Oral language is the way children communicate their views, learn to understand others, and make discoveries. Educators can support and enhance children’s oral language by engaging in sustained communication with children about ideas and experiences.
What you’ll learn:
- Research on the importance of oral language development.
- Evidence-informed strategies to support rich conversations with young learners including how to create spaces for children’s talk, what are quality questions to prompt children’s talk and participation in conversations and how to keep the conversation going.
Presented by researcher and former early childhood teacher Dr Sandy Houen and researcher Dr Sally Stanton from the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Queensland, and E4L Associate Director Danielle Toon.
Webinar presentation slides – oral language development in the early yearsUploaded: • 4.1 MB - pdf
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- Tip Sheets
- Systematic review of the Australasian literature: Supporting Rich Conversations with Children aged 2 – 5 years in Early Childhood Education and Care within Australasian Studies
- Early Childhood Education Toolkit: Communication and language approaches
- Education Today article: Building your evidence engine – five evidence-informed strategies for promoting rich conversations with young children