Issue 3, Page 4-5: Talking for different purposes
Jo Chessum reviews how the new Primary National Curriculum for English promotes talking for different purposes. I have to admit, I was worried. Worried that the...
Read moreIssue 2, Page 8-9: Teacher Talk
Sarah Wall explains how teachers can adapt their talking to support children with SLCN. Teachers today face a bewildering array of classroom resources and multimedia packages....
Read moreIssue 2, Page 6: How Communication Friendly is your classroom?
Heather Stevens explores ways to maximise the classroom space to support language development. If a stranger walked into your school what would be their first impression?...
Read moreIssue 2, Page 4-5: Case Notes: Speech and Language Development
When it comes to speech and language development, it can be difficult to know what to look for, and what steps to take in your...
Read moreIssue 2, Page 10-11: Listen Hear: Engaging parents and pupils
Derry Patterson considers some creative ways to involve parents and pupils in target setting. Most practitioners would agree with involving parents and pupils in decisions. Listening...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 10-11: What’s it all about? Making inferences in Key Stage 2
Alexea Stevens explains how to improve pupils’ ability to make inferences. An inference is a statement about the unknown made on the basis of the...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 8-9: EAL Pupils – Second Language Development
What should you expect? Sarah Wall outlines how a second language develops and what you can do to support this process. There is compelling evidence to...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 6-7: Before Phonics – Phonological processing: a prerequisite to literacy
In recent years there has been increasing acknowledgement of the role of phonics in the development of literacy skills but less attention has been focussed...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 4-5: Words, Words, Words – Teaching the skills for vocabulary
Vocabulary is the foundation for developing oral and written language skills. Sarah Wall explains why everything comes back to the words we know. Without good vocabulary...
Read moreIssue 1, Page 3: Visual Support
Some children need more than just the words. Sarah Wall reflects on visual support and how to use it to best effect. What is visual support? When...
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