Jeffcoate Robert. Starting English Teaching

2nd edition. — Routledge, 2003. — 264 p. — ISBN 0-415-05430-3."Starting English Teaching" is aimed at teachers new to the teaching of English, Its main focus is the secondary classroom, but primary teachers too will find here much to interest them. Taking the National Curriculum in English as a starting point, but not necessarily the last word on the subject, Robert Jeffcoate looks at the theoretical issues involved in thinking about English. He argues that teachers must ultimately decide for themselves in defining goals and planning the curriculum. He shows the reader how to go about developing a repertoire of skills in the different curriculum areas: reading, writing, speaking and listening, literature, drama and knowledge about language, and in general classroom management. His suggestions are illustrated with detailed examples of classroom practice and with many quotations from pupils’ own work.