Full Description
This first Australian edition of Teaching Primary English has been updated and adapted to reflect the Australian sociocultural and educational context.
This text provides a comprehensive, evidence informed introduction to teaching and learning English in the primary school classroom. New content refers to the Australian English Curriculum and incorporates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives and literacy perspectives relevant to the Asia-Pacific region as well as the broader international context. This edition also includes a new section devoted to visual literacy, critical literacy and multimodality. Teaching advice and ideas are supported by practical examples linked to video clips filmed in real schools, reflective activities, observational tasks and online resources. Each section includes suggestions for great children's literature and offers assessment advice and support for planning for diversity and special educational needs.
Drawing on the very latest research and theory, supported by practical examples and guidance, this is an essential resource for pre-service teachers as they develop subject knowledge and the skills and confidence to deliver effective and engaging classroom practice.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Spoken Language
1. Developing talk
2. Spoken language for teaching and learning
3. Storytelling, drama and role play
4. Planning for developing and assessing speaking and listening
Part 2: Reading
5. Perspectives on learning to read
6. Reading for pleasure
7. Early reading including phonics
8. Comprehension
9. Describing and assessing progress in reading
10. Poetry
Part 3: Writing
11. What writing involves
12. Writing composition
13. Spelling and handwriting
14. Grammar and punctuation
15. Responding to and assessing writing
Part 4: Twenty-first century literacies
16. Digital literacy
17. Multimodality
18. Critical literacy
