Understanding and Using the Range of Speaking and Listening Contexts
The range of contexts for speaking and listening in the classroom is:
Do pupils in the classes you support in have opportunities to work in each context to learn and develop new skills and to build their confidence as speakers? This section will briefly explore each context in turn.
Within those four basic ranges, there will be a number of activities and approaches that a teacher can adopt ranging from debating and interviewing to drama and individual presentations.
Similarly there is a range of ways in which you can support the teacher and the pupils' learning in those contexts.
Activity
Discuss with a colleague which contexts you have seen in operation in the English classroom.
Together, look at context sheet below
Context sheet (22 KB)
Discuss the ways in which you support pupils in these contexts.
Are there certain contexts where you feel you can make more of a contribution, either through supporting the teacher or supporting pupils' learning?
When complete, this will be a useful resource to share with teachers and teaching assistants in your school.