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oral language and communication. Oral language includes:. Listening Skills Speaking Skills Listening and Speaking vocabulary Growth Structural elements of oral stories, or oral dramatic activities. Oral language. Involves communicating with others
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Oral language includes: • Listening Skills • Speaking Skills • Listening and Speaking vocabulary Growth • Structural elements of oral stories, or oral dramatic activities
Oral language • Involves communicating with others • Provides the foundation for literacy development • Is included in all content areas • Is learned before written language and understanding • When written language is learned, it mirrors oral language
Communication includes: • Oral Communication Skills – to inform, explain, persuade, entertain, express creatively • Communication verbally and nonverbally • Communication in various settings – group activities, oral presentations, etc.
Examples of assessment tools and methods • Initial formal assessments • ongoing formative assessments • summative assessments • Uses appropriate volume and tone of voice knows how to take turns when speaking • stays on topic questions • to pay attention when another person is speaking
Ways to assess/what they should be able to do • Can name colors, numbers, and familiar objects uses vocabulary appropriately for purpose • Retell parts or all of a story read aloud • Understands and uses prepositions such as over, under, in, out, beside, etc • Understands directions
Activities to assess • Book talks • Group discussions • Giving directions/instructions • Draw pictures and explain what’s in picture • Tell a group story • Cookbook/instructions
Strategies for teaching Oral language • Provide regular opportunities for listening and speaking (formally and informally) • Use visual cues: pictures, demonstrations, videos, interactive websites. • Daily conversations: news, daily events, the media
Strategies • Incorporate oral language into all lessons. • Design activities that include an oral language component • Be aware of teaching “pace”
Activities to teach • Discussion • partners • small group • informal debate • whole class • Social Settings: communication, problem solving • Formal presentations • Role play, circle stories, character interviews • Whisper phones
Additional information • Order of developmentof oral language Babbling and cooing native language sounds words creative grammar adult speech
ELL • ELL students learn English in stages just as native speakers do • They listen before speaking or writing • Understand meaning before mechanics • First must learn their own language before learning English
sources • http://suite101.com/article/developing-oral-language-in-primary-classrooms-a86092 • http://www.adh-ocs.org/uploads.cir/Oral%20Language%20PPT.pdf • Dr murrill’s slides