Advice for teachers on how to overcome barrier
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"The Noisy Classroom is a short text but one that it is substantial in terms of argument and enthusiasm... A copy in every school and department will undoubtedly help promote and encourage more productive talk and noisier English classrooms."
- Mick Connell, Teaching English (NATE)
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Part one: The case for critical oracy
1. What is critical oracy, and what is the state of oracy in our schools at the moment?
2. Why is critical oracy important?
3. Overcoming barriers to using critical oracy in the classroom.
4. The role of senior leaders and teachers in a school of noisy classrooms
5. Troubleshooting
Part two: What to do in your classroom: the activities
6. Parliamentary debate
7. Other forms of debate
- Balloon debates
- Boxing match debates
- Table debates
- Public meetings
- Conscience alley
8. Shorter activities
- Rebuttal tennis
- I couldn't disagree more
- Where do you stand?
- Hat debates
9. In character
- Hot seating
- Mock trials
- Question time
- Chat show
- News broadcast
10. Structures for critical group or whole-class work
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- On that point
- Dragon's den
- Fishbowl discussion
- Expert groups
- Argument stations
11. Formats for critical pair discussion
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- Teacher-Pupil Pairs
- Rotating Circles
- Quiz and Switch
- Question and answer pair up.
12. Activities to build oracy skills
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- The um-er game
- Defending the indefensible
- Giving and following instructions
- How are you feeling?
- Expand-contract
Appendices
Bibliography and useful links
