Using Talk to Support Writing

How can I use my talk to help students improve their writing in my subject? How do I use my talk to enable students to understand their writing tasks and guide their thinking during writing?

Overview

This course focuses on teacher talk strategies to develop students’ written communication skills. The course examines how teacher talk can be used to help students understand writing tasks, and scaffold their thinking and use of language when they write.

You will learn through a blend of in-person learning sessions and an asynchronous online learning period.

Learning Goals

By the end of this course, you will:

• be aware of the literacy demands of writing tasks;

• have learnt strategies for using talk to scaffold students’ writing; and

• apply your learning by planning a lesson to help students write more effectively.

Course Structure

Target Participants

EL Teachers who want to learn how to use classroom talk effectively to improve students’ written communication skills

Registration

Please register on OPAL2.0 using this code: SLI-000016.
Closing date for registration: Thu, 19 Jun

For enquiries, please contact:

Dr Caroline Ho (Lead Specialist/EL) at caroline_ho@moe.gov.sg