugee languages
Mirage Children's Theatre Company
Park Walk School, Park Walk, London SW10 0AY. Tel / Fax: 020 7349 9969.
. Website: www.miragetheatre.co.uk/
Dual-language audio plays in ethnic community languages
Multicultural, RE and Curriculum Resource Centre
Quorn Hall, Meynell Road, Quorn, Leicestershire. Tel: 01509 621579. Website:
http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/education/support_for_schools/ais/aandi-supportteams/resource_centre.htm
Jointly funded by Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council.
Same address for Leicester MELAS (Minority Ethnic Language & Achievement
Service).
Multilingual Community Rights Shop
213 Camberwell Road, London, SE5 0HG. Tel: 020 7703 4442. Fax: 020 7703
8393 E-mail: mlcrs@onetel.net.uk
Multikulti
LASA, Universal House, 88/94, Wentworth Street, London. E1 7SA Website:
http://www.multikulti.org.uk
E-mail: info@lasa.org.uk Provides
welfare information, posters, factsheets etc. in community languages.
Multilingual Matters Ltd
Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, North Somerset
BS21 7HH Tel: 01275 876 519. Fax: 01275 871 673. E-mail: info@multilingual-matters.com
Website: www.multilingual-matters.com
Muslim Printers & Booksellers
423 Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 4LB. Tel: 0121 773 7522.
Fax: 0121 773 1735.
Nant Gwrtheyrn Welsh Language and Heritage Centre
Nant Gwrtheyrn, Llithfaen, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 6PA. Tel: 01758 750
334. Fax: 01758 750 335. E-mail: post@nantgwrtheyrn.org
Website: www.nantgwrtheyrn.org
National Association for Bilingual Education, USA (NABE)
1030 15th St., NW Suite 470, Washington, DC 20005. USA. E-mail: nabe@nabe.org
Website: www.nabe.org
National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)
The Spires, 2, Adelaide Street, Luton. LU1 5DU. Tel: 01582 724 724. E-mail:
enquiries@naldic.org.uk Website:
www.naldic.org.uk/
National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)
50 Broadfield Road, Sheffield S8 0XJ. Tel: 0114 255 5419. Fax: 0114 255
5296. E-mail: info@nate.org.uk Website:
www.nate.org.uk
National Association for Teaching English and other Community
Languages to Adults (NATECLA), National Centre
South Birmingham College, Room HB110, Hall Green Campus, Cole Bank Road,
Hall Green, Birmingham B28 8ES. Tel: 0121 688 8121. Fax: 0121 694 5062.
Email: co-ordinator@natecla.fsnet.co.uk
Web: www.natecla.org.uk
National Centre for Language and Literacy
The University of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Reading. RG6 1HY. Tel: 0118
378 8820 Website: www.ncll.org.uk
E-mail: ncll@reading.ac.uk
National Council for Panjabi Teaching (NCPT)
Contact: Mr Surinder Singh Attariwala, Chairman 40 Bourne Hill, Palmers
Green, London N13 4LY. Tel: 020 8886 5765.
National Council for the Development of Urdu (NCDU)
Contact: Zafar Iqbal, 31 Spaines Road Fartown Huddersfield HD2 2QD. Tel:
01484 351061. Website: www.ncdu.org.uk Email: ncdu786@yahoo.co.uk
If writing please include stamped, addressed envelope.
National Literacy Association (NLA)
First Floor, Leonard House, 321 Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham.
B5 6ET. Tel: 0121 622 5143. E-mail: nla@argonet.co.uk
Website: www.nla.org.uk/
National Literacy Trust
Swire House, 59 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ. Tel:
020 7828 2435 Fax:020 7931 9986. Email: contact@literacytrust.org.uk.
Website: www.literacytrust.org.uk
Resources/posters in ten community languages including "Talk
to your baby in your own language":www.literacytrust.org.uk/talktoyourbaby/quicktips.html
National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education
356 Holloway Road, London. N7 6PA Tel: 020 7700 8189.
Website: www.continyou.org.uk/nrc E-mail: nrc@continyou.org.uk
North Lincolnshire Bilingual Support Service
Contact: Sameena Choudry, Head of Bilingual Support Service c/o Crosby
School, Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe DN15 7NL. Tel: 01724 280 207. Fax:
01724 277 044. Email: sameena.choudry@northlincs.gov.uk
Publishes multicultural, bilingual and EAL resources.
One World Books
8 Rickett Street, West Brompton, London SW6 1RU. Tel: 020 7381 4994. Fax:
020 7385 0534. E-mail: br@one-world-books.demon.co.uk
Website: www.one-world-books.demon.co.uk
Oxfam Publishing
Oxfam House, Oxford. OX4 2JY. Tel: 01865 472 255. Fax: 01865 472 393.
E-mail: publish@oxfam.org.uk
Website: www.publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/default.asp
Panjabi Language Development Board (PLDB)
Contact: S S Kalra, Hon. Secretary 2 St Anne's Close Handsworth Wood,
Birmingham B20 1BS. Tel: 0121 551 5272. Fax: 0121 551 5272.
Arthur Probsthain
Oriental and African Booksellers, 41 Great Russell Street, London WC1B
3PH. Tel & fax: 020 7636 1096. Website: www.oriental-african-books.com/
E-mail: ap@oriental-african-books.com
Oriental and African languages
The Refugee Council
240-250 Ferndale Road, London SW9 8BB. Tel: 020 7346 6700 Fax: 020 7346
6701 Website: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Ruposhi Bangla Ltd
220 Tooting High Street, London SW17 0SG. Tel: 020 8672 7843. Fax: 020
8767 9214. Website: www.ruposhibangla.co.uk/
E-mail: ruposhi@freenetname.co.uk
Schofield and Sims Ltd
Dogley Mill, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield HD8 0NQ. Tel: 01484 607 080 Fax:
01484 606 815. E-mail: sales@schofieldandsims.co.uk
Website: www.schofieldandsims.co.uk
Welcome poster in over 20 languages and other materials
The Schools' Arabic Project (SAP)
Contact: Mr. C J Gold Dulwich College, Dulwich Common, London SE21 7LD.
Tel: 020 8299 9250 (switchboard). Fax: 020 8693 6319. E-mail: goldcj@dulwich.org.uk
Scottish Association for Language Teaching (SALT)
Contact: Maria Franchetti, Chair Department of Language Education, University
of Strathclyde, Jordanhill Campus, Southbrae Drive, Glasgow. Tel: 0141
950 3288. Website: www.saltlangs.org.uk/
The Sikh Missionary Society, UK
10 Featherstone Road, Southall, Middlesex UB2 5AA. Tel: 020 8574 1902.
Fax: 020 8574 1912. Website: www.gurmat.info/
E-mail: info@sikhmissionarysociety.org
Soma Books
38 Kennington Lane, London SE11 4LS. Tel: 020 7735 2101. Fax: 020 7735
3076. E-mail: books@somabooks.co.uk
Website: www.somabooks.co.uk
Tagore Centre (UK)
Alexandra Park Library, Alexandra Park Road, London N22 4UJ. Tel: 020
8444 6751. Fax: 0208 909 2933. E-mail: user@kundu.u-net.com
Website: www.kundu.u-net.com/tagore.htm
Turkish Education Group (TEG)
2 Newington Green Road, London N1 4RX. Tel: 020 7226 8647. Fax: 020 7704
6506. E-mail: turkisheducation@aol.com
UK Federation of Chinese schools (UKFCS)
c/o 13 Langdale Close, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 1SY. Tel: 01628 419180. E-mail:
ukfcs@aol.com Website: www.ukfcs.info
UK Telford Chinese School
18 Exeter Drive, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 3PR. Tel/Fax: 01952
261 570. Website: www.chineseweb.enta.net/
E-mail: chen@cableinet.co.uk
or chineseweb@chineseweb.net43.co.uk
Publishes some Chinese materials
Union of Muslim Organisations of the United Kingdom and Eire (UMO)
109 Campden Hill Road, London W8 7TL. Tel: 020 7229 0538 and 7221 6608.
University of London, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS)
Language Centre
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG. Tel: 020 7898 4888.
Fax: 020 7898 4889. E-mail: languages@soas.ac.uk
Website:www.soas.ac.uk/languagecentre
Ying Hwa Bookshop
14 Gerrard Street, London W1D 5PT. Tel: 020 7439 8825. Books, posters
etc. in Chinese
Zora Books
63B Shepherd's Bush Road, London W6 7LS. Tel: 020 7602 1691 Fax: 020 7610
4255. E-mail: zorabooks@btinternet.com
Website: www.btinternet.com/~zorabooks
Books on Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
