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Teaching English / edited by Susan Brindley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993Description: vii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415102510
  • 9780415102513
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.0071241 20
LOC classification:
  • LB1631 .T275 1993
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. An historical perspective -- 1. Shaping the image of the English teacher -- 2. English our English: the new orthodoxy examined -- 3. The National Curriculum in English -- Part 2. Speaking and Listening -- 4. The National oracy project -- 5. Perspectives on oracy -- 6. Planning for learning through talk -- 7. Talking and assessment in secondary English -- 8. Bilingualism and oracy -- 9. Standard English: the debate -- Part 3. Reading -- 10. Reading -- 11. Making sense of media: from reading to culture -- 12. Information skills -- 13. Working within a new literacy -- 14. The centrality of literature -- 15. Teaching black literature -- 16. Teaching Shakespeare in schools -- 17. Balancing the books: modes of assessment in A level English -- 18. How do they know its worth it? The untaught reading lessons -- Part 4. Writing -- 19. Writing -- 20. The national writing project -- 21. Teaching writing: process or genre? -- 22. School students' writing: some principles -- 23. Writing in imagined contexts -- 24. Teaching poetry in the secondary school -- 25. Getting into grammar.
Summary: "The place of English in the secondary curriculum has been the subject of intense debate in the general media as well as in education circles. This reader addresses the key issues of that debate in a way that is both accessible and lively. Separate sections cover the historical background to the debate, including the major teaching areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, assessment and the professional development of teachers within the subject. Specially commissioned articles look at some of the most controversial issues in the subject--for instance the place of grammar and the centrality of literature in the curriculum. Novice English teachers will find this book an invaluable introduction to the complexities of their subject. For their more experienced colleagues, this text will be an invaluable way to keep up to date with current thinking."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part 1. An historical perspective -- 1. Shaping the image of the English teacher -- 2. English our English: the new orthodoxy examined -- 3. The National Curriculum in English -- Part 2. Speaking and Listening -- 4. The National oracy project -- 5. Perspectives on oracy -- 6. Planning for learning through talk -- 7. Talking and assessment in secondary English -- 8. Bilingualism and oracy -- 9. Standard English: the debate -- Part 3. Reading -- 10. Reading -- 11. Making sense of media: from reading to culture -- 12. Information skills -- 13. Working within a new literacy -- 14. The centrality of literature -- 15. Teaching black literature -- 16. Teaching Shakespeare in schools -- 17. Balancing the books: modes of assessment in A level English -- 18. How do they know its worth it? The untaught reading lessons -- Part 4. Writing -- 19. Writing -- 20. The national writing project -- 21. Teaching writing: process or genre? -- 22. School students' writing: some principles -- 23. Writing in imagined contexts -- 24. Teaching poetry in the secondary school -- 25. Getting into grammar.

"The place of English in the secondary curriculum has been the subject of intense debate in the general media as well as in education circles. This reader addresses the key issues of that debate in a way that is both accessible and lively. Separate sections cover the historical background to the debate, including the major teaching areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing, assessment and the professional development of teachers within the subject. Specially commissioned articles look at some of the most controversial issues in the subject--for instance the place of grammar and the centrality of literature in the curriculum. Novice English teachers will find this book an invaluable introduction to the complexities of their subject. For their more experienced colleagues, this text will be an invaluable way to keep up to date with current thinking."--Publisher description.

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