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Direct linkGiovanelli, Marcello – Language and Education, 2015
English language is a fast-growing and popular subject at A level, but the majority of qualified secondary teachers in the UK have subject expertise and backgrounds in literature. This paper reports on interviews with seven secondary English teachers who discuss the strategies they used when taking on the responsibility of A-level English language…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Personal Narratives
Grainger, Karen – Language and Education, 2013
It is a long-standing and commonly held belief in the United Kingdom and elsewhere that the use of elite forms of language reflects superior intellect and education. Expert opinion from sociolinguistics, however, contends that such a view is the result of middle-class bias and cannot be scientifically justified. In the 1960s and 1970s, such…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Language Usage, Middle Class
Copland, Fiona; Garton, Sue – Language and Education, 2011
This article focuses on the English language experiences of a group of pre-sessional students, an under-represented group in the literature on language and education. In particular, it investigates the opportunities that such students have to use English outside the classroom, shown to be a key factor in student satisfaction with their study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Diaries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Simpson, James; Cooke, Melanie – Language and Education, 2010
This article is about progression in further and higher education for migrants to the United Kingdom who are users of non-standard varieties of English. The focus is on the struggles of Tobi, a first-generation migrant Nigerian student. Tobi's story describes the local barriers he must navigate in order to gain access to the courses he wishes to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Class, Ideology, Foreign Countries
Beard, Roger; Burrell, Andrew – Language and Education, 2010
Gender differences in the imaginative narrative and persuasive description writing of a sample of Year 5 (9- to 10-year-old) children were investigated using a standardised test and a repeat design, with the same tasks being undertaken a year later. The texts were analysed using test guidelines and genre-specific rating scales derived from the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Rating Scales, Gender Differences, Imagination
Safford, Kimberly; Kelly, Alison – Language and Education, 2010
This research is an interpretive study of individual and institutional language practices based on an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a large higher education institute of teacher training in Britain. The study explores teacher professionalism in relation to language, examining the "invisible" linguistic and cultural…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Monolingualism
