Why is writing important? There are many reasons its important to develop students’ ability to write across the curriculum, here are just a few: in history, it gave humans the ability to store and retrieve ideas efficiently and accurately. it is durable. It is steadfast and hardwearing. It is expected to be polished in …
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Learning to talk involves developing a pupil’s listening skills as well as spoken language. Attentive listening is a skill without which there can be a complete breakdown in communication in the classroom. As teachers we must explicitly model and teach this to pupils. Sinek says there are five types of listening. The minimum we should …
Presentational talk enables pupils to learn to talk effectively, developing their spoken language in more formal situations such as a presentation or debate. Effective presentational talk can be guided by Voice 21 and Cambridge University’s framework that outlines 4 strands that make up good talk: physical, linguistic, cognitive and social and emotional elements. In order …
It is so important to develop pupils’ vocabulary. Alex Quigley states that pupils need to acquire over 50,000 words to access their GCSEs. Indeed, the EEF Literacy reports state that teachers must provide explicit vocabulary instruction in every subject, use effective approaches to help students remember new words and prioritise teaching tier 2 and 3 …
To aid feedback, use teacher guidance to identify strengths and areas for improvement. 1. Dot marking: Use RAG dots to help pupils to identify their own strengths and areas for development. Red– incorrect facts, needs more description and explanation Amber– needs explanation in specific detail e.g. statistics, dates, names, examples Green– brilliant answer, fully explained, …
Making comparisons between pieces of learning can really aid a pupil’s understanding. Ask pupils to compare two model answers or approaches to make a comparative judgement about which is the better response and why. This forces the pupil to think qualitatively and observe the similarities and differences of features in the work, rather than make …
Whilst metacognition is about monitoring and controlling our thought processes before, during and after a task, self-regulation, on the other hand, is about monitoring and controlling our emotions and behaviours before, during and after a task. Benefits of promoting self-regulation: It allows pupils to develop into independent and proactive learners who are in control of …
In order to support embedding oracy in the classroom, insert these icons into your lesson slides, not only will it reduce cognitive load, but it will also make you think about the different strategies you may be using to improve pupils’ oracy. Oracy_icons
Here you can find an overview of one school’s approach to developing exploratory talk. Oracy1_HO