Language & Literacy

Covering the development of literacy education at all levels, this book provides a much-needed overview and understanding of where, when, and how efforts to shape education influence literacy teaching, and what literacy educators can do to advocate for themselves, their students, and the profession...

Paola Toninato challenges common and popular depictions of Roma (commonly known as 'Gypsies') literacy by examining Roma literacy rates and the Roma's deep understanding of literacy and its implications, including the use of writing for a range of different purposes...

Paola Toninato challenges common and popular depictions of Roma (commonly known as 'Gypsies') literacy by examining Roma literacy rates and the Roma's deep understanding of literacy and its implications, including the use of writing for a range of different purposes...

This indispensable resource, for teachers of pupils aged 7-13 years, consists of a series of graduated lesson plans aimed at improving children’s speaking and listening skills, their self-confidence and their motivation to learn, ultimately leading to better school performance. The scheme was develo..

Now revised and expanded Speaking Frames: How to Teaching Talk for Writing: Ages 10-14 brings together material from Sue Palmer's popular Speaking Frames books with additional material covering the primary/secondary transition...

Now revised and expanded Speaking Frames: How to Teaching Talk for Writing: Ages 10-14 brings together material from Sue Palmer's popular Speaking Frames books with additional material covering the primary/secondary transition...

Now in a new format Speaking Frames: How to Teaching Talk for Writing: Ages 8-10 brings together material from Sue Palmer’s popular Speaking Frames books for years 3 and 4...

Stimulating Story Writing! offers readers innovative and exciting ways to inspire children to want to create stories and practice their emerging writing skills. Packed full of story ideas, resources and activities, the book explores the various ways teachers can help children to develop the six key ..

This practical book gives teachers the skills and confidence to use storytelling and the spoken word in new and exciting ways in the classroom. It will also give teachers the confidence to ‘put down the book’ and trust themselves to tell, rather than read, a story. It provides a wealth of examples o..

Storytelling and Imagination: Beyond Basic Literacy 8-14 is the complete guide to using creative storytelling in the primary school classroom and for transitions to Key Stage 3 at secondary school...

Teaching English Creatively encourages and enables teachers to adopt a more creative approach to the teaching of English in the primary school. Fully updated to reflect the changing UK curricula, the second edition of this popular text explores research-informed practices and offers new ideas to dev..

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._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_  ..