Description
This text is a guide for teachers who want to teach about language in primary school. It discusses appropriate linguistic concepts and provides ideas for classroom activities to support the theoretical perspectives underlying the English language curriculum.
Updated for the second edition, this text encourages teachers' and pupils' interest in and understanding of language in its different modes. Making clear references to the National Literacy Strategy in the context of the national curriculum for initial teacher education, Bunting explains appropriate linguistic concepts to enable teachers and student teachers to provide good classroom practice. She suggests practical ideas for classroom activities to support the theoretical perspectives underlying the English language curriculum.