Language Awareness at School: A Practical Guide for Teachers and School Leaders

• Combining the expertise and experience of a practising teacher and an academic linguist to address language issues in schools. • Covers the full range of language issues in schools, inside the classroom and outside it • exposes damaging misconceptions and prejudices about how students speak and write • Enables teachers and school management teams make more informed and productive decisions about language use in school. • Includes techniques and activities teachers can use to encourage students to notice language issues alongside worked examples of lesson plans for different subject areas.