What Matters in English Teaching

Where English Allsorts and Spotlight on Literacy both offer practical classroom ideas, bringing together key EMC approaches to teaching English, What Matters in English Teaching has a different purpose. Addressed to teachers, it gives an informed, principled - sometimes unashamedly polemical - account of the most important issues in English teaching today, reflecting on and arguing for a particular vision of the subject - its pedagogies, practices and curriculum content.Drawing and expanding on Barbara Bleiman's thought-provoking and highly influential blogs, this collection addresses the most important issues and concerns facing English teachers, including:Versions of English - What Is It?Thinking Big - Big Picture EnglishGroup Work and Dialogic LearningTeaching the Class NovelWhat Do We Mean by Knowledge in English?VocabularyCreativity and Criticality - Reading as a Writer, Writing as a ReaderWhat's Important in Teaching PoetryThe Responsive English Teacher