Staff INSET

2. Staff INSET • This presentation has been designed to give your staff an understanding of the aims, structure and content of i-learn: speaking and listening prior to a hands-on practice session • Feel free to edit this presentation to suit your own purposes

3. Staff INSET: Objectives • To introduce i-learn: speaking and listening (ILSL) • To demonstrate how the content can be used to teach speaking and listening skills in an innovative and engaging way • To prepare for a hands-on practice session

4. Rationale of ILSL • Explicit teaching of the four Framework strands of speaking and listening • Planned and purposeful opportunities for talk, structured interaction and drama • Provision of good models for talk, including group discussion and interaction

5. Rationale of ILSL • Opportunities to rehearse and apply skills in literacy and across the curriculum • Opportunities to talk about talk and reflect upon its usage • Planned assessment opportunities

6. Main features • DVD-ROMs make the best use of ICT: • Video: Models for talk, drama strategies and conventions, samples for discussion • Audio: Stories and poems, samples of talk for analysis • Interactive activities: Games for whole-class usage

7. Main features • Teacher’s Books provide: • Introductory materials: Useful background information on techniques and conventions • Succinct teaching plans: Flexible materials and ideas for whole-class, group and paired activities • Assessment: Peer- and self-assessment opportunities, success criteria, assessment charts

8. Structure • Each DVD-ROM contains eight units • Each unit is divided into six focuses • Speakercise provides stimulating additional activities for younger children

9. Year 1 units • Performing poetry: Children learn how to read aloud effectively, understanding the role of expression • The art of presentation: Children learn how to make a good impression using verbal and non-verbal techniques • Asking good questions: Children learn how to generate questions for further clarification • Telling stories: Children learn the basics of storytelling in preparation for telling a story

10. Year 2 units • Expressing opinions: Children learn how to think independently and to share views and opinions effectively • Instructions and directions: Children produce an effective set of oral instructions • Creating tableaux: Children discuss and create a series of tableaux to represent a story • Effective explanations: Children produce an effective oral explanation using verbal and non-verbal communication skills

11. The six focuses • Each unit is divided into 6 focuses: • Setting the scene • Learning from models • Let’s practise • Let’s practise some more • How did they do? • Over to you! • To increase flexibility, they can be used out of sequence

13. The six focuses Setting the scene • Fun introductory activities

16. The six focuses Learning from models • An engaging activity or video modelling effective speaking and listening

18. The six focuses Let’s practise Let’s practise some more • Opportunities to practise, with a heavy emphasis on group discussion and interaction

21. The six focuses How did they do? • Watch and evaluate videos of children speaking and listening

23. The six focuses Over to you! • A fun and engaging ‘end-of-unit’ task with an emphasis on audience and purpose • Assessment grids in the Teacher’s Book are designed to be used with this focus