Teaching Secondary English

`Instead of taking us yet again on a tour through the four modalities of English this book's tri-partite structure takes a refreshingly different approach by offering thought-provoking argument grounded in classroom practicality' - Nick McGuinn University of YorkThis book enables English teachers to implement change and rise to new challenges while remaining true to an ethically and socially just position which provides the rationale for their vocation. The author describes and evaluates recent changes to English teaching brought about by initiatives such as the Literacy Strategy the new `A' levels and the requirement to focus on spiritual moral social and cultural development.