"Debates in English Teaching" explores the major issues all English teachers encounter in their daily professional lives. It engages with established and contemporary debates, promotes and supports critical reflection and aims to stimulate both novice and experienced teachers to reach informed judgements and argue their point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding. With its combination of expert opinion and fresh insight, "Debates in English Teaching" is the ideal companion for all student and practising teachers engaged in initial training, continuing professional development and master's level study. Contents of this book include: (1) Debates in English Teaching (John Moss); (2) The Professional Identity of English Teachers (Andy Goodwyn); (3) The Dialogic Classroom (Frank Hardman); (4) A New Theory and Model of Writing Development (Richard Andrews); (5) Living Language, Live Debates: Grammar and Standard English (Debra Myhill); (6) The Politics of Early Literacy (Kathy Goouch); (7) Whatever Happened to the Literacy Hour? (Hazel Bryan and Jo Westbrook); (8) Access, Choice and Time: A Guide to Wider Reading in Schools (Jo Westbrook); (9) From Beowulf to Batman: Connecting English and Media Education (Andrew Burn); (10) The "Real World" of Technologies: What Kinds of Professional Development Are Needed for English Teachers? (Caroline Daly); (11) Creativity in English Teaching and Learning (Sue Dymoke); (12) English and Inclusion (John Yandell); and (13) Literacy and Social Class (Jon Davison).