The Really Useful Primary Languages Book : Practical strategies and ideas for enjoyable lessons

The Really Useful Primary Languages Book provides principles, approaches and ideas to enable those involved in the teaching of primary languages to teach enjoyable and engaging lessons. Written for the primary teacher, trainee teacher or Teaching Assistant, it shows you how to make teaching a language come alive in your classroom. With examples of practice included throughout, the issues include planning and delivery, language skills, story-telling, poems and songs, assessment, learning beyond the classroom, languages for SEN and EAL, teaching in the target language, and improving your own skills. This stimulating book will help busy teachers to develop their own effective teaching style.

The Really Useful Primary Languages Book is an easily accessible guide, full of handy resources and activities which are perfect to dip into for enjoyable, engaging and ultimately effective language lessons.

Providing principles, approaches and ideas to help bring the teaching of languages to life in your classroom, this highly practical book will be essential reading for the development of children’s language skills across Key Stage 2. With examples of practice included throughout, the book covers key topics such as:

• principles of good planning
• mixed age classes
• developing skills such as literacy and oracy
• phonics
• grammar
• storytelling, poems and songs
• using language games and activities
• activities for developing reading skills
• supporting children’s writing
• integrating learning a language with daily routines
• cross-curricular language learning
• peer and self-assessment
• involving parents in language work at school.

The experienced author team draws upon their own personal teaching experience, coupled with knowledge of primary best practice and government guidance, to ensure that The Really Useful Primary Languages Book is a stimulating resource to help busy teachers, trainee teachers and teaching assistants to develop their own effective teaching style.