K6-English Speaking and Listening - page 34

Procedures and strategies
Students benefit from repeated opportunities to listen to, comprehend and interpret oral
language and to use it in a range of contexts and for a range of purposes. Teachers can positively
influence student’s oral language development through the explicit teaching of sentence
structure and grammar, vocabulary (p 35) and oral text types (p 40) .Teachers can also support
language learning by creating a language rich environment (p 43),adopting a facilitative
interaction style (p 43), supporting interaction skills (p 45) and utilising classroom routines (p 45).
To use oral language effectively, students require an understanding of how language, context
and nonverbal communication (p47) are used to create meaning.
Students experiencing difficulties with oral language (p 48) a re more likely to require additional
modelling and practice, and need a carefully planned and systematic program. The support
materials include examples of procedures and strategies that address the following difficulties:
• comprehension difficulties
• speech sound disorders
• interaction skills.
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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Speaking and listening
IMPLEMENTATION