This term we have been living and breathing ... TALK

Favourite speaking and listening resources from around the libraries

Successful and purposeful collaborative talk at KS3 is Richard's focus, while Alison is all for saving some marking time and improving group talk at KS4 and Julie unpicks speakin'n'listenin' at KS5. For media teachers it's all about speech and voice and Nic works on improving speaking and listening for Drama students.

Spend one of your spare summer moments browsing the collection of themed editorials on subjects ranging from Active approaches to Topicality. They really are very good!!

English Teaching Online: the one with all the SPOKEN LANGUAGE STUDY

Let it be a bit of fun, says Adrian Beard. It's the most exciting development in GCSE English in all the time I've been teaching, says Julie Blake. Too good, in fact, says Harry Dodds, to save for KS4. Grand, says Geoff Barton.

If you haven't yet turned your thoughts to how you might approach the study of spoken language at GCSE, now's the time to get just a little bit fired up about it.

Hurrah! Be inspired by this term's writers about spoken language study | or explore the now extremely enormous collection covering areas from Assessment to Topicality. It's not just all hot air you know :-)

Daunted by another curriculum change? Our new GCSE resources will give you time to catch your breath

Our newest, biggest, boldest, bestest, specciest resources so far are in the new GCSE library!

This summer our contributors have been grafting away behind the scenes in a bid to bring you resources for the new GCSE specs nice and early! Normally we pride ourselves on publishing resources that have actually been used in the classroom, but as every teacher knows, every rule is there to be broken. 

Keep an eye on our fledgling GCSE 2010 library - more new additions will swiftly follow over the holidays. Dive in and help yourself!

A breath of fresh air ...

Manipulating and exploring language is easy with a computer. Our ready-made resources offer a range of task types: sequencing, matching, cloze, word jigsaws, fridge magnets, snap games and many more ways of engaging with language are here

Have a go with some free whizzy samples ... usually available to members only!