STANDARD ENGLISH TRAINING – a half-day course for Teaching Assistants
Date
Wed, 20th June, 2018Time
9:00 am - 12:00 pmLocation
St William’s Primary School, William’s Loke, NorwichRef. Number
PB/1718/TA/263Price
£0.00Description
STANDARD ENGLISH
A half-day course for teaching assistants
9-12
Standard English is stitched into the National Curriculum and an absolute requirement for pupils working in greater depth. Yet many pupils speak informally and even colloquially, so Standard English is a stretch for them. This course is a handy guide that explains the features of Standard English and how to respond to colloquial language in speech and how to help them write more formally.
Session 1: Developing Standard English in speech and writing
· Why do we have a ‘standard’ English?
· The features of Standard English
· Non-standard speech and how to respond to it
· Writing impersonally
· Awkward choices – I or me? Who or whom? That, which, what or who? etc
Session 2: Acquiring a more formal style of writing
· Degrees of formality and when to use them
· Active and passive explained
· Nominalisation – ‘nouning’ words
· Smart verbs that are useful for informal writing
· Analysing the use of formal English
· Case studies of pupils’ work
£90 per person
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Course name:STANDARD ENGLISH TRAINING – a half-day course for Teaching AssistantsRef. Number:PB/1718/TA/263Date:Wed, 20th June, 2018Time:9:00 am - 12:00 pmLocation:St William’s Primary School, William’s Loke, NorwichPrice:£0.00Please ensure you add all delegate names in the 'Delegate Name(s)' field below. We would appreciate if you can also check you have correctly entered all address fields. Bookings are closed for this event. |
Presenter(s)
Sue Hackman
Recently retired Chief Adviser on School Standards, Department for Education
Sue has been Chief Adviser on School Standards at the DfE for seven years and led the government’s work on pedagogy, deprivation, disadvantaged groups, the core subjects, assessment, accountability and school improvement.
Sue has worked at every level of the education system as a teacher, trainer, inspector and director of the last government’s National Strategies.
Sue is also well known for her classroom publications for spelling, grammar, reading, English literature, literary theory, writing and special needs. The TES describes Sue as a mix of “inspirational delivery combined with common sense practicality”.