Search
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 209 other subscribersMeta
Comments
- mwalker on the strap!
- Ralph Hogan on the strap!
- Bill Gilpin on Another article tells the same story – postcodes predict education performance.
- Maggie Kerrigan on the strap!
- mwalker on the strap!
- Maggie Kerrigan on the strap!
- mwalker on the strap!
- biketat on the strap!
- markwalker2 on Student Reports: a case for change
- markwalker2 on Resources by themselves are not sufficient to improve language learning in Victorian or for that matter Australian schools?
Mark’s Visitor Map
Top Posts & Pages
- the strap!
- DataWise - the community grows at the 2015 on-campus Institute.
- Why have learning intentions without success criteria?
- Effective Lesson Planning: length of lessons
- Jez - the old chestnut - ability grouping or streaming - is still being touted as a solution to falling standards!
- Mark Walker
- Effective Lesson Planning: classroom systems and lesson sequencing
- Inferencing in the early years
- Teachers look at phonics anew after training
- Harvard Data Wise Institute in Melbourne
Calendar
March 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Blogroll
- Alan Stange
- Andrew Douch
- Barbara Bray
- Bill Carazzo
- Bo'ai Primary School in Changzhao China
- Bruce Hammond
- Cameron Patterson
- Chris Betcher
- Chris Lott
- Classroom 2.0
- Dr Scott McLeod
- Dr Z
- Dylan William
- edutopia.org
- George Couros
- Grant Wiggins
- Greg Whitby
- Janelle Wilson
- John Connell
- John Johnston
- John Spencer
- Julie Lindsay
- Kath Murdoch
- Nina Davis
- Tom Barrett
- Warrick Wynne
- Whatedsaid
- Will Richardson
-
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy Readers Map
A hoe is that what you want? or Why teach Speaking and Listening skills.
This week I was casually listening to a teacher explain something of a technical nature to colleague and it reminded me of the need to be careful in our use of language in schools particularly when trying to explain a new skill or concept to someone else. We often skip speaking and listening skills when instructing students in English. Sometimes the results can be funny as in this clip and sometimes it can be quite devastating for the student – loss of face and self esteem or anger or simply frustration. This small video may help when making this point to a group of teachers. My thanks to Jim Buchan from Cisco for the clip.