The essential speaking and listening
Subtitle: talk for learning at key stage 2
By: Lyn Dawes ; illustrated by Lynn Breeze.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780415449625
Subjects: Oral communication -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain; Listening -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain; Group work in education -- Great Britain
Notes: "A David Fulton book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-150) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : speaking and listening for thinking and learning; title: Class talk skills : raising children's awareness of the importance of talk for learning; title: Talking points : a strategy for encouraging dialogue between children and in whole-class sessions; title: Listening : helping children to understand how and why they should become active listeners; title: Dialogic teaching : orchestrating effective dialogue in whole-class sessions; title: Group work : ensuring that all children collaborate in educationally effective group work; title: Speaking : teaching children how to articulate their ideas; title: Assessment : a straightforward assessment format for recording experience and progress; title: Summary : teaching speaking and listening enables the child to make the most of their education.