Short description:

Are you looking for one book that gives a comprehensive account of primary and early years English, language and literacy teaching? This book is an essential introduction for anyone learning to teach English from the early years to primary school level.

Long description:

Are you looking for one book that gives a comprehensive account of primary and early years English, language and literacy teaching?

This fully revised fourth edition of Teaching English, Language and Literacy includes up-to-date research and updated discussion of effective teaching. Throughout the book there is guidance on England?s new National Curriculum and its impact. Rooted in research evidence and multidisciplinary theory, this book is an essential introduction for anyone learning to teach English from the early years to primary school level.

The authors draw on their research, scholarship and practice to offer advice on:

• inclusion and equality, including working effectively with multilingual pupils








• speaking and listening








• developing reading, including choosing texts, and phonics teaching








• improving writing, including grammar and punctuation








• planning and assessing








• the latest thinking in educational policy and practice








• the use of multimedia








• maintaining good home--school links

All the chapters include examples of good practice, coverage of key issues, analysis of research and reflections on national policy to encourage the best possible response to the exciting challenges of teaching. Each chapter also has a glossary to explain terms and gives suggestions for further reading.

This authoritative book is for all those who want to improve the teaching of English, language and literacy in schools. Designed to help inform trainee teachers and tutors, but also of great use to those teachers wanting to keep pace with the latest developments in their specialist subject, this is an indispensable guide to the theory and practice of teaching English, language and literacy.

?An invaluable text [and] essential reading to our undergraduate and postgraduate 3-11 trainees.?

Dr Tom Dobson, Course Director in the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University

?A comprehensive and accessible book that addresses all areas of the Primary Curriculum for English.?

Anne Bradley, Lecturer in Primary ITE, Plymouth Marjon University

Table of Contents:

Part One: Introduction  1. The history of English, language and literacy  2. Thinking about learning and language  3. Inclusion and equality  Part Two: Language  4. The development of language  5. Accent, dialect and Standard English  6. Classroom Practices for talk  7. Drama  Part Three: Reading  8. The development of reading  9. Children?s literature  10. Listening to children read  11. Reading comprehension  12. Phonics  13. Classroom practices for reading  Part Four: Writing  14. The development of writing  15. Classroom practices for writing  16. Grammar  17. Punctuation  18. Spelling  19. Handwriting  Part Five: General Issues  20. Assessing writing, reading and oral language  21. Language and literacy difficulties  22. Planning  23. Home?school links