I was drawn to teaching English for a whole host of reasons. Primarily, it was due to a deep love for the nourishing power of literature and stories. It was because the power of literature could, metaphorically, and sometimes literally, lift me out of a slough of despond, or buffer me against the depressing crashes …
Earlier this week I wrote a brief post explaining how research evidence that appeared from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) appeared to challenge evidence undertaken by Deborah Myhill and her team at Exeter University on the success of her ‘grammar for writing‘ programme. See here. Now, as an English teacher, ‘grammar for writing‘ is a …
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