Thread by @michellestclair

Professor Neil Mercer is next discussing talk in the classroom and now it relates to all children. #NAPLIC21

Has become confidence about characterising talk in the classroom and how it can help children. Oracy terminology is used to put it in the fore and put in on par with literacy, numeracy, etc. Oracy has more punch than talk, etc. #NAPLIC21

Two aspects of oracy - learning through to talk and learning to talk. Starting with learning through talk. Two large studies in the past few years. 70 year 6 teachers - what did they do, how they use talk and how it relates to learning outcomes of students. #NAPLIC21

Video taped teachers teaching reading, science and math (i think). Had some streaming errors. Discussing the implications of research. Looked at what teachers do in real life, then take that and come up with practical advise. #NAPLIC21

Students learn well when teachers include integrative dialogue in classroom, many students get involved in these discussion, students also are allowed to take long turns and elaborate on their ideas, sharing thoughts and discuss lack of knowledge #NAPLIC21

whole climate where teachers are combining these elements to create a whole approach to teaching. Well planned and organised group work helps, problem solving activities. #NAPLIC21

These are key features of dialogic teaching. Now looking at an example. Student put in groups of 3 to discuss talking points, then came together in a whole class (BTW, I hope I can learn how to make UG do this in my teaching...) #NAPLIC21

There is a transcript of interactive dialogue. This was then followed by an authoritative demonstration (example was on why the moon changes shape). This was part of the dialogic teaching, as the demonstration was contingent on the previous discussion. #NAPLIC21

So this is how language is used to enable learning. Learning to talk or oracy education. This is explicitly teaching children to use spoken language effectively. Assessing strengths and weakness and monitoring progress. Different profiles across student. #NAPLIC21

Encourage students to use their language skills to help support learning. Mentioned research showing early language input -> later educational attainment. Neil points out that school is the only chance for children to develop oral language skills. #NAPLIC21

oracy skills framework - physical, linguistic, cognitive, and emotional/social (?). Children can be taught to make presentations and engage in debate. All children need these skills. Encourage children to use language to work well together. #NAPLIC21

Also active listening skills is often under-appreciated. Will focus on working in a group. Greatly benefit for learning if children learn how to work in a group. Collaborative learning helps with reasoning as well as language skills. #NAPLIC21

good discussions: people share relevant info, constructive critical engagement, give reasons for ideas, all actively participate, ask questions, build on other's responses, strive for agreement. This is exploratory talk - helps inter-thinking. #NAPLIC21

different steps for building group work skills. gets students to engage and discuss what group work is, creating ground rules. Then given the tasks and review and build on it. Lots of examples, including of a teacher leading these discussions #NAPLIC21

if this is done well, students participate more and actual improve in their educational outcomes. #NAPLIC21

Question about children with #SLCN - having groundrules where everyone speaks help encourage wider engagement. over time, children with #SLCN can be difficult to pick out as they do begin to engage more. #NAPLIC21

Oracy needs to be in the curriculum. Confusion between oracy and progressive education. Group work needs to be focused on the question and about talking about what they don't know as well as what they do know. #NAPLIC21