Unlocking Speaking and Listening in Every Child

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Unlocking speaking and listening skills is crucially important in the development of a child's literacy and communication abilities. Good communication improves performance, is more rewarding for the individual and builds self-esteem. Speaking and listening is now higher on the teaching agenda than ever before, but many teachers still find it a difficult subject to tackle. Many are not sure what's involved and how to teach it. As a result, its a topic that is all-too-often neglected. This book, the fourth in Ransom's practical series of handbooks for teachers brings focus and clarity to the subject. Mary Hoppeer provides structures that enable teachers to teach it effectively and she shows how improved speaking and listening can bring benefits in all subject areas. Put simply children who speak and listen well are better all-round learners. Produced in the same highly practical way as other books in the Unlocking series, the book includes sections covering developing listening skills, speaking for a purpose, structuring group discussions, building self-esteem and social skills, word games, language play and assessing speaking and listening. Topics include:talking about talk: 'spoken texts', speaking for a range of practical purposeslearning to listen: listening, evaluating and respondingstructuring speaking and listening sessionstypes of talk: discussing and persuading; informing, explaining and instructing; and recounting, imagining and retellingmeeting individual needsusing speaking and listening to support reading and writingspeaking and listening through the curriculum. Unlocking Speaking and Listening in Every Child brings together the best of teacher's resources to help develop speaking and listening for children in a practical, interesting way. Written by expert Mary Hopper, this book is essential for teachers who want to develop their own understanding and abilities on this topic.

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Publié par	Ransom Publishing Limited
Date de parution	28 avril 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781781275719
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	18 Mo

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Unlocking Speaking and Listening in Ever y Child

About the author

Mary Hopper is an independent literacy consultant supporting schools, charities and organisations to develop children’s use of English. As a teacher of many SEN and EAL pupils, Mary ignited a passion for high-quality teaching of speaking and listening. She continues to champion the spoken word as a vital element of all learning.

Mary is a certified NLP practitioner, a former local authority adviser and a specialist in educational coaching. Mary is also the author of teaching resources on outdoor literacy and practical approaches to teaching grammar.

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Unlocking Speaking and Listening in Ever y Child

Strategies, activities and resources to create good speakers and listeners

Mar y Hopper

Unlocking Speaking and Listening in Every Child by Mary Hopper Published by Ransom Publishing Ltd. Unit 7, Brocklands Farm, West Meon, Hants. GU32 1JN, UK www.ransom.co.uk ISBN 978 178127 571 9 First published in 2015

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Contents

Introduction Learning about English

Talking about Talk The Issues So what exactly are we teaching? Spoken texts What are we looking for? Handle with care Standard and non-standard English So what exactly is ‘Standard English’? Using talk for different purposes Practical Teaching Ideas Creating a culture for talk Dialogue Using your environment Talking in different contexts

Learning to Listen The Issues The listening process Listening to others Listening for information Talking about listening Practical Teaching Ideas Getting ready to listen Focusing on what you hear Listening to others Listening in groups Listening for information Talking about listening

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Structuring Speaking and Listening Sessions The Issues Teaching speaking and listening A sense of purpose Teaching strategies for speaking and listening Using a ‘spoken text’ Modelling speaking and listening Guiding children’s speaking and listening Independent learning Reflecting, evaluating, assessing Logistics of effective speaking and listening Practical Teaching Ideas Planning your session Spoken outcomes Introducing and modelling the learning Grouping and guiding children Guiding children’s speaking and listening Strategies for independent learning Making it work for you

Discussing and Persuading The Issues Types of talk Group discussion Presenting a discussion Persuasion Non-verbal features Practical Teaching Ideas Real-life talk Group discussion to complete a task Persuasion

Informing, Explaining, Instructing The Issues Speaking to share information What’s the information and who’s it for? Organising and presenting information Explanations Instructions

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Practical Teaching Ideas Who are you talking to? How are you going to say it? Grammar Information texts or non-chronological reports Explanations Instructions

Recounting, Imagining, Retelling The Issues Recounts Retelling fictional events Telling tales Practical Teaching Ideas Non-fiction recounts Speaking and listening for imagination Storytelling Telling your stories

Drama and Role Play The Issues Developing drama What’s the point of drama? The specifics of speaking and listening Drama as a tool for other learning Making it work for you Practical Teaching Ideas Developing drama Structuring a drama session Creating a drama performance Making it work for you

Playing with Words Practical Teaching Ideas Playing with language Playing with poetry Performance poetry Practical Teaching Ideas Word games Developing figurative language

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Exploring structures Performance poetry

Meeting Individual Needs The Issues A range of difficulties Reluctant and struggling speakers Extending more able speakers and listeners Practical Teaching Ideas Supporting social skills Developing vocabulary use Developing confidence Developing English as an Additional Language (EAL) Developing more able children

Speaking and Listening to Develop Reading The Issues What do we mean by ‘reading’? Working out what the words are: decoding Creating meaning: language comprehension Reading texts aloud Reading for pleasure Practical Teaching Ideas Working out words Developing comprehension Inference Developing understanding of words Checking and clarifying reading Reading for enjoyment

Speaking and Listening to Develop Writing The Issues About writing So how do speaking and listening help? Practical Teaching Ideas Making the writing process clear Responding to texts Collecting effective language Analysing texts Developing and practising ideas

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Editing and redrafting Sharing and celebrating writing

Contents

Speaking and Listening Through the Curriculum The Issues Drawing out the language Speaking and listening as a tool for learning Teaching speaking and listening through other curriculum areas Combining speaking and listening with another subject Using other subjects as the basis for speaking and listening An integrated or thematic approach

Practical Teaching Ideas Drawing the language out Subject-by-subject ideas Planning for speaking and listening

Appendices Useful Organisations and Further Information Glossar y Index

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Unlocking Speaking and Listening in Ever y Child

Introduction

Learning about English

For many years, the term ‘Literacy’ has dominated discussions about children’s learning. But English is much more than just reading and writing.

earning to communicate effectively goes far L beyond the confines of written texts.

So if you want to teach children to master the English language, you need to teach them about speaking and listening. Children start acquiring communication skills from birth, responding to sounds and gestures and learning to interact. Young children can listen and process information long before they can speak. Learning to talk takes longer, even at the high rate at which children acquire new words. Understanding written language, whether you’re reading it or writing it, comes much further down the line. If you think about an average day, what percentage of your time is spent writing? Or reading? Unless they’re part of your work, it’s probably not that much. And how about speaking? Most of us probably don’t even notice how