Jane A Medwell, David Wray, Hilary Minns, Vivienne Griffiths, Elizabeth Coates

Primary English: Teaching Theory and Practice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

All you need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary English.

If you are training to be a primary school teacher, a knowledge of the primary English curriculum is not enough, you need to know HOW to teach English in primary schools.

This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary English that takes a focused look at the practical aspects of teaching. It covers the important skills of classroom management, planning, monitoring and assessment and relates these specifically to primary English. Practical guidance, features and resources support you to translate your learning to the classroom and understand the wider context of teaching. The book includes:

- Online practical lesson ideas for the classroom

- The Primary National Curriculum for English in Key Stages one and two

- Tips for planning primary English

- A recommended children's book list

- Useful weblinks for primary English teaching

This ninth edition has been updated throughout and includes a new chapter on online and 'blended' learning and teaching for primary English.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529756937
• Artikelnr.: 60332295

Autorenporträt

Jane Medwell taught in primary schools in Cardiff and South Devon, before moving into teacher education. She has lectured at the Universities of Cardiff, Plymouth and the College of St Mark and St John, and is currently Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. Her research and writing has covered areas such as the teaching of writing and the use of electronic books to teach reading. More recently she has begun a major research programme exploring the teaching of handwriting, and has begun a unique programme of teacher education in primary Modern Foreign Languages. She is fluent in French and Russian, and is learning Chinese.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Spoken English and Standard English
The nature of learning
The acquisition of language
Representing sound in writing
Words, vocabulary and morphology
The grammar of the sentence in Standard English
The components of sentences
Handwriting
Punctuation
Cohesion: grammar at the level of the text
The qualities of stories
The qualities of poetry
The qualities of drama
Looking at information books
Electronic texts
Looking more closely at children's errors

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1 Introduction
2 Learning English
3 Effective English teaching
4 Speaking and listening: developing talk in the primary classroom
5 Teaching reading at and before Key Stage 1
6 The teaching and learning of phonics
7 Teaching early writing
8 Teaching handwriting and spelling
9 Developing reading comprehension
10 Reading for information
11 Teaching writing at Key Stage 2
12 Teaching with electronic texts
13 Teaching English at a distance
14 Including all children
15 Organising and resourcing English at Key Stages 1 and 2
16 Assessing English