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Listening and speaking are another two components of literacy. They are great for debates, speeches, mini-lessons as "experts," discussions, interviewing, note-taking,and paraphrasing. Students who have difficulty with reading comprehension and writing may be better suited for listening and speaking. Allowing students to listen to pre-recorded questions for tests, and verbally recording their answers, is an example of differentiation for testing understanding.
Tips and Tricks
How to get kids to speak and listen in English Language Arts classes:
* Each of these activities provide the opportunity for speaking and for listening, which is why they are all so great!
How to get kids to speak and listen in English Language Arts classes:
- Incorporate collaborative conversations into the classroom about literacy.
- Book-talks will get the students speaking. They are especially effective in small groups.
- Set up reading buddies. Reading buddies activities are great within the classroom, and for collaboration between classrooms.
* Each of these activities provide the opportunity for speaking and for listening, which is why they are all so great!
- Some great links for listening and speaking are:
- This handout that describes the components of a good book-talk.
- This document that talks about how listening helps with learning.
- This wonderful ted talk about the danger of only hearing a single story.
- This website has some great pointers for kids writing speeches, and even has a template to help kick-start planning.
- Here is an easy template for younger students to learn how to paraphrase/summarize.
Need some lesson plan ideas for incorporating listening and speaking into the classroom? Check out this section!
- For younger students, you could use puppets.
- Story circles! Students could sit in a circle, and each contribute a word to a story. Each student would get a turn speaking. They would have to listen carefully as well to ensure that the story made sense.
- Incorporate discussion into the classroom whenever appropriate.
What does Alberta Curriculum say about Listening and Speaking?
"Oral language is the foundation of literacy. Through listening and speaking, people communicate thoughts, feelings, experiences, information and opinions, and learn to understand themselves and others. Oral language carries a community’s stories, values, beliefs and traditions. Listening and speaking enable students to explore ideas and concepts, as well as to understand and organize their experiences and knowledge. They use oral language to learn, solve problems and reach goals. To become discerning, lifelong learners, students at all grades need to develop fluency and confidence in their oral language abilities. They benefit from many opportunities to listen and speak both informally and formally for a variety of purposes." |
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