ABSTRACT
The aim of this book is to provide secondary English teachers with the knowledge about language that they need and, perhaps, did not acquire during their own education. It covers the essential concepts for language study, introducing the terminology needed for ‘talking about language’ and shows how this knowledge can be applied to the skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening. Using the website
There is a companion website for the book at www.routledge.com/cw/ross. For each concept or term introduced, there is an activity for teachers to use with students. The logo (https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203085868/d139b062-688b-4a12-9204-d57224622ce5/content/inline1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>) indicates that there is an activity plus commentary. The abbreviations Y7+, Y12+, etc. suggest the year group for which the activity would be suitable. Of course, it may always be necessary to revise some concepts that were introduced in earlier years, hence the ‘plus’ sign.
The activities are numbered to match the chapter and the order in which they appear, so Activity 5.9 would be the ninth activity for Chapter 5. Most activities have a commentary, explaining the key teaching points. A link will take you from the activity to the commentary, and back to the activity if it would be useful to look at it again.
