Teaching English requires teachers to know and deploy a range of skills and techniques in a way that will enable pupils from a variety of backgrounds, and with different skills and attributes, to learn effectively. English teaching needs to:
- make learning enjoyable, motivating and challenging
- engage pupils actively in lessons
- be focused and led by progressive learning objectives
- start with what pupils already know and move forward at a pace that ensures understanding and the development and application of skills
- meet the needs of all pupils, including those who need to make faster progress to reach the expected level for their age
- develop pupils' functional and personal learning and thinking skills
- use Assessment for learning to involve pupils in understanding and developing their learning.
The Secondary National Strategy promotes a range of
teaching models.
