Learning through Talk is a practical handbook. It is designed to help teachers and others working with five to eleven year olds develop the key skills which wil

`This book is aimed at class teachers of Reception to Year 3 seeking ideas to develop their pupils′ speaking and listening skills. The author describes each a

This book focuses on the inter-relationship between reading, writing and speaking and listening. Psychologists and educationalists, influenced by the work of Vy

“Reading and writing float on a sea of talk” declared James Britton – and yet in our current education system, where the pressure is on for students to pa

This book looks at an issue which is at the heart of every classroom – the role that talk plays in children’s learning. Drawing on a substantial research ba