1st Edition

Essential Grammar The Resource Book Every Secondary English Teacher Will Need

By Jennifer Webb, Marcello Giovanelli Copyright 2023
248 Pages 126 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 126 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 126 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

What is grammar? Why is it so central to the teaching of English? How can we teach it with confidence in secondary schools? Essential Grammar will provide clarity, meaning and teacher expertise to this much debated area of the English curriculum. By exploring grammar as applied to literary analysis and using a range of examples from commonly-taught and popular texts, this highly... Read more

Section 1: The Grammar Debate  1. What is grammar and why is it important?  2. Which grammar?  Section 2: Definitions and Principles Of Teaching  3. Definitions  4. Teaching Grammar: from encounter to mastery  Section 3: Reading and Writing  5. Grammar for READING  6. Grammar for WRITING  7. Attitudes to language and opportunities for linguistic investigation  Section 4: Curriculum and Beyond  8. English Curriculum  9. For Leaders

Biography

Jennifer Webb is an English teacher, school leader, educational author and speaker. She tweets as @funkypedagogy and runs the popular blog www.funkypedagogy.com

Marcello Giovanelli is Reader in Literary Linguistics at Aston University. He has previously authored Teaching Grammar, Structure and Meaning (2014), Knowing About Language (2016) and Teaching English Language and Literature 16-19 (2021), all for Routledge.