English
This is a list of introductory texts originally offered as a starting point to English PGCE students, and useful for experienced teachers who want to improve their own practise.
If you have ideas about an issue that you would like to explore further within English teaching they provide a useful introduction and can help in directing you towards more specialist or focused literature.
Andrews, R.
Teaching and Learning English
Continuum, 2001
Barnes, D.
From Communication to Curriculum
Penguin, 1976
Blackman, M.
Noughts and Crosses
Corgi, 2006
Brindley, S. (ed.)
Teaching English
Routledge/Open University Press, 1994
**Also available as an e-book
Crystal, D.
Discover Grammar
Longman, 1996
Davidson, J. and Moss, J.
Issues in English Teaching
Routledge, 2000
**Also available as an e-book
Ellis, V., Fox, C. & Street, B. (eds.)
Rethinking English in Schools:Towards a New and Constructive Stage
Continuum, 2009
Ellis, V. (ed.)
Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools (5th edition)
Learning Matters, 2013
McCallum, A.
Creativity and Learning in Secondary English
Routledge, 2012
Thompson, I. (ed.)
Designing Tasks in Secondary Education: Enhancing subject understanding and student engagement
Routledge, 2014