Transform Teaching and Learning through Talk: The Oracy Imperative

“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 pass written exams, it is all too easily left adrift. How then, as teachers and educators, can we turn the tide and harness the power of talk in our classrooms?

This is not just an educational choice but rather, given students’ vastly different experiences of language, a moral imperative.

Amy Gaunt and Alice Stott’s must-read book serves as a ...