Twinkl have teamed up with publisher Bloomsbury Education to secure the special guest on this episode of The English Teacher Feature. Podcast host and National Education Lead for Secondary English, Sam Denno, talks to author and educator Alan Howe about the use of oracy in the classroom. Alan's new book 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Oracy, co-written with Topsy Page, is available to purchase on the Bloomsbury website - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/100-ideas-for-secondary-teachers-oracy-9781801997331/.

In their conversation, Sam and Alan talk about the value of oracy, the role it can play in education, why it is important beyond the classroom, when students should talk and when they should write and what practice looks like when oracy is used well. Alan ends by describing one of his favourite strategies from the book.

Twinkl's Beyond Secondary range features a wide selection of resources for conducting oracy activities in the classroom.

Coordinate classroom dialogue using Beyond Debate Topic Packs which promote conversation via current issues: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/r/121pdl

Or have a browse through the Beyond English oracy units of work to find an engaging theme for to drive student talk: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/r/pmctp

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Artist: Benjamin Tissot

Contents:

00:00 - Is oracy a silver bullet for teachers?

02:25 - The background of the authors

03:17 - The educational and political context of oracy

04:11 - The benefits of oracy

05:36 - Is oracy effective because speech is learnt intrinsically?

09:58 - Do classroom talk activities inevitably have to end with a written response?

12:39 - What do good and bad oracy practices look like?

14:12 - A favourite strategy from the book

19:05 - Do secondary classroom oracy strategies differ from primary strategies?

20:28 - How do we pass the oracy baton at the KS2/KS3 transition point?

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