Transcript Overview of oral language and communication

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
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 development of 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