English
NATE provides a 'one stop shop' for all things English from educational research and debates about the future of English teaching, planning, curriculum design and assessment, to the sharing of best practice and opportunities to engage in subject-specific CPD
Click below to find out Chloe’s recommended resources for developing your subject and curriculum knowledge.
The National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)
NATE encourages innovative and reflective approaches to the teaching of English and reports to teachers on developments in policy, practice and research.
It works locally through regional Teach Meets which bring together English teachers for high quality, free CPD and provide opportunities to meet and share good practice. Nationally, NATE supports teachers through its Teaching English and Primary Matters magazines and through conferences, newsletters, publications and research, as well as through the activity of its Working Groups and its partnerships with other organisations. It also continues to have an important international role through its research journal, English in Education, and has close links with BERA (the British Educational Research Association) and IFTE (the International Federation for the Teaching of English).
Membership to NATE includes full access to the members’ area, newsletters and digital copies of all publications, including Teaching English magazine and NATE’s prestigious research journal, English in Education (and much more). A sample of NATE’s publications and its teaching resources are available on the website for free if you want to try these before you subscribe.
The Teaching English magazine is essential reading for all teachers of English. It covers all significant subject developments, events and publications throughout the year. Moreover, it delivers a rich mix of thought-provoking and the inspirational materials, reflecting the best things happening in classrooms and the most significant debates and ideas of the moment.
English in Education, NATE’s academic journal, is designed to keep teachers and academics informed about the most recent research into the teaching of English and will support ECTs to develop a broad understanding of the educational research which underpins our subject.
The teaching resources and illumiNATE teaching strategies provide good support for ECTs’ subject knowledge by providing useful models and approaches to teaching poetry, Shakespeare, 19th century novels, grammar for writing and many other aspects of the English curriculum.
I recommend that ECTs start by having a look at the illumiNATE tips and techniques for the classroom (written by teachers for teachers) as these provide classroom-ready, practical teaching strategies and approaches for all aspects of the English curriculum. This can be a useful source of inspiration when you're teaching an unfamiliar topic/text for the first time or when you simply want to freshen up your practice.
This is THE website to go to for KS3-5 English teaching resources. It contains thousands of resources, interactive games and teaching packs for all aspects of the English curriculum including poetry, prose, plays, non-fiction, media and skills.
This website is a platform for English teachers to share teaching resources and strategies across the world. It also contains a guest blog and provides access to CPD opportunities, such as a series of regional events, to support English teachers to develop and enhance their subject knowledge.
David is a freelance writer, speaker and trainer and former English teacher who is responsible for one of the most influential education blogs in the UK. He has written several books about education, teaching, literacy and English, and provides online CPD on teaching reading (and soon writing) for a one-off fee.
Aimed at KS4 students, this podcast provides a series of episodes each focussed on the GCSE English Literature set texts and explores how to analyse the contextual factors and language when writing a response to an exam-style question. This provides helpful subject knowledge development for ECTs who are teaching an unfamiliar text for the first time.
Aimed at KS4 students, this podcast provides a series of episodes each focussed on the GCSE English Literature set texts. Again, this provides helpful subject knowledge development for ECTs who are teaching an unfamiliar text for the first time.
Aimed at KS4 students, this podcast provides a series of episodes each focussed on a key concept from the GCSE English Language specification and containing hints and tips to improve students’ exam performance.
Follow this account for networking and CPD opportunities, English teaching resources, links to blogs and ideas.
Follow this account for networking and CPD opportunities, English teaching resources, links to blogs and ideas.
Jennifer is an English teacher, published writer (How to teach English Literature / Teach Like a Writer) and runs live seminars for English teachers covering a range of topics from teaching literary texts to writing skills, grammar and literary theory. Follow her for resources, teaching ideas, CPD opportunities and more.
