Spotlight on Oracy
Your knowledge hub for exploring how an oracy education impacts your students and your school.
What is oracy?
Oracy is the ability to articulate ideas, develop understanding and engage with others through spoken language.
The Voice 21 membership is designed for long-term impact, with a focus on embedding changes within schools and communities. By working with us, you'll get dedicated and sustained support to develop your oracy practice over time.
If you're interested in learning more about how Voice 21 works with schools to develop high-quality oracy education, book a call with us below.
Learn about the impact of oracy on students and schools
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Confidence
Your pupils have a lot to say but might lack the skills needed to express themselves. Feeling listened to and being heard brings young people out of their shells and gives them the ability to put their best foot forward in life.
Find out more how a high quality oracy education can improve a students' confidence.
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Vocabulary
A child’s spoken language skills at the age of 5 are one of the strongest predictors of their attainment age 11. Developing an oracy-rich learning environment supports vocabulary development and word ownership.
Find out more about how a high quality oracy education can impact vocabulary development for students in various settings.
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School Culture
Find out how oracy rich classrooms, playgrounds and parents evenings can involve and inspire the community around your school. Shine a light on student's learning with parents and carers by bringing learning to life through talk.
Click in to read more about developing a culture of oracy across the school and across communities.
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SEND
At a time schools are seeing an increase in SEND students and longer waiting lists for support, oracy helps to involve all learners, identify needs and strengthen language skills.
There are other ways to make talk more equitable in the classroom, ensuring that all learners have their voices heard. Talk tokens, no hands up and think-pair-share are all effective ways of promoting the idea that every voice matters.
Remember that listening is just as important as speaking in an oracy-rich classroom and often our quiet children are great listeners.
English as an Additional Language
Oracy-rich classrooms celebrate different languages and cultures by explicitly teaching the speaking and listening skills that provides the space EAL learners need to blossom.
Providing rich contexts for talk, such as concrete experiences like making bread or conducting an experiment are particularly important for students learning EAL as it helps activate any prior knowledge they may have in another language, allowing them to access content at the appropriate level.
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Let's chat!
Want to find out more about oracy? We're always happy to talk about how Voice 21 would work with you in your context - book a call a call with our team and ask about becoming a Voice 21 Oracy School.