As well as all the essential information you need about effective teacher practice, oral language features, purposes, expectations, assessment and oral language in innovative learning environments, there are a large number of practical strategies that can be incorporated into your teaching.

For each task or strategy there is information about:

• The purpose and the learning focus including the language functions

• Procedure

• How to differentiate the strategy for different ages and stages

• What to notice about your students oral language use as they complete the task

• Templates and exemplars for teacher use.

You’ll also find:

• Lots of examples of rich oral language tasks

• Templates for designing your own tasks

• Units of work with an oral language focus.

The book is now stocked in the following resource centres or bookshops:

• Learning Network, Auckland

• Five Senses Education, Australia