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Goodwyn, Andrew, Ed.; Fuller, Carol, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The nature of literacy is an issue of global debate. When the National Literacy Strategy [NLS] was introduced into UK schools it was arguably the most ambitious educational reform programme in the world, and the controversy necessarily intensified. How can the impact of such reforms be assessed? In its ten year history the NLS affected every…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Davison, Jon, Ed.; Daly, Caroline, Ed.; Moss, John, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Debates in English Teaching" explores the major issues all English teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It engages with established and contemporary debates, promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Creativity, Social Class, Writing (Composition)
Miller, Suzanne M., Ed.; McVee, Mary B., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Taking a close look at multimodal composing as an essential new literacy in schools, this volume draws from contextualized case studies across educational contexts to provide detailed portraits of teachers and students at work in classrooms. Authors elaborate key issues in transforming classrooms with student multimodal composing, including…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Classroom Techniques, Writing (Composition), Technology Integration
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. – 1995
This proceedings contains papers presented at the sixth annual conference of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. Papers in the proceedings are: "The Politics of Grammar" (Sabah A. Salih); "(Still) Trying to Find an Answer to the Problem of 'Error' in Writing" (William McCleary); "Grammar and Literacy:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. – 1992
This proceedings contains half of the papers presented at the third annual conference of the Association of Teachers of English Grammar. Papers in the proceedings are: "Grammar as a Method, Not as a Subject" (Marilyn N. Silva); "Using Humor to Teach Grammar, or the Grammarian as Stand-up Comic" (Frank Peters); "Grammatical…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. – 1991
Noting that, contrary to the first conference, disagreements began to surface among the conference participants of the second conference, this proceedings contains papers presented at the second conference on the teaching of grammar (except for a preconference workshop and one paper). Papers in the proceedings are: "Keynote: Finding Reasons…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. – 1994
This partial proceedings contains papers presented at the fifth annual conference of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on the topic of learning, teaching, and researching grammar. Papers in the proceedings are: "Using Grammatical Information to Make Rhetorical Points (Wanda Van Goor); "Grammar with a Purpose: Using Grammar…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
Durkin, Diane Bennett – 1995
This book provides a collection of interrelated essays on language for teachers concerned with first and second language acquisition, non-standard English, the teaching of grammar, language change, and the attainment of literacy. A problem-oriented text, the book presents the various controversies surrounding each language area, offering competing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
Lamberg, Walter J., Ed. – 1979
The 22 articles in this collection, written by experienced teachers of English, present effective learning activities for developing a variety of skills, qualities, and attitudes in writing. Demonstrating different teaching methods, the articles relate to key principles advocated by the National Writing Project: attention to fluency, peer…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. – 1993
This proceedings contains papers presented at the fourth Annual Conference of the Association of Teachers of English Grammar. Papers in the proceedings are: "Linguistics and English Language Teaching: Another Attempt" (James Kenkel and Robert Yates); "College Students' Attitudes on Grammar--A Survey" (Cornelia Paraskevas);…
Descriptors: College Students, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar. – 1990
Providing alternatives to the way grammar is taught, this proceedings includes every paper (or summary) except one delivered at a conference on the future of grammar in American schools. Papers in the proceedings are: "Keynote: The Future of Grammar in American Schools" (Martha Kolln); "Approaches to Grammar: Teaching &…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Miller, Tom, Ed. – 1997
Noting that little in language can be understood without taking into consideration the wider picture of communicative purpose, content, context, and audience, this book address practical uses of various approaches to discourse analysis. Several assumptions run through the chapters: knowledge is socially constructed; the manner in which language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar
Collins, Norma, Comp.; Smith, Carl, Ed. – 1990
Originally developed as part of a project for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on the role of grammar and the teaching of writing is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes an overview of the project; a comprehensive search of the ERIC…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education