Workshop+4+oral+language

=**//__Resources developed in 2008__//**=

During 2008 we developed a range of draft documents. It is intended that schools will take these and make them their own. Documents are as follows:

Oral Language progressions 1

Oral Language progressions 2

Oral Language progressions 3

Oral Language progressions 4

Each of the above documents was created by one of our working groups.

Other docs include:

What we are currently doing in our classrooms. These 2 documents explore the genera of oral language and [|Genre_of_Oral_language.jpg]

The following documents give ideas on the progression of oral language and a timeline for the introduction of various genera.
 * 1) [[file:Progressions of Oral Language Genre.doc]]
 * 2) [[file:Explicit teaching v exposure.doc]]
 * 3) [[file:Oral Language Acquisition.doc]]
 * 4) [[file:Teaching progressions.doc]]

We explored explicit ideas about some of the genera:





We developed our own assessment activity. This is a 3 step assessment which needs to be videoed . First: Teachers should show the picture from JOST and ask "Tell me about what is happening in this picture."

Second: "Explain to me how I should clean my teeth."

Lastly: "Describe what it would be like to have no friends."

The results of this should be assessed against our matrix for assessment of Oral Language. The matrix for assessment of children is: