Webinar: Oracy is for everyone by Professor Stephen Coleman

The Commission on the Future of Oracy Education reported last year. Oracy is about enabling every young person to leave school with the confidence to speak for themselves and listen to others in ways that will allow them to flourish as human beings.

The teaching of oracy entails the intentional cultivation of the ability to articulate ideas, develop understanding and engage with others through speaking, listening and communication. It comprises three interrelated, overlapping and mutually reinforcing components:
i) Learning to talk, listen and communicate: the development of children’s speaking, listening and communication skills.
ii) Learning through talk, listening and communication: the use of talk or dialogue to foster and deepen children’s learning.
iii) Learning about talk, listening and communication: building knowledge and understanding of speaking, listening and communication in its many contexts

Professor Stephen Coleman, who was a member of the Oracy Commission, will be facilitating an online workshop to explore creative ways of integrating oracy into classroom teaching and beyond. We will be considering the specific skills and techniques involved in speaking and listening well; how such competencies can be assessed; how to build up confidence in more nervous communicators; and how teachers can develop their own confident self-expression.

This is an online talk. A link to the event will be sent out to registered attendees ahead of the event.