3rd Edition

English 5-11 A guide for teachers

By David Waugh, Wendy Jolliffe Copyright 2017
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

English is central to the primary-school curriculum and successfully mastering the basics has a significant influence on pupils’ ability to learn and achieve their future goals. Now fully updated, English 5–11 provides comprehensive, up-to-date and creative guidance on teaching English in the primary school. Each chapter provides the busy teacher with indispensable advice and guidance, as... Read more

1 The pedagogy of teaching English in the primary school  2 Classroom management in English  3 Creative approaches to teaching literacy  4 Understanding language and literacy development  5 Knowledge about language - Grammar and punctuation  6 Talking to learn  7 Teaching and learning reading  8 Fiction and poetry  9 Reading and writing for information  10 Learning and teaching in a multilingual classroom - Claire Head  11 Developing children’s writing  12 Spelling  13 Using technology to enhance the learning and teaching of English - John Bennett and Richard English  14 Drama  15 Planning for English (with contributions from Kirsty Batty)  16 Assessment for learning of English (with contributions from  Kirsty Batty)  Conclusions

Biography

David Waugh is Senior Teaching Fellow and Course Leader for Primary English at the University of Durham, UK.

Wendy Jolliffe is Head of Teacher Education and Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Hull, UK.