Issue #3
Featured articles:
Listening to Michael Rosen, speaking to English teachers - The new children's laureate talks about changes in practice he would like to see within the teaching of literature.
by Anne Fairhall
It's all gone quiet over there! - Speaking, listening and football can be combined.
by Gareth Calway
Super speakers and lousy listeners - When a surreptitious approach and some cooking can do the trick.
by Ruth Bamford
Talking with Tennyson - Interpreting The Lady of Shalott in the internet age, not to mention making a film.
by David Gibbons
Speaking and listening in A Level English - Why students could be credited for their use of spoken English.
by Jane Bluett
Speaking and listening: never a better time - A look at the first principles, types of talk and some useful approaches.
by Alison Kelly, David Montgomerie, Kimberley Safford
Shakespeare in my special school - How to inject real enthusiasm into learning about Shakespeare and enable some critical thinking with pupils who struggle with reading.
by Jo Robinson
The Magpie Teacher - Food, for more hours of classroom fun and mouth-watering experiences.
by Julie Blake
Bob the Builder goes to school - Linking children's popular culture, role play and talk with interactive writing.
by Janet Evans
How ICT can help with speaking and listening activities - Dialogue, talk, digital cameras and other things to do.
by Sam Custance
Speaking in role - Resources to get students talking.
by Lucy Hewitt
Teachit staffroom roundup - From the fairness of managers to Mornington Crescent...
by Carmel Waldron
The silence of the SATs preparation - On remembering that oracy is crucial to the development of literacy even when silence is bliss.
by Phil Kendall
Mud, music and multi-media - Reflecting on the ways that NATE ICT trainers have supported teachers to enrich schemes of work and address the range of new text types.
by Esther Menon
The Arts Award and multi-media - One teacher's recommendations for increasing commitment and love of the arts, as well as developing key communication skills.
by Jo Morrell
In the company of wolves - A fascinating theme to achieve quality speaking and listening through interactive strategies.
by Pam Lewis
Shakespeare in the classroom: a teacher's manifesto - Making the most of the potential for working with students and Shakespeare in the classroom.
by Ruth Glew
Suffer little children... - On the road with a wandering examiner of Oracy in English
by Brian Lead
About...The English Speaking Board - Sharing enthusiasm about this promoter of confident speaking listening and presentation skills.
a letter from Alex Daborn
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NATE Classroom is NATE’s magazine, essential reading for all teachers of English, both primary and secondary. It has articles about practical teaching strategies and resources, reflections on recent experiences, a regular review section addressing texts for teachers and children’s fiction, and extracts from relevant texts by professional writers and authors.