In a handbook style, this book provides tasks and activities to work through and gives comprehensive information about everything the newly qualified teacher needs to think about to meet the standards required in English teaching. 'If all such books were as thought-provoking and imaginative at finding the spaces in which to confront the issues, we would have little to fear. I will certainly be recommending it to my students next year.' - Bethan Marshall, Times Educational Supplement Curriculum Special 'The writing team can be congratulated on producing a book that...offers sound and intelligent advice to trainee teachers ... the strength of the book is that it certainly will help student teachers in a pragmatic sense to meet the standards but will also help them to be interesting and creative English teachers.' - Andrew Goodwyn, Educational Review