Teacher Guidance Flip Book, Entry v0.8

Activity 4: Speaking and Listening

Developing listening and responding skills at an early age can significantly help pupils in receiving factual information correctly, making sense of their thoughts, and developing their abilities to successfully complete activities. The listening and responding section of the assessment is all about the sharing of opinions and ideas, with pupils contributing to each other’s work. Nevertheless, it is common for some pupils to feel shy about putting their hand up and asking a question.

Below are top tips for preparing pupils for this speaking and listening section:

 Listening encouragingly within a group is a skill which must be learnt over time. Encourage pupils to support each other and to act respectfully at all times.

 Ensure that pupils don’t rush to respond to

questions. It is always worth making sure that they fully understand a question before answering it.

 Encourage pupils to provide as much relevant detail as possible when answering a question.

 Pupils should be asking questions because they did not know something or because they want to know more.

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