Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-150) and index.
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Introduction : speaking and listening for thinking and learning -- Class talk skills : raising children's awareness of the importance of talk for learning -- Talking points : a strategy for encouraging dialogue between children and in whole-class sessions -- Listening : helping children to understand how and why they should become active listeners -- Dialogic teaching : orchestrating effective dialogue in whole-class sessions -- Group work : ensuring that all children collaborate in educationally effective group work -- Speaking : teaching children how to articulate their ideas -- Assessment : a straightforward assessment format for recording experience and progress -- Summary : teaching speaking and listening enables the child to make the most of their education.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Talk is the medium through which children learn, yet children may not realise why their contributions to classroom talk are so important. This book gives teachers and education students resources for developing children's understanding of speaking and listening, and their skills in using talk for learning.
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Group work in education-- Great Britain.
Listening-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain.
Oral communication-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain.