Explicit English Teaching

Tom Needham - Orchard Park High School, Croydon, UK
Explicit English Teaching
April 2023 | 224 pages | Sage UK
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"If you read this book early in your career, you won’t need to go on the ten year mission I did to find this all out for myself and work out how to apply it. You have a clear road map here - take it!" - Amazon review

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How can you take ideas from cognitive science and explicit instruction and use them to enhance teaching and learning in your secondary English lessons?

Based on contemporary research findings and supported by a range of classroom examples, this accessibly written book demonstrates how cognitive load theory, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, explicit instruction and broader cognitive science ideas can be applied to the teaching of English in secondary schools. 

Key topics include: 

  • Explicit teaching of grammar and writing
  • Deliberate practice to improve student writing
  • Broadening students’ vocabularies
  • A guide to instructional sequencing
Tom Needham has been teaching for over fifteen years and currently teaches English in South London.

Contents

Chapter 1: What is learning?

Chapter 1: What is learning?

Chapter 2: How can we help students understand and remember things?

Chapter 2: How can we help students understand and remember things?

Chapter 3: Remembering and Understanding in Practice

Chapter 3: Remembering and Understanding in Practice

Chapter 4: Novices and Experts

Chapter 4: Novices and Experts

Chapter 5: Teaching Vocabulary

Chapter 5: Teaching Vocabulary

Chapter 6: Explicit Instruction

Chapter 6: Explicit Instruction

Chapter 7: What can Rosenshine teach us?

Chapter 7: What can Rosenshine teach us?

Chapter 8: Insights from Direct Instruction

Chapter 8: Insights from Direct Instruction

Chapter 9: Teaching Writing: The Case for Deliberate Practice

Chapter 9: Teaching Writing: The Case for Deliberate Practice

Chapter 10: Creating Instructional Sequences

Chapter 10: Creating Instructional Sequences

Chapter 11: Analytical Components

Chapter 11: Analytical Components

Description

"If you read this book early in your career, you won’t need to go on the ten year mission I did to find this all out for myself and work out how to apply it. You have a clear road map here - take it!" - Amazon review

******

How can you take ideas from cognitive science and explicit instruction and use them to enhance teaching and learning in your secondary English lessons?

Based on contemporary research findings and supported by a range of classroom examples, this accessibly written book demonstrates how cognitive load theory, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, explicit instruction and broader cognitive science ideas can be applied to the teaching of English in secondary schools. 

Key topics include: 

  • Explicit teaching of grammar and writing
  • Deliberate practice to improve student writing
  • Broadening students’ vocabularies
  • A guide to instructional sequencing
Tom Needham has been teaching for over fifteen years and currently teaches English in South London.

Contents

Chapter 1: What is learning?

Chapter 1: What is learning?

Chapter 2: How can we help students understand and remember things?

Chapter 2: How can we help students understand and remember things?

Chapter 3: Remembering and Understanding in Practice

Chapter 3: Remembering and Understanding in Practice

Chapter 4: Novices and Experts

Chapter 4: Novices and Experts

Chapter 5: Teaching Vocabulary

Chapter 5: Teaching Vocabulary

Chapter 6: Explicit Instruction

Chapter 6: Explicit Instruction

Chapter 7: What can Rosenshine teach us?

Chapter 7: What can Rosenshine teach us?

Chapter 8: Insights from Direct Instruction

Chapter 8: Insights from Direct Instruction

Chapter 9: Teaching Writing: The Case for Deliberate Practice

Chapter 9: Teaching Writing: The Case for Deliberate Practice

Chapter 10: Creating Instructional Sequences

Chapter 10: Creating Instructional Sequences

Chapter 11: Analytical Components

Chapter 11: Analytical Components

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Explicit English Teaching


April 2023 | 224 pages | Sage UK

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Paperback 31/03/2026 9781529741681 $48.00
Hardcover 31/03/2026 9781529741674 $100.00
180 Day Ebook 13/09/2023 9781529786521 $28.00
Lifetime 13/09/2023 9781529786521 $41.00

"If you read this book early in your career, you won’t need to go on the ten year mission I did to find this all out for myself and work out how to apply it. You have a clear road map here - take it!" - Amazon review

******

How can you take ideas from cognitive science and explicit instruction and use them to enhance teaching and learning in your secondary English lessons?

Based on contemporary research findings and supported by a range of classroom examples, this accessibly written book demonstrates how cognitive load theory, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, explicit instruction and broader cognitive science ideas can be applied to the teaching of English in secondary schools. 

Key topics include: 

  • Explicit teaching of grammar and writing
  • Deliberate practice to improve student writing
  • Broadening students’ vocabularies
  • A guide to instructional sequencing
Tom Needham has been teaching for over fifteen years and currently teaches English in South London.

Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: What is learning?
  • Chapter 2: How can we help students understand and remember things?
  • Chapter 3: Remembering and Understanding in Practice
  • Chapter 4: Novices and Experts
  • Chapter 5: Teaching Vocabulary
  • Chapter 6: Explicit Instruction
  • Chapter 7: What can Rosenshine teach us?
  • Chapter 8: Insights from Direct Instruction
  • Chapter 9: Teaching Writing: The Case for Deliberate Practice
  • Chapter 10: Creating Instructional Sequences
  • Chapter 11: Analytical Components

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