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Teaching for progression: Speaking and listening
This resource is intended to support teachers in teaching the speaking and listening substrands of the Framework for secondary English.- Ref:
- 00750-2008PDF-EN-03
- Publication date:
- December 2008
Teaching speaking and listening
Introduction to the Teaching Speaking and Listening materials. Teaching Speaking and Listening is designed to help you improve your teaching of speaking and listening so that your pupils develop into confident and skilful speakers and listeners.Subject leaders
This page introduces subject leaders to Teaching speaking and listening . It includes the 'background and context paper' and a video introduction. It also links to various areas within the subject leader section.Teachers
This page introduces teachers to Teaching speaking and listening . It includes the 'background and context paper' and a video introduction. It also links to the 'teaching and assessing speaking and listening' unit.Teaching assistants
This page introduces teaching assistants to Teaching speaking and listening. It includes the 'background and context paper' and a video introduction. It also links to the 'supporting teaching' unit.Teaching speaking and listening for subject leaders: Leading and managing the improvement of speaking and listening
Planning unit for subject leaders that will help improve the teaching of speaking and listening. A downloadable version of the entire unit is also available.Teaching and assessing speaking and listening
Unit to review the aims of teaching speaking and listening, consider progression and explore teaching and assessing.Speaking and listening: Supporting teaching
First page of the unit on Supporting teaching - a list of contents.Teaching speaking and listening for subject leaders: Speaking and listening lessons
Six speaking and listening lesson clips, ranging across Years 7 to 11, give a quick overview of the structure, main focus and content of each lesson. They illustrate dialogic teaching, modelling, persuasive talk and interviewing, and Socratic talk.Teaching speaking and listening e-learning modules
Module 1: Teaching Shakespeare
Activities and resources for enhancing pupils' engagement with and understanding of Shakespeare using Much Ado About Nothing with Year 7 and Macbeth with Year 8.
Module 2: Teaching speaking and listening with a visiting speaker
Activities and resources to prepare a Year 9 class to interview a visiting writer, including video of planning, interview and summary lessons.
Module 3: Teaching with new technologies
Activities and resources to prepare a Year 10 class to compare two poems, including preparing for, recording and then reviewing their own podcasts.
Speaking and listening: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The FAQs page of the speaking and listening section.Questioning and prompting pupils in speaking and listening
Video clips to help develop effective teaching of speaking and listening by encouraging whole-class discussion with the teacher questioning and prompting pupils to extend their thinking and also identify pupils’ learning and understanding.Speaking and listening: Modelling with video resources
Video examples of teaching speaking and listening using video in the classroom, intended for departmental discussion to generate ideas on pupil follow-up and support.
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