Teaching English, Language and Literacy: Edition 5
About this ebook
This fully revised fifth edition has a brand new chapter on Reading for Pleasure, and has substantially rewritten chapters to reflect recent developments in research, evaluations of new policy directions, and new practical examples of teaching and learning.
The authors draw on their research, scholarship and practice to offer advice on:
- inclusion and equality, including working effectively with multilingual pupils
- the importance of talk and interaction
- developing reading, including motivating children to read and phonics teaching
- improving writing, including grammar and punctuation
- planning and assessing
- the latest educational policy and practice
This authoritative book is an essential introduction for anyone who teaches English, language and literacy from the early years to primary school level, and seeks to improve their professional practice. 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.
About the author
Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. He is also the Founding Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy.
Helen Bradford is a language and literacy consultant, and has worked at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and University College London Institute of Education.
John-Mark Winstanley is an Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. He has also worked as a Deputy Head Teacher and English Subject Leader across a number of primary schools.
