All too often, schools make decisions about language without a proper understanding of the issues involved. Language Awareness at School addresses this issue by exploring a range of topics related to language, helping teachers to make informed choices about how to support their students in becoming more confident speakers and writers.

Tim Marr is Visiting Professor in Applied Linguistics at Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia. He was formerly director of the MA TESOL programme at London Metropolitan University and has over 30 years' experience in teaching and researching language and linguistics, as well as training language teachers. He has co-authored several books on linguistics and TESOL.

Steve Collins is Head of English at Bishop Luffa School, Chichester, where he teaches Key Stages 3 to 5, specialising in A Level English Language. He has taught in secondary schools for 20 years, and also taught EFL in Peru and the UK. He contributed a chapter on sentence-level analysis to the Routledge book Teaching English Language and Literature 16-19.

1. Introduction: Why We're Talking About Language; 2. What People Get Wrong About Language; 3. Why Every Teacher is a Language Teacher; 4. What Language Awareness Looks Like; 5. What We Teach When We Teach English; 6. Why Should We Teach Modern Foreign Languages?; 7. Which MFL? And Is Earlier Really Better?; 8. In Conclusion: What We Can Do To Promote Language Awareness At School