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ERIC Number: EJ1371532
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0963-8253
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Really Saying Something? Speaking up for Authentic Classroom Talk
Knight, Rupert
FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, v65 n1 p98-107 Spr 2023
Pupils' talk within classrooms has recently seen a renewed focus of attention, usually under the banner of oracy. Much of the justification at policy level seems to stem from a 'levelling-up' agenda, based on oracy's distinctive contribution to enhancing opportunity through developing pupils' communicative competence with benefits for employability and attainment. Worthy and well-founded as these aspirations are, this article seeks to reassert, "alongside them," the potential of oracy also to promote pupils' authentic voices and involvement in their own learning. Some criteria for avoiding 'voiceless' participation are used as a starting point for examining everyday classroom practice. Using real examples of recent practices, the article then shows how, despite the constraints of the current policy climate, teachers can and do find ways of ensuring authentic verbal participation in their lessons. They achieve this through the classroom conditions they create, the stance they adopt towards pupils' contributions and the purpose that talk serves.
Lawrence Wishart. Central Books Building, Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, London RM8 1RX, UK. Tel: 44-20-8597-0090; e-mail: forum@lwbooks.co.uk; Web site: https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/forum
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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