Week 11 (oral language development)

Question 1

What is the IRE method of teaching?

Answer 1

The teacher INITIATES the discussion, students RESPOND and the teacher provides EVALUATIVE feedback. This method is teacher-centred.

Question 2

What is the situational context of language?

Answer 2

The situational context of language involves the:

• Field (topic)
• Mode (spoken or written-like language)
• Tenor (audience - familiarity/formality)

Question 3

What are the 2 types of talk?

Answer 3

Talk as a process is:

• spoken-like
• talk which leads to performance/product/writing etc.
• social
• taught through modelling and guided experiences.
• assessed through interactions/negotiation, language choices, body language.

Talk as a performance is:

• written-like, formal
• has an audience and is purposeful
• aims to articulate what the student knows/understands
• taught through modelling and explicit expectations for performance.
• assessed through news time, speeches, debating etc. and looking at voice, language choices, movement, engagement.

Question 4

What is involved in listening?

Answer 4

Listening is an active process which involves hearing, interpreting, making connections to, and evaluating/judging information.

Question 5

What are the 3 types of listening?

Answer 5

• Aesthetic: conveying experience, emotion, giving the audience a picture e.g. story, poem, myth.
• Efferent: take away message for audience, giving factual and logical information e.g. news report, business presentation.
• Critical: perspectives and messages offered, listener evaluates and responds.