Primary English: Knowledge and Understanding
- Jane Medwell - The University of Nottingham, UK
- David Wray - University of Warwick, UK
- George Moore - University of Warwick, UK
- Vivienne Griffiths - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Achieving QTS Series
Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. To help your students master this, the Eighth Edition of this established text now comes with a range of online resources available on the brand new companion website including:
- Interactive English subject knowledge audit: to assess your students subject knowledge in primary English. Save valuable teaching time at the start of the year by setting is as a pre-course audit and ensure students have an accurate picture of their ability before they begin. Grading your students' overall performance, results can be shared with you immediately and include further reading suggestions so students can revisit areas where they require improvement.
- Reflective self-assessment questions: more than 70 "check your learning" questions help consolidate students’ understanding of each chapter topic and monitor their learning as they work through the book.
- Irregular verbs: a handy reference of all the irregular verbs so trainees can teach English confidently.
- Glossary: building students' knowledge, the full online glossary of terms for English helps them know their "digraph" from your "soliloquy."
Supplements
This is the definitive text on English teaching for Primary initial teacher training students, and this eighth edition has all that my undergraduate and postgraduate students need to support my teaching on their courses.
I have chosen this book to be one of the core texts for our PGCE students from Sept 2018. it is an excellent book designed to support the pedagogical understanding of how chn learn English and what trainees will need to know in order to be successful teachers of primary English.
A clear, succinct and accessible text for all trainee teachers, highlighting links between theory and classroom practice and instilling the vital importance of acquiring and maintaining excellent subject knowledge
An all time book useful for all courses on teacher training.
