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Oral language is widely recognised as an essential foundation for successful school learning. However, until recently, the acquisition of oral language skills has been largely overshadowed by reading, writing, spelling and numeracy, and has not been considered a key component of school curricula. In Teaching Oral Language Dr John Munro redresses this imbalance through the delivery of his step-by-step model, ICPALER. The Ideas–Conventions–Purposes–Ability to learn–Expression and Reception framework describes the various aspects of oral language from a classroom perspective, and demonstrates how teachers can best guide students to become effective communicators and language users.
Teaching Oral Language is a comprehensive instructional book on building a firm foundation for learning by teaching early oral language skills. Based on contemporary research in language acquisition this book has been developed in line with contemporary models of instructional design and instructional psychology and has strong links with early literacy learning.
