Mathew Tobin – författare

Inspiring and supporting you to become an insightful, creative and professional teacher of primary English.  

Teaching children English is an opportunity to give them skills that will enrich their entire lives and is a crucial part of their intellectual development. Covering all major aspects of primary English and following the foundations set in the early years, this book takes you through your teacher training and into your early career in the classroom.

Each topic explores what we know from theory and the latest research, and then demonstrates how you can use this understanding in practice. Drawing on the authors’ own knowledge and experiences in the classroom, the book is full of practical advice and strategies to support your own teaching, while also helping you develop your subject knowledge.

Key topics include:

· Reading and writing in the early years

· Curriculum design and planning

· Promotive reading for pleasure and teachers as readers

· Teaching writing and its role as a form of communication

· Vocabulary development and word knowledge

· Assessment for formative and summative purposes

· Oracy and spoken language development

Covering all major aspects of primary English, from reading and writing, to grammar, vocabulary and oracy, and following the foundations set in the early years, this book will support you through your teacher training and early career in the classroom while also offering fresh insights for experienced teachers.Each topic moves from robust theory and the latest research to practical classroom application, offering nuanced teaching guidance grounded in experience.Hands-on strategies, classroom case studies and opportunities to reflect on your learning combine to support high-quality literacy teaching, and effective planning and assessment.This second edition has been fully updated to:

Apply insight from recent policy to teaching, including the DfE’s 2023 Reading Framework and the policy intentions of the 2024 Labour government.Offer guidance on teaching children for whom English is an additional language (EAL).Expand the discussion of reading for pleasure, utilising recent research on this topic.