Understanding and Teaching Primary English

Theory Into Practice

By: James Clements, Mathew Tobin

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Paperback | 19 May 2021

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Inspiring and supporting students to become an insightful, creative and professional teacher of primary English.

Teaching children English is an opportunity to give them skills that will enrich their entire lives and is a crucial part of their intellectual development. Covering all major aspects of primary English and following the foundations set in the early years, this book takes students through your teacher training and into their early career in the classroom.

Each topic explores what we know from theory and the latest research, and then demonstrates how this understanding can be used in practice. Drawing on the authors' own knowledge and experiences in the classroom, the book is full of practical advice and strategies to support teaching, while also helping trainees develop their subject knowledge.

Key topics include:

Reading and writing in the early years
Curriculum design and planning
Promotive reading for pleasure and teachers as readers
Teaching writing and its role as a form of communication
Vocabulary development and word knowledge
Assessment for formative and summative purposes
Oracy and spoken language development

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I love this book. The approach of connecting the theory to practical applications is brilliant and you will find yourself nodding in agreement throughout. -- NATE, Primary Matters

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