| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter INTRODUCTION -- Language and literacy -- chapter Part 1 QUESTIONS AND ISSUES -- The social and cultural aspects of language -- chapter 1 'STICKS AND STONES ... ' -- The power of language / Ian Frowe -- chapter 2 TALKING IN CLASS -- Spoken language and effective learning / Helen Nicholson -- chapter 3 NARRATIVE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALUES / Mary Earl -- chapter Part 2 STARTING POINTS -- Raising standards of literacy -- chapter 4 IMPROVING LITERACY -- Establishing a culture of change / Eve Bearne -- chapter 5 LEARNING THROUGH LANGUAGE -- Wirral takes action / Marie Stacey -- chapter 6 READING AND GENDER / Nigel Spratt -- chapter Part 3 LANGUAGE AND LEARNING -- The three Rs--rights, responsibilities and resources -- chapter 7 WILL IT WORK? -- The language of interaction in mathematics / Tim Rowland -- chapter 8 COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS -- The use of language in science / Elaine Wilson -- chapter 9 DRAMA AND HISTORICAL WRITING AT KEY STAGE 3 / Paul Goalen -- chapter Part 4 DEVELOPING A CRITICAL EYE -- chapter 10 REACT, RESEARCH, RESPOND AND REFLECT -- Language and learning in art / Richard Hickman -- chapter 11 THE LANGUAGE OF SELF-ASSESSMENT -- Towards aesthetic understanding in music / Liz Mellor -- chapter 12 USING REFLECTIVE PRACTICE TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE LANGUAGE AND LEARNING / Gill Venn -- chapter Part 5 DIFFICULTIES WITH LITERACY AND LEARNING -- chapter 13 MAKING CONNECTIONS I -- James--a pupil with literacy difficulties / Avril Dawson -- chapter 14 MAKING CONNECTIONS II -- Access to learning for pupils with special educational needs / Peter Fifield -- chapter 15 CONCLUSION -- Language in use--from policy to practice |
| Summary |
Educational policy is becoming more concerned with the need to ensure that people leave school or college fully literate. We need good oral communicators in the workplace, and being able to understand and respond to different kinds of language is vital in today's society. Included here is a detailed and highly readable account of the ways in which language affects every aspect of study - it crosses all subject boundaries, yet it is commonly seen as the sole responsibility of the English teacher to manage this area of the curriculum. The first section of the book looks at the ideology b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Language arts (Secondary) -- Great Britain
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Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects -- Great Britain
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects
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Language arts (Secondary)
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Taalvaardigheid.
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Alfabetisme.
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Voortgezet onderwijs.
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bearne, Eve, 1943-
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| ISBN |
0203271548 |
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9780203271544 |
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0203018540 |
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9780203018545 |
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9780415165167 |
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0415165164 |
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0203172396 |
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9780203172391 |
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9786610332717 |
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6610332711 |
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9781134709496 |
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1134709498 |
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9781134709441 |
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1134709447 |
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9781134709489 |
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113470948X |
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9781138466401 |
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1138466409 |
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1280332719 |
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9781280332715 |
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