Affiliation:
1. University of Surrey , UK
2. English-Speaking Union , UK
Abstract
Abstract
The recognition of the importance of supporting children to learn to, and through, talk (often referred to as ‘oracy’) increasingly has prominence in educational and political discourse. However in the past decade the assessment of spoken language has been removed from GCSE exams, and nothing has replaced this vital measure of communication at a fundamental point in young people's progression. This article argues that this has helped to ensure oracy - speaking and listening - remains on the periphery, when increasingly evidence indicates that it should be central to all children and young people's education.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory