Primary English

All trainee teacher's need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary English.

Jane Medwell taught in primary schools in Cardiff and South Devon, before moving into teacher education. She has lectured at the Universities of Cardiff, Plymouth and the College of St Mark and St John, and is currently Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. Her research and writing has covered areas such as the teaching of writing and the use of electronic books to teach reading. More recently she has begun a major research programme exploring the teaching of handwriting, and has begun a unique programme of teacher education in primary Modern Foreign Languages. She is fluent in French and Russian, and is learning Chinese.

Introduction
Learning English
Effective English teaching
Speaking and listening: developing talk in the primary classroom
Teaching reading at and before Key Stage 1
The teaching and learning of phonics
Teaching early writing
Teaching handwriting and spelling
Developing reading comprehension
Reading for information
Teaching writing at Key Stage 2
Teaching with electronic texts
Teaching English at a distance
Including all children
Organising and resourcing English at Key Stages 1 and 2
Assessing English