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Speaking and Listening at Key Stage 2 and Beyond
Lyn Dawes
Research Associate at the University of Cambridge.s Faculty of Education
Neil Mercer
Professor of Education, Fellow of Hughes Hall
Editor, International Journal of Educational Research
University of Cambridge
Contents
Introduction
Section 1 - Children need direct guidance and structured practice in speaking and listening
1.1
1.2
1.3
Section 2 - Raising student teachers' awareness of the structure of teacher-pupil talk in classrooms and how to assess its quality
2.1
2.2
Section 3 - Students should learn how to assess the quality of children's talk
3.1
3.2
3.3
Section 4 - Students need the confidence to teach speaking and listening
4.1
4.2