1st Edition

Making Progress in English

By Eve Bearne Copyright 1998
376 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

This manual is designed to help teachers establish a principled framework for developing English at Key Stages 1 and 2. Covering all aspects of English, it will help teachers raise standards of achievement in pupils at all levels of fluency and confidence. The author uses case study material to relate theory to practice, covering issues such as classroom organization and management. She also... Read more
1. What does development in English look like? 2. Reading 3. Writing 4. Speaking and Listening 5. Knowledge About Language: the technical features of language 6. Study of Texts 7. The English Coordinator's Handbook

Biography

Eve Bearne

'Practical and stimulating ... Bearne's text conveys the arguments for her approaches with enviable clarity: they are worth heeding.' - Times Educational Supplement

'All her contributors demonstrate the practicality and effectiveness of work that is innovative and rooted in sound principles.' - Times Educational Supplement

'... a very useful tool for all Primary phase teachers. It marries theory with practical ideas in a very happy combination produced in a particularly user friendly format. It will be welcomed equally by all teachers, from the newly qualified to the experienced language co-ordinator.' - Hounslow Language Service Newsletter

'It is an invaluable text for both experienced and novice teachers. It is an ideal companion to any reading of the English National Curriculum and would also provide the basis of school INSET work.' - International Annotated Bibliography of Books on Literacy