Teaching English in Secondary Schools

by John Gordon

Overview

This book is an indispensable guide for anyone training to become a secondary English teacher. It provides an overview of the main topics taught in schools, informed by good teaching practice drawn from the classroom and supported by research and theory, and engages with the requirements of the 2014 National Curriculum for England.

Each chapter is based around a ‘lesson feedback’ case study informed by real classroom observations combined with research findings to explore and analyse what underpins high quality English teaching.

Coverage includes:

· Encouraging a love of reading in your classroom

· How to teach effective writing for pleasure and for information

· Developing students’ grammar, vocabulary and spoken English

· Inspiring teaching using drama, poetry and Shakespeare

· Intelligent use of media and new literacies in teaching

This is essential reading on all secondary English initial teacher education courses, including school-based (SCITT, School Direct, Teach First), university-based (PGCE) and employment-based routes into teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781446253168
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/14/2015
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: the knowledge of English teachers and this book
Lesson design for learning in English
Reading a set text
Analysing literary texts
Writing based on literary models
Teaching about language
Teaching points of grammar
Media and multiliteracies in English
Spoken language
Teaching Shakespeare
Teaching drama in English
Teaching poetry
Your growth as an English teacher

Editorial Reviews

This inventive and engaging book explores different facets of English teaching by focusing each chapter around a particular lesson and how it was taught. Crucially, this makes the links between theory and practice transparent, showing clearly how the debates, principles and values that underpin teaching can be manifested in the classroom. Teachers will find it particularly valuable for helping them to understand, reflect on and critically evaluate their teaching – central components of teacher education and development.

Annabel Watson

This thought-provoking and pertinent new book takes a deep and critical look at classroom experiences and the teaching of specific lessons. This is an extremely useful approach that will support English teachers to reflect critically upon their own practice and engage with the complexities of teaching their subject.

Vicky Macleroy

Drawing on lesson plans to prompt discussions is a great starting point, supporting readers in considerations of different teaching and learning strategies. The text is rooted in actual classroom practice, and this opens up wider debates about approaches to English education.

Karen Lockney