A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School

Annabel Watson

ISBN 10: 0367553368 / ISBN 13: 9780367553364

Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB, 2021

About this Item

A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice, inspiration and a wide range of tried and tested approaches to help you find success in the secondary English classroom. Covering all aspects of English teaching, it is designed for you to dip in and out of, and enable you to focus on specific areas of teaching, your programme or pupils' learning.Fully updated to reflect what student and early career teachers see and experience when they enter the classroom, the second edition supports trainee and practicing teachers to teach in imaginative and creative ways to promote learning in English. Packed with ideas, resources, practical teaching activities and underpinned by the latest research into how children learn, the book examines the core areas of reading, writing and spoken English including:. Plays, poetry, non-fiction, myths and legends, drama and Shakespeare. Developing writing. Creative grammar. Talk and classroom dialogue. Media and digital writing. English across the curriculum. Well-being through writing. Literature and language post-16.Including tools to support critical reflection, A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School is an essential companion for all training and newly qualified English teachers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367553368
• ISBN 13: 9780367553364
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 21W x 1.32H x 29.7D centimeters 21 centimeters width by 1.32 centimeters height by 29.7 centimeters depth
• Weight: 620 grams

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Synopsis

A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School offers straightforward advice, inspiration and a wide range of tried and tested approaches to help you find success in the secondary English classroom. Covering all aspects of English teaching, it is designed for you to dip in and out of, and enable you to focus on specific areas of teaching, your programme or pupils’ learning.

Fully updated to reflect what student and early career teachers see and experience when they enter the classroom, the second edition supports trainee and practicing teachers to teach in imaginative and creative ways to promote learning in English. Packed with ideas, resources, practical teaching activities and underpinned by the latest research into how children learn, the book examines the core areas of reading, writing and spoken English including:

• Plays, poetry, non-fiction, myths and legends, drama and Shakespeare

• Developing writing

• Creative grammar

• Talk and classroom dialogue

• Media and digital writing

• English across the curriculum

• Well-being through writing

• Literature and language post-16.

Including tools to support critical reflection, A Practical Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary School is an essential companion for all training and newly qualified English teachers.

About the Author

Annabel Watson is Senior Lecturer in Language Education, School Direct Programme Leader, and Secondary English PGCE Course Leader at the University of Exeter, UK.

Ruth Newman is Senior Lecturer in Language Education teaching on the Secondary English PGCE and MA Ed in Language and Literacy at the University of Exeter, UK.