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9781900621335

Words Alone

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  • ISBN13:

    9781900621335

  • ISBN10:

    1900621339

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2019-01-10
  • Publisher: Univ College Dublin Pr

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Summary

Words Alone: The teaching and usage of English in contemporary Ireland provides an honest and informed commentary on how English is taught and used in our schools, on why we follow the curricula that we do, and on which are the most likely directions for change and reform.
The range and quality of its contributions will make this volume an enduring source of guidance for anyone concerned with the teaching and usage of English in Ireland.

Table of Contents

Preface
The tasks and politics of English teaching
The multiple tasks of the teacher of Englishp. 1
Controversies in Britain over a national curriculum in Englishp. 10
Grounds for hope: a response to C. B. Coxp. 26
Listening, speaking, reading and spelling
Teaching reading comprehension across the curriculump. 35
Putting spelling in contextp. 53
Listen, speak and learnp. 62
Children's leisure readingp. 72
Teaching writing
Teaching students how to write correct Englishp. 81
Teaching discursive writing in the senior cyclep. 96
Teaching writing skills in the primary schoolp. 108
The English curriculum at second level
Making it 'real' will make it happen: approaches to literacy development in the new second-level English syllabip. 117
Assessment in English - principles and practicesp. 129
The challenges of non-standard English and learning support
Issues in learning supportp. 145
'Big mad words': language variation in schoolsp. 154
Adult literacy
Levels of literacy in Ireland: the educational system and the general populationp. 169
Teaching literacy to adultsp. 181
Notes on Contributorsp. 191
Indexp. 195
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