36. Sarah Davies - Assistant Headteacher and Author - Oldham

In this episode I’m talking with Sarah Davies. Sarah is, amongst other things, an Assistant Headteacher, Early Career Teacher Mentor and Author of Talking about Oracy. After a conversation I had with Donal Hale a few months ago, I began searching for resources or guidance on how best to implement oracy in my own practice. Sarah’s was the first and best book I came across in a field that seems shockingly under considered. We discuss:1. What secondary teachers need to know about the transition between Primary into Y7 in terms of student’s oracy2. How teachers can embed oracy instruction on a daily / weekly basis3. What the most important types of talk we need to foster in secondary schools are4. Strategies we can use for particularly reluctant speakers in class5. Whether we need to consider preparation for how students use apps or meeting software as opposed to purely presenting in person6. And finally, the best resources for teachers keen to instruct oracy techniques and non-verbal communication techniques such as body languageThanks very much to Sarah for giving up her time for a chat as well as continuing to be a vocal presence on Twitter and beyond when it comes to English and oracy matters respectively!If you want to be kept up to date on when educational chat like this happens, then be sure to subscribe to the podcast and/or follow me on Twitter @chrisjordanhkLinks: Talking about Oracy: Developing communication beyond the classroomVoice 21Oracy Cambridge