English Audio Request

Another aspect of the curriculum that may challenge teachers is the growing emphasis on ICT, with the 2006 Literacy Framework including many activities related to film and computers, interactive whiteboards, children's writing and so on. The levels of subject knowledge required to teach children about language are now considerably greater than many of us acquired during our secondary schooling, and even during teacher training. 'Knowledge about language', explores ways of teaching about language through m.eaningful activities, but many people may initially be confused by much of the terminology that appears there and in the Primary Strategy. with several other subjects to understand, as well as class management (the major concern of most trainees), training and induction-year programmes have become increasingly intensive. One would hope that, by the time the children who were educated through the Literacy Framework and National Strategies reach higher education, teacher trainers will need to give far less attention to explaining the first three items in the bullet list, which, on the whole, remain constant. As for the fourth item, teaching reading, this highly important part of the curriculum is a matter for constant debate and frequent change of emphasis .