Sue Brindley is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.Bethan Marshall is Senior Lecturer at King's College London, UK, where she is Director of MA English and Education and MA Creative Arts in the Classroom.

• Series Editor’s Preface, Sue Brindley (University of Cambridge, UK)Introduction, Bethan Marshall (King’s College London, UK) and Sue Brindley (University of Cambridge, UK)Part I: Varieties of English1. A Brief History of English Studies, Ben Knights (University of Teeside, UK)2. Paradigms of English, Terry Locke (University of Waikato, New Zealand)3. Knowledge in English, Sue Brindley (University of Cambridge, UK)Part II: Reading4.Intertextuality, Brenton Doecke (Deakin University, Australia) and Douglas McClenaghan (University of Waikato, New Zealand)5.Understanding Reading, Christine Hall (University of Nottingham, UK)6.Teaching Shakespeare with Film Adaptations, Jane Coles (Oxford Brookes University, UK)7.Film, Literacy and Cultural Participation, Mark Reid (British Film Institute, UK)Part III: Writing8. Writing, Reading and Rhetoric Terry Locke (University of Waikato, New Zealand)9.Thinking, Talking and Writing, John Keen (University of Manchester, UK)10.Writing and Purpose, Michael Rosen (author and broadcaster, UK)Part IV: Speaking and Listening11.Talk and Drama, Anton Franks (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)12. Dialogism and Technology, Carl Hendrick (Wellington College, UK)13. Oracy, Simon Gibbons (King’s College London, UK)Part V: Assessment14. Progress in English, Bethan Marshall (King’s College London, UK)Index

This is a highly stimulating and refreshing book with contributions from some of the most authoritative voices in the field. It should be essential reading for English teachers; its broad perspective challenges many simplistic assumptions about the nature of English as a subject.