CLIE

Committee for Linguistics in Education

 

Who’s prepared to teach school English?

The degree level qualifications and preparedness of initial teacher trainees in English

by Julie Blake and Tim Shortis

 

last changed on 13 May 2010

 

 

A report commissioned by CLIE and funded by the following sponsors:

  • the (Higher Education Academy’s) English Subject Centre (ESC)
  • the Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS)
  • the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
  • the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB)
  • the National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)
  • Dr Catherine Walter's (Higher Education Academy) National Teaching Fellowship grant.

To download:

  • a press release, click here.
  • the full report (1.7Mb) click here.

Other publications based on this report:

  • CLIE, Julie Blake and Tim Shortis (2010) The readiness is all. The degree level qualifications and preparedness of initial teacher trainees in English. English in Education 44, 1-21.