Literacy Coordinator DayThursday 11th AugustLoddon Mallee Region

Literacy and Numeracy Week runs from 29 August – 4 September with the theme of ‘The Fundamentals are Fun!’Literacy and Numeracy Week website: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/litnumweek/default.htm

The revised Literacy and Numeracy 18 Month  Strategy documents.http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/litnum/secretariat/strategy/default.htm

Speaking and Listening in the ClassroomP-12 – Session 1Loddon Mallee Region

Overview of the knowledge we need as professionals.

• Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

• Knowledge of the Learner

• Speaking and Listening in the Classroom

• Partnerships

Handout 1 – Key Vocabulary

01 - Key Vocabulary.doc

Session 1 Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Oral language learning supports learning across the curriculum

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Speech and Language

• Speech = how you say/pronounce the sounds in words with your tongue, lips and teeth– “The Sounds of Speech- the ages and stages of children’s

speech”, Speech Pathology Australia handout

Handout 2: 02 - 2.3_The_Sound_of_Speech.pdf

• Language = how you understand/say a series of words in a sentence to tell an idea– “Learning to speak and listen- what to expect in the first five

years”, Speech Pathology Australia handout

Handout 3: 03 - 2.2_Learning_to_speak_and_listen.pdf

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Why is Oral Language Important?

• Oral language underpins literacy development• Making meaning in speaking, listening, reading and

writing depends on underlying oral language abilities• Oral language is the primary mode of learning in the

classroom• Oral language involves thinking, knowledge and skills• Oral language is for social interaction and belonging to

social groups

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

What is Oral Language?

• Receptive/Listening

Understanding what is said to us

Handout 4: 04 - receptive-language-jul08.pdf• Expressive/Speaking

The words we use while speaking

Handout 5: 05 - expressive-language-jul08.pdf• Social Communication

The choices that we make about the appropriate use of oral language: when to speak, which words to use, how to say them

Handout 6: 06 - pragmatics-jul08.pdf

Activity: Listening Activity

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Developing Knowledge of Oral Language

By the time students start school they• Have learned the meanings of many words• Use their understanding of how words are used

together to make meaningful sentences• Know that intonation and body language add meaning

to the message

Children in kindergarten will learn up to __ new words per day to as many as _____ words in total by age 6. By Year 1 children are capable of understanding up to approx ______ words.

Ref p37 LEP

914 000

20 000

Betty Hart & Todd Risley, 1995

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Developing Oral Language Strategies

Processing skills include• Attending• Anticipating• Checking and confirming

Comprehension strategies are similar for oral language and reading and include

• Making connections• Predicting• Summarising etc

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Developing Oral Language Awareness Metacognition

Students need to learn how to apply and control their

knowledge and strategies both in their use of oral

language and their learning for example:

Processing skills: During formal talk using eye

contact, adapting volume to situation, poise/body

language in different situations.

Comprehension: Listen to gain information or listening

critically to a variety of speakers.

What impact does this have for us as teachers?

What are implications for our multicultural society?

Turn and talk.

When we think about Oral Language we need to understand the following.

Definitions •  Phonemes: are the individual sounds each letter of the alphabet

makes.•  Phonics: is the relationship between letters and sounds in written

word form.•  Phonemic awareness is having an understanding that each

word is made up of a series of phonemes or sounds.• Phonological awareness is the ability to tune into the sound

system of our language.For further information see

http://www.olsel.catholic.edu.au/literacy-resources/index.cfm?loadref=52

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

What is Phonological Awareness?

Phonological awareness is the ability to ‘tune into’ the

sound system of language

Phonological awareness includes:– Word awareness– Identifying syllables – Hearing and saying rhyming words – Identifying individual sounds in words – Blending sounds and segmenting sounds

A child’s level of Phonological Awareness is an

important predictor of their later reading

development (Love & Reilly)

Knowledge of Oral Language Learning

Developing Phonological Awareness

“The ability to hear sounds within words is essential to

reading and writing successfully.” NZ Ministry of Education. Sound Sense

The development of phonological awareness underpins

the ability to decode and encode print.

Foundation_to_year_10_curriculum.pdf – see page 22

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Foundation

Handout 7: 07 - vels speaking and listening.rtf

How is this learned or acquired?

What are the implications for our ELL students?

References• Victorian Essential Learning Standards• Learning Through Talk. Ministry of education New

Zealand• Language Support program. DEECD• Love & Reilly newsletters• Lyn Watts Only The Brave Should Teach• Australian Curriculum. DRAFT • http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/

teachlearn/student/keycharliteracyp6.pdf• http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/

teachlearn/student/keycharliteracy7-10.pdf