Learning to teach English in the secondary school : a companion to school experience

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Learning to teach English in the secondary school : a companion to school experience

[edited by] John Davison and Jane Dowson

(Learning to teach subjects in the secondary school)

RoutledgeFalmer, 2003

2nd ed

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Previous ed.: London: Routledge, 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-306) and index

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This best-selling textbook combines theory and practice to present a broad introduction to the opportunities and challenges of teaching English in secondary school classrooms. Each chapter explains the background to current debates about teaching the subject and provides tasks, teaching ideas, and further reading to explore issues and ideas in relation to school experience. Already a major text for many university teaching courses, this new edition has been thoroughly updated in the light of new legislation and includes fresh chapters on the National Literacy Strategy, Media and ICT. Other chapters suggest a broad range of approaches to teaching such crucial areas as: reading and writing, speaking and listening drama, media studies and information technology grammar, poetry and language study Shakespeare post-16 English language and literature Written particularly with the new and student teacher in mind, this book offers principles and practical examples of teaching and learning in a twenty-first century context as new notions of literacy compete with demands of national assessment. Taking these changing ideologies as a starting point, the text also addresses questions about the nature of teacher education. It raises issues concerning competence-based courses, working with a mentor in school and monitoring the development of a student teacher.

Table of Contents

1. Which English? 2. Battles for English 3. Working with the National Curriculum 4. Speaking and Listening 5. Reading 6. Writing 7. The National Literacy Strategy 8. Knowledge About Language and Teaching Grammar 9. New(ish) Literacies: Media and ICT 10. Drama 11. Approaching Shakespeare 12. Possibilities with Poetry 13. Teaching English 16+ 14. Criticial Practice

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