Teaching English

ISBN-13: 9780415102513 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 291 str.

Susan Brindley; Susan Brindley

Opis

The place of English in the secondary curriculum has recently been the subject of debate in the general media, as well as in education circles. This book addresses the key issues of that debate. Separate sections cover the historical background to the debate, including the 1993 rewriting of the English Orders; the major teaching areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing; assessment and the contribution of research to classroom practice in English. Over half the chapters are specially commissioned, exploring some of the most controversial issues, such as the place of grammar and the teaching of Standard English. Novice English teachers should find this a useful introduction to the complexities of their subject. For their more experienced colleagues, it aims to provide a means of keeping up to date with current thinking.

Spis treści

Part I: An historical perspective 1. Shaping the image of an English teacher 2. The new orthodoxy examined 3. The National Curriculum in English Part II: Speaking and listening 4. The National Oracy Project 5. Perspectives on oracy 6. Planning for learning through talk 7. Talking and assessment in secondary English 8. Bilingualism and oracy 9. Standard English: The debate Part III: Reading 10. Reading 11. Making sense of the media: From reading to culture 12. Information skills 13. Working within a new literacy 14. The centrality of literature 15. Teaching black literature 16. Teaching Shakespeare in schools 17. Balancing the books: modes of assessment in a level English literature 18. How Do They Know It’s Worth It? The untaught reading lessons Part IV: Writing 19. Writing 20. The National Writing Project 21. Teaching writing: process or genre? 22. School students’ writing: some principles 23. Writing in imagined contexts 24. Teaching poetry in the secondary school 25. Getting into grammar Part V: Research 26. Girls and literature: promise and reality 27. Knowledge about Language in the curriculum 28. Vygotsky’s contribution to pedagogical theory

O autorze

Susan Brindley