- Experiencing English offers a wealth of practical and proven teaching strategies for the English classroom, focusing specifically on shaping student response in thinking and writing - It offers a wealth of ways to engage students in and facilitate an encounter with poetry, novels, plays, context as well as essay writing and analysis - The classroom strategies in Experiencing English are driven by a deep sense of the wider disciplinary traditions of English Literature, offering an account of where and how these originated - Experiencing English makes sense of the recent insights of Cognitive Science and the turn to the ‘knowledge-rich’ by considering these specifically in light of the traditions of English Literature - Written for English Literature teaching across KS3, KS4 and KS5 and would offer excellent ideas and suggestions for new and experienced teachers