Learning

• Talk is a major vehicle for learning: brainstorming, pair, small group and whole class discussions
• Language based interactions are how teaching and learning takes place, e.g. maths learning depends on new vocabulary such as bigger, smaller, longer, shorter
• Improve students’ oral language and use it as a tool for learning in all areas
• Students explore lesson content using familiar language and later, the teacher models more formal ways of presenting the knowledge

Reference:
Winch, Gordon, and Marcelle Holliday. 2010. "Oral Language." In Literacy, by Gordon Winch, Rosemary R Johnston, Paul March, Lesley Ljungdahl and Marcelle Holliday, 50-62. Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.