Teaching Primary School Children about the English Language: A Critique of Current Policy Documents.

Sealey, Alison

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Publication Date: 1999

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Teaching Primary School Children about the English Language: A Critique of Current Policy Documents.

Sealey, Alison

Language Awareness, v8 n2 p84-97 1999

Reviews the Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum for Primary English, which specifies what students who are intending to become primary school teachers must be taught about the English language. It also discusses two other key policy texts: the "National Curriculum for English" for primary school pupils, and the "National Literacy Strategy." (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Language Usage, Metalinguistics, National Curriculum, Second Language Learning, Standard Spoken Usage, Teacher Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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