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KS3 English - Language and Grammar - Formal and Informal Texts

KS3 English - Language and Grammar - Formal and Informal Texts

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In this programme, Barbara Bleiman from the English and Media Centre reflects on a lesson for a Year 9 English language class which uses text messages and emails to teach about formality, effective language and grammar choices.

She is joined by the head of English at King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds, Lindsay Gumbrell, to discuss how using new language forms and engaging with text language can encourage students to be sensitive, confident analysts and users of English. She also reveals how it can form the basis of an enjoyable experience in the classroom.

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Helen PS on 03 October 2008

Some good ideas that I will probably use. ...

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The director of learning for English at King Edward VI School talks about how the teaching of grammar has changed over the years

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