Language knowledge for primary teachers

Language knowledge for primary teachers / by Angela Wilson and Julie Scanlon.

Teaching children to develop as language users is one of the most important tasks of a primary school teacher. However, many trainee teachers begin their careers with a low knowledge base. Language Knowledge for Primary Teachers is the reader friendly guide designed to address this.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Angela
Other Authors: Scanlon, Julie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Edition:4th ed.
Subjects:
English language > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Great Britain.
EDUCATION > Language Experience Approach.
English language > Study and teaching (Elementary)
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Why do primary teachers need language knowledge?
  • A framework for considering language knowledge
  • Building on preschool children's language knowledge
  • Some characteristics of texts
  • Making sense of texts
  • What big teeth you have, grammar!
  • Sentence structure: phrases and clauses
  • Words, words, words
  • Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to fictional texts and poetry
  • Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to non-fiction texts
  • Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to non-book and electronic texts
  • Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to digital communications
  • Conclusion.

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