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English Developmental Continuum P–10 – Speaking & Listening

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Purposes of communication: scaffolding learning from 3.25

 

Indicators of Progress

  • Students plan and rehearse using audio or video technology, to adjust content and language to suit the audience and context.
  • Students select the main idea for a spoken presentation.
  • Students know how to select background information for an oral presentation.
  • Students use some of the conventions for working in a small group discussion context, for example, they listen constructively and support others, take turns to alternate between taking the lead and being a team member and work together to collate a group outcome or a report.

 

Teaching Strategies

After speaking and listening: Consolidate and review

The learning and teaching approach for speaking and listening is illustrated for students responding to the story Danny the Champion of the World.

Reflect on communication behaviours

Students are encouraged to reflect on the ways of behaving that helped them to learn by listening and speaking and share their ideas with others. They draft a list of good communicating behaviours. The list could include:

Good communicating behaviours

  • Speak loudly and clearly.
  • Listen to what others say.
  • Avoid speaking until others have finished.
  • Respond to what others say politely.
  • Take turns when speaking.
  • Pause to allow others to make comments and to ask questions.
  • Listen to the suggestions of others.
  • Work out simple rules for turn-taking and contributing in group work.
  • Adjust your speed to help others understand what you mean.
  • Keep people interested in what you are saying.

Students gradually add to this list as they discover other good communicating behaviours. Teachers use this list to help students understand how to communicate effectively.

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