Description
Book SynopsisFully updated to reflect changes in teacher education and the curriculum, the Fifth Edition of Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School explores the background to debates about teaching the subject, alongside tasks, teaching ideas and further reading to expand upon issues and ideas raised in the book.
Including chapters on planning, changes to the assessment system, language teaching, and cross-curricular aspects of secondary teaching, this new edition features:
- changes in policy and practice, including the most recent GCSE reforms;
- a new chapter on ''Media literacy in English'';
- a consideration of modern digital technology and how it underpins good practice in all areas of English teaching and learning; and
- cross-referencing to guidance on assessment and well-being and resilience in the core text Learning to Teach in the Secondary School.
A key text for all student
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tasks
Notes on Contributors
Introduction to the Fifth Edition
JON DAVISON AND CAROLINE DALY
Introduction to the First Edition
JON DAVISON AND JANE DOWSON
1 Which English?
JOHN MOSS
2 Battles for English 1894–2018
JON DAVISON
3 English as a Curriculum Subject
MORLETTE LINDSAY AND JOHN YANDELL
4 Speaking and Listening
GABRIELLE CLIFF HODGES AND ELIZABETH RAWLINSON-MILLS
5 Reading
JANE COLES
6 Writing
GILL ANDERSON
7 Teaching Language and Grammar
ANNE TURVEY
8 Media Literacy and English
ANDY GOODWYN
9 Social Media and Digital Technologies
THEO BRYER
10 Drama in Teaching and Learning English
ANTON FRANKS AND THEO BRYER
11 Approaching Shakespeare
JOHN YANDELL AND ANTON FRANKS
12 Possibilities with Poetry
GABRIELLE CLIFF HODGES AND ELIZABETH RAWLINSON-MILLS
13 Advanced Level English
BARBARA BLEIMAN
14 Critical Practice
JON DAVISON AND CAROLINE DALY
Bibliography
Index
