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Effective Oral Language InstructionWorkshop 2

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Key Messages

• Dialogic teaching is essential for oral language development

• The ‘Spoken text types’ can provide a structure for the teaching of oral language

• The Gradual Release of Responsibility can be used in a fluid and flexible manner for oral language instruction

• Assessment is integral to the teaching and learning of oral language

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In this workshop participants:

• Reflected on current practice

• Explored the principles of oral language teaching

• Explored oral language in the curriculum documents

• Examined 5 components of effective oral language instruction

Workshop 1

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How could you develop dialogic

teaching in your own classroom?

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Imitating & Repeating

Questioning

Recasting & Expanding

Language Teaching

Strategies

Modelling

Prompting

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Promote Auditory Memory

Teach and Extend Vocabulary and

Conceptual Knowledge

Teach a Variety of Spoken Text Types

Conversations

Discussions

Interest Talks

Questioning &

Interviews

Storytelling

Arguments & Debates

Oral Reports

Instructions

Workshop 2

Create a Language Learning

Environment

Physical Environment

Classroom Culture

• Dialogic Classroom

Develop Listening & Speaking Skills

Broad Rules that Govern Social Interactions

Use of Voice (paralinguistic skills)

Use of Non-verbal Behaviours

(extra-linguistic skills)

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Teaching the Spoken Text Types

Independent Speaking and Listening

Guided Speaking and Listening

Shared Speaking and Listening

Modelled Speaking and Listening

Topic preparation

Discovery

Familiarisation

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Storytelling

1. What is storytelling?

2. What types of stories are children exposed to?

3. For what purpose do children tell stories?

4. What vocabulary do pupils need for storytelling?

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Familiarisation: Storytelling

• Listening to audio books

• Invite a storyteller into the classroom

• Watching video excerpts of storytelling

• Reading good samples of narrative

• Sequencing stories

• Scéalta as Gaeilge

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www.storynory.com

www.storylineonline.net/

www.magickeys.com/books/

Online Resources

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Discover the Framework and Language Features

Co-create ‘living’ charts with the pupils

Structure/Framework

Language Features

Speaking and Listening Skills

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Colour

Number

Size

TextureShape

Position

Doing

Describing Prompts

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Topic Preparation

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Storytelling in Action

•Teacher uses ‘think aloud’ to model effective storytelling•Teacher refers to ‘living’ charts for structure, language features and speaking and listening skills

Modelling

• Teacher elicits input from the pupils:e.g. What might happen next in the story?Sharing

• Pupils do the speaking and listening in pairs or groups with help from the teacher or other sources at pre-determined points

Guiding

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Carousel of Activities:

Storytelling

Story Openings

Story Settings

Circle Stories

Basket Stories

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Assessing Storytelling

What? How?• Describing skills• Speaking and

listening skills• Language

structure• Language

features

• Living Charts• Checklists• Rubrics• Video evidence• Progression

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• Which learning outcomes relate to storytelling from Infants to 2nd class?

• Which content objectives relate to storytelling from 3rd

– 6th class?

Storytelling in the Curriculum

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Cross Curricular Links

How can we plan for independent storytelling across the curriculum?

Arts

PE & SPHE

Numeracy

Gaeilge

SESE

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In Summary

Develop Listening & Speaking

Skills

Teach a Variety of

Spoken Texts

Teach and Extend

Vocabulary and

Conceptual Knowledge

Promote Auditory Memory

Create a Language Learning

Environment

PromptingInitiating

& Repeating

Questioning Recasting

& Expanding

Modelling

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What are you teaching?

How are you teachingit?

Reflection

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The PDST is funded by the Teacher Education Section (TES) of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and is managed

by Dublin West Education Centre

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School-Self EvaluationTeaching & Learning Framework; 6 Step SSE Process; gathering, collating & analysing relevant data; implementing the SIP for

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Health and Wellbeing SPHE including Child Protection and Stay Safe Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Active Learning Methodologies Anti Bullying-Procedures and Policy, Awareness

Raising, Intervention, Prevention and Intervention Strategies

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Overview of PDST Primary Supports for Leading Learning in the 21st Century

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