ABSTRACT

Speaking and listening, along with reading and writing, are essential components of literacy and learning development within the National Primary Strategy. This best-selling introductory text updates teachers on national developments and best practice in speaking and listening in the classroom through:

  • speaking and listening issues: a review
  • story-telling and drama
  • oral and popular culture and media
  • planning for talk across the curriculum
  • the impact of ICT: software, email, internet, computer games.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter |24 pages

Talk in the Early Years