Thursday, February 23, 2017

Developing Oracy with Daily Dialogue Practice!

Teaching Spoken Academic Language, "Oracy" by Using Question Stems/Frames, Scripts for Dialogue Practice, Socratic Seminars, and Harkness Protocols. 

Why teach, Oracy or Elegant Elocution, the Art of Highly Effective Spoken Language? Oeacy is missing or underrepresented from most or all published ELA curricula in the US, it is a critical skill that ALL at-risk students must develop to thrive in any academic environment! Oracy is the ability to express oneself EFFECTIVELY, fluently, and grammatically in academic situations. The ability to use, form, adapt, and construct rich language is an indicator of academic success. Oracy is a critical academic skill that is neglected in most academic ELA reading programs. Oracy is a key academic skill for students to engage completely with ALL school curricula.

ORACY:
Developing highly effective articulate spoken language skills makes reasoning, thinking, problem-solving, and learning visible through listening, writing, and speaking.  

Collaborative learning and cooperative problem solving 

English language and bilingual education development are accelerated. 


Socratic Seminar TEMPLATE and SAMPLES



Academic Language Scripts and Sentence Frames for Socratic Seminar

[PDF]Academic Language Scripts for Socratic Seminar - cnusd
Academic Language Scripts for Socratic Seminar. Clarifying. • Could you repeat that? • Could you give us an example of that? • I have a question about that: …

[PDF]Academic language scripts for socratic seminar
The Write Path English Language Arts: Exploring Texts with Strategic Reading. sTuDEnT hAnDOuT (1 of 2). Academic language scripts for socratic seminar.

[PDF]Academic Language Scripts for Socratic Seminar
Academic Language Scripts for Socratic Seminar. Clarifying. 0 Could you give us an example of that? II Ihave a question about that: ...? 0 Could you please ...

[PDF]Socratic Seminar - Teach Arts
“The goal of the Socratic seminar in elementary and secondary schools is not to arrive at a ... and prepare prior to the seminar. Socratic seminars always include a text. Sample readings might .... “Academic Language Scripts”). 4. Build on what ...

[PDF]Seminar Process Script - National Paideia Center
A Paideia Seminar is a collaborative, intellectual dialogue about a text, ... The main purpose of seminaris to arrive at a fuller understanding of the ideas and.

[PDF]Observation Form Socratic Seminar
Socratic Seminar Questions. Directions: ... share why the content of the text is important during theSocratic Seminar. ... Use of Academic Language Scripts …

[PDF]Socratic Seminar
Rules of Engagement for Socratic Seminar. • 4.10d: Academic Language Scripts for Socratic Seminar. • Teacher Resources: • 4.10e: The Elements of ...

[PDF]SOCRATIC SEMINAR GUIDELINES
efore the Socratic Seminar. Read and prepare your text before the seminar using the critical reading process. 1. Make sure ... “Academic Language Scripts”).

[PDF]elements of socratic seminars - gcisd
A Socratic Seminar fosters ach've learning as participants explore and evaluate the ideas, issues, and values in a particuiar .... “Academic Language Scripts”).

Oracy in the Classroom: Strategies for Effective Talk | Edutopia
Teaching oracy means putting more intention behind how you guide and organize your students' talk. When they gather for group work or ...

Oracy: The Literacy of the Spoken Word | Edutopia
Teaching oracy is instrumental to better reading and, in particular, writing. In developmental terms, humans acquire oral language first -- a ...

Developing oracy skills | Class Teaching
 Some simple strategies that can be tried out to develop oracy skills: ... number of oracybased teaching ideas – developing dialogue toolkit.

Why teach oracy? | University of Cambridge
 Through our own research and that of others, we know there are some very effective ways ofteaching oracy skills, which are already used by ...

Oracy Assessment Toolkit : Faculty of Education
In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the need to help young people develop their abilities to use spoken language effectively. Employers ...

Explainer: what is oracy and why should every child be taught it?
Through the work of School 21's teachers, our own research and that of others, we know there are some very effective ways of teaching oracy.

Developing oracy - Learning Wales
Developing oracy. Activity 3.6. In reading and writing, the learner's skills are influenced more by the teacher's skills as a teacher of reading and writing than by ...

Teaching Oracy: Using video to develop speaking skills in the classroom
This article looks at why teaching oracy is so important and examines how video can be used to develop speaking skills to great effect.

Oracy in English Teaching - jstor
Oracy in English Teaching. 1. The word "oracy" was coined in 1965 in connection with the work of a research team on speech in the Birmingham Uni-.

Developing Oracy - Developing literacy In ESL Learners
Learners who are subjected to multiple exposures of both teacher-centered and ... Literacy domino effect – Oracy develops listening, reading and writing skills

Oracy Formal Classroom Communication! 

Polite Formal Greetings

Student Greeting: “Good Morning, Sir/Ma’am/”Professor” or “Good afternoon, Sir/Ma’am.”

Teacher Greeting: “Good Morning, 
Young Scholars, Good Day Erudite Ladies and Gentleman” or “Good afternoon, Young Scholars, or Good Day Erudite Ladies and Gentleman.”

Student-to-Student Greetings: “Greetings scholar Vanessa, may I share an Idea with you.”

Student-to-Student Greetings: “Greetings scholar Vanessa, may I ask you a question, Take a moment of your time, Could you give me a few minutes of your time?” 


“Greetings scholar Vanessa, It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“Greetings scholar Vanessa, I am pleased to meet you.”

Polite Formal Academic Requests

Student Request: “Greetings Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Professor”/”Mr. Taylor, your Erudite Scholar Vanessa, request your time and assistance on an academic challenge ”

Teacher Reply to Request: “Greetings scholar Vanessa, how may I offer assistance on your academic challenge ”

Student response when complete: “Thank you, Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor for your time and assistance.”

Teacher response: “You are very welcome 
Vanessa, you are indeed a curious scholar!” 

“Scholar Vanessa, would you mind collecting the…., please?”

“Scholar Vanessa, would you mind coming in twenty minutes early tomorrow, before the class starts?

“Scholar Vanessa, I would be grateful if you could share more information about the …”

“Scholar Vanessa, we would be most grateful if you could ….”

“Dear Scholars, We need someone to go to the …”


Polite Formal Academic Dialogue

Teacher responses concerning student work: “Vanessa, to be sincere, this needs some improvements, your are brilliant when you devote yourself, and do your best.”

“Are you quite satisfied that this is your absolute best effort? I have concerns that this is rushed or not a comprehensive attempt!”

“I’m not very fond of rushed work and I know your are very capable of creating exceptional work.”

“I’d prefer if you try this problem again and show me all your thinking by trying to clarify why with to math models.”

“I’d prefer you use….”

“Does this work meet your high standards or expectations?”

Everyday Polite Request

Teacher: Scholar Vanessa, Would you ask …. whether he/she has the …, please?

Student: “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor, can you remind me when it is one o’clock so I do not miss…?

Student Lavatory Request: “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please go to the lavatory?”

Teacher: “Yes, you certainly may”

Student “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please get a drink of water?”

Teacher: “Yes, you indeed may”

Student “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please…. ?”

Teacher: “Yes, unquestionably you may”

Student “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please take a mental break

Teacher: Yes, Pleases allow yourself to take a break from your concerns ... !Academic Oracy Dialogue Practice!

Polite Formal Greetings

Student Greeting: “Good Morning, Sir/Ma’am/”Professor” or “Good afternoon, Sir/Ma’am.”

Teacher Greeting: “Good Morning, Erudite Ladies and Gentleman” or “Good afternoon, Erudite Ladies and Gentleman.”

Student-to-Student Greetings: “Greetings scholar Vanessa, May I share an Idea with you.”

Student-to-Student Greetings: “Greetings scholar Vanessa, May I ask you a question, Take a moment of your time, Could you give me a few minutes of your time?”
“Greetings scholar Vanessa, It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“Greetings scholar Vanessa, I am pleased to meet you.”


Polite Formal Academic Requests

Student Request: “Greetings Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Professor”/”Mr. Taylor, your Erudite Scholar Vanessa, request your time and assistance on an academic challenge ”

Teacher Reply to Request: “Greetings scholar Vanessa, how may I offer assistance on your academic challenge ”

Student response when complete: “Thank you, Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor for your time and assistance.”

Teacher response: “You are very welcome curious scholar Vanessa!”

“Scholar Vanessa, would you mind collecting the…., please?”

“Scholar Vanessa, would you mind coming in twenty minutes early tomorrow, before the class starts?

“Scholar Vanessa, I would be grateful if you could share more information about the …”

“Scholar Vanessa, we would be most grateful if you could ….”

“Dear Scholars, We need someone to go to the …”

Polite Formal Academic Dialogue

Teacher responses concerning student work: “Vanessa, to be sincere, this needs some improvements, you're are brilliant when you devote yourself, and do your best.”

“Are you quite satisfied that this is your absolute best effort? I have concerns that this is rushed or not a comprehensive attempt!”

“I’m not very fond of rushed work and I know you're are very capable of creating exceptional work.”

“I’d prefer if you try this problem again and show me all your thinking by trying to clarify why with to math models.”

“I’d prefer you use….”

“Does this work meet your high standards or expectations?”

Everyday Polite Request

Teacher: Scholar Vanessa, Would you ask …. whether he/she has the …, please?

Student: “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor, can you remind me when it is one o’clock so I do not miss…?

Student Lavatory Request: “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please go to the lavatory?”

Teacher: “Yes, you certainly may”

Student “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please get a drink of water?”

Teacher: “Yes, you indeed may”

Student “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please…. ?”

Teacher: “Yes, unquestionably you may”

Student “Excuse me Sir”/”Ma’am”/”Mr. Taylor May I please take a mental break

Teacher: Yes, Pleases allow yourself to take a break from your concerns ... !

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