MyTeacherToolsEnglish is an essential part of the British curriculum. It helps children to become better communicators and their development in many ways. For one, it helps them to become more critical in how they look at things and develop their imagination. There’s more to the importance of English literature in schools as a prep school in Surrey shares with us below.
English Enriches Our Communication
English helps us to perfect our writing skills and communication in general by teaching us new vocabulary and helping us to perfect our SPAG (spelling, punctuation, and grammar). This way, children are able to accurately express themselves and do well across the board as writing skills are needed to write essays etc in other school subjects.
History
You might not be surprised to learn that English Literature can help your child in history. In their lessons, they will explore different historical plays like “Romeo and Juliet” and “McBeth” which will give them insight into what the times were like.
Thinking Skills
It takes critical thinking to pull apart an author’s writing and get to the bottom of what they truly mean. Analysis is needed and something called PEE to back it. It stands for point, evidence and explanation which helps them to support their arguments with sound evidence and reasoning. A skill that can be applied to life and help your child to make convincing arguments.
A Broadened World View
In their lessons, they will explore many people’s work and examine a range of their ideas. This allows them to broaden their world view and consider other ways of thinking that are different to their own.
Support in Other Subjects
Going back to thinking skills, there are a lot of them that a child can develop in their English Literature lessons. They can build on their creativity, critical thinking as mentioned and problem solving when decoding use of language. All of these can help children academically and socially.
