
English: 
[intro music]
>> NEIL: Oracy education obviously consists
of helping children develop the particular
skills of using their voice and of listening,
making themselves clear and so on, some of
the physical aspects of speaking.
But a really vital part of oracy education
is developing their awareness of how spoken
language is used, and how they use it already
and how they can use it more effectively.
>> LYN: And this is a thing called a 'talking
point' and it's a single idea, but I want
your ideas about this idea.
Everybody's idea in the whole class.
>> STUDENT: I kind of agree, and I kind of
disagree, because animals are important but
we can go to school, but animals can't.
>> LYN: That's very important, isn't it?
It's to do with the word 'important': we can't
live without them, but we're important in
different ways.

English: 
[intro music]
>> NEIL: Oracy education obviously consists
of helping children develop the particular
skills of using their voice and of listening,
making themselves clear and so on, some of
the physical aspects of speaking. But a really
vital part of oracy education is developing
their awareness of how spoken language is
used, and how they use it already and how
they can use it more effectively.
>> LYN: And this is a thing called a 'talking
point' and it's a single idea, but I want
your ideas about this idea. Everybody's idea
in the whole class.
>> STUDENT: I kind of agree, and I kind of
disagree, because animals are important but
we can go to school, but animals can't.
>> LYN: That's very important, isn't it? It's
to do with the word 'important': we can't
live without them, but we're important in
different ways.

English: 
>> STUDENTS: And when the lights begin to
show up from the town, I will mark which must
be mine and start down.
>> LYN: So the idea of talking points is that
you can provide provocative statements is
how we think of them, where you introduce
an idea that the children can then agree,
disagree with or examine together that can
help them think productively about whatever
the topic is, but they haven't got to come
to a conclusive answer, like a question.
[music]

English: 
>> STUDENTS: And when the lights begin to
show up from the town, I will mark which must
be mine and start down.
>> LYN: So the idea of talking points is that
you can provide provocative statements is
how we think of them, where you introduce
an idea that the children can then agree,
disagree with or examine together that can
help them think productively about whatever
the topic is, but they haven't got to come
to a conclusive answer, like a question.
[music]
