How to be a Brilliant English Teacher

by Trevor Wright Academic

Now in its second edition, Trevor Wright s hugely popular How to be a Brilliant English Teacher is packed with practical advice drawn from his extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. This accessible and readable guide offers sound theoretical principles with exciting practical suggestions for the classroom.

Fully updated to include a new expanded section on differentiation and inclusion, as well as covering new material on behaviour management and teaching poetry for enjoyment and personal response, this book tackles other tricky areas such as:





Starting with Shakespeare

Effective planning and assessment

Learning to love objectives

Working small texts and big texts

Drama.

Trainee teachers will find support and inspiration in this book and practising English teachers can use it as an empowering self-help guide for improving their skills. Trevor Wright addresses many of the anxieties that English teachers face, offering focused and realistic solutions.

Genres: Nonfiction, Education

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Annabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trevor Wright is basically a genius. His ideas are so practical, realistic and simple that they are revolutionary. His style is simple, clear and incredibly focused, meaning that it is impossible not to learn from his writings. I will certainly be popping back into this book on a regular basis and I'm definitely going to go and read his other book, 'how to be a brilliant trainee teacher' now! A must for every secondary English trainee teacher.

[Rach · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hear me out: same number of pages, but divided into smaller chapters.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up to get some quotes and thoughts for a class I taught about how to teach computer skills to children.

The author is from the UK so some of the details are not precise for the US but the concepts are all very appropriate for anyone who takes teaching or mentoring seriously.

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[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been using this as a reference book for ages, but forgot to log it here.

[Gary Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliance awaits

Great book that really gets to grips with what brilliant teachers should aspire to be. Cannot recommend it more highly! Read read read (and make notes).