Encouraging Talk
“If I don’t talk, I don’t learn.” student
“Written language floats on a sea of oral language” Britton 1970
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The Focus: fostering participation, enthusiasm and improvement in writing through talk
As a group, Choose an image,
Write down all the first question that comes to mind Discuss within your group
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Todays Task:
Todays Task:
Find an image , text or short clip that you could use in class this week to create an opportunity for whole class involvement, through writing 'questions that come to mind",
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Links to get started
Links to get started
Coconet. A virtual island homeland
Prompts for encouraging discourse - written for maths but adaptable to other areas
Learning Intention: foster participation, enthusiasm and improvement through talk
Success Criteria: How will I know?
Standard 2. Professional Learning. Use inquiry, collaborative problem-solving and professional learning to improve professional capability to impact on the learning and achievement of all learners.
Standard 4 Learning Focused Culture. Develop a culture which is focused on learning, and is characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration, and safety.
Standard 5, Design for Learning. Design learning based on curriculum and pedagogical knowledge, assessment information and an understanding of each learner’s strengths, interests, needs, identity, language and cultures.
Standard 6, Teaching. Teach and respond to learners in a knowledgeable and adaptive way to progress their learning at an appropriate depth and pace.
Image credit: Sylvia Duckworth, via @DavidGuerin
Where would you put this on the SAMR continuum?
Why?
References:
Teaching English by the book: Chapter 10 The importance of oracy.
Weissberg, R., (2006). Connecting speaking and writing in second language writing instruction. The University of Michigan Press.
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