Primary English for Trainee Teachers - Hardcover

by David Waugh (Editor), Wendy Jolliffe (Editor), Kate Allott (Editor)

What do I need know about English to teach it effectively in primary school?;
How do children learn English?;
How do I teach it?
What does a good primary English lesson look like?

This is the ultimate guide for primary trainee teachers grappling with these questions. A comprehensive text supporting you to teach the National Curriculum for primary English, it covers both subject knowledge and teaching theory and practice.

This new edition includes an updated chapter on ′Oracy: Speaking and listening′, explorations of updated theory and reseach and new links to the Core Content Framework (CCF).

Author Biography

David Waugh was senior teaching fellow at Durham University where he was also the subject leader for English. He has published extensively in Primary English and writes childre′s novels.
Wendy Jolliffe is was Head of the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Hull and had strategic responsibility for Initial Teacher Training.
Kate Allott is Senior Lecturer in Education at York St John University. Kate worked as a literacy consultant in a local authority from the inception of the National Literacy Strategy.