Classroom Dialogue and Learning
What is Classroom Dialogue Combining dialogue and digital technology How to develop a more dialogic approach to learning and teaching
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Language toolsDawes (2008, p.5-6) has identified some ‘language tools’ that help children to use language to think together.
- To ask questions that support one another’s thinking:
- ‘what do you think?’
- ‘why do you think that?'
- ‘Let’s think again …’
- To encourage one another to elaborate or add detail:
- ‘Can you say a bit more?’
- ‘What else do we know?’
- ‘I can tell you about …’
- ‘Can you explain ...?’
- ‘I hadn’t thought of that until you said it ...’
- ‘[name] pointed out to me that …’
- To challenge one another’s thinking, with respect and interest:
- ‘I disagree because …’
- ‘But …’
- ‘I agree but …’
- ‘You’re right in my opinion …’
- ‘I believe that …’
- ‘I think …’
- ‘Another point of view is …’
- ‘So-and-so said - and I can’t see how your view fits with …’
- To justify what they assert:
- ‘My reason for saying that is …’
- ‘Because …’
- ‘I have noticed that …’
- ‘I have found out that …’
- ‘I see it differently …’
- To speculate:
- ‘If …’
- ‘What if …’
- ‘Why …’
- ‘Maybe we could …’
- ‘I have a suggestion …’
- To be able to negotiate and change their mind:
- ‘I see what you mean …’
- ‘I am beginning to understand …’
- ‘That’s a good way to look at it …’
- ‘When you put it that way …’
- ‘You have convinced me …’
- ‘Your reason sounds right because …’
Reference
Dawes, L. (2008) The Essential Speaking and Listening: Talk for learning at KS2. London: Routledge.
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