Speaking and Listening

Oral language is fundamental to learning. From the first days in school, speaking and listening play a large part of a child’s experience in all curriculum areas and teachers plan for a wide range of oracy experiences. Children have a range of planned oracy experiences, which are planned across the whole curriculum. These activities include: - Structured play activities; - Drama; - Listening to and telling stories; - Paired/collaborative activities; - Extra-curricular and cultural experiences. The TACK curriculum develops and encourages talk and communication. As we aim to develop Arabic communicative, literacy and intercultural skills, children experience a variety of different dialects as well as Modern Standard Arabic so that they choose ways to communicate meaningfully, appropriate to the situation.