Enhancing Speaking and Listening Skills with Skills Builder
Discover how Skills Builder aims to help individuals understand, develop, and demonstrate their speaking and listening skills through activities like Unique Voices game and Benchmarking app, fostering inclusivity and progress.
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Skills Builder Term 1. Speaking and Listening
What is skills builder? Skills Builder aims to help you to: Understand your existing skills and know how and where you are using them To see what progress in these skills will look like Understand how the 8 key skills are used in different settings To achieve progress in the skills and demonstrate your abilities in these skills
Speaking Activity You are going to play a game called Unique Voices . what is your favourite school subject? Move around the classroom and hear each other s answers. Form a group with people that have the same answer as you. In your groups discuss why you like that subject. From https://cdn.burnetnewsclub.com/media/documents/Topical_Talk_An_Introduction_to_Discussions_About_the_News .pdf
Valuing what people have to say While we may have the same opinion or answer as someone else, our reasons and experiences give us a unique voice and perspective. It s important to consider different opinions and everyone s reasons and experiences are important to hear. Can we agree on a set of rules that will help have inclusive class discussions?
What do good speaking and listening skills look like?
Benchmarking yourself You can assess your own skills using the Benchmarking app. We will put this PowerPoint into the Google Classroom for each year group and share it on the Skills builder page on the website so that you have this information. https://benchmark.skillsbuilder.org/auth/check Sign up using the email address above and enter the code which will be posted onto your Google Classroom. Complete the Initial Benchmark assessment for Speaking and Listening.
What happens next? Your class teachers are assessing where they thing you are with skills as a whole class group Your subject teachers will be highlighting in your lessons when to consider how you can further develop your speaking and listening skills Your subject teachers will also highlight to your when you have been completing activities which help to develop your speaking and listening skills We will review how you think your speaking and listening skills are progressing throughout the year There will be posters around school to remind you to keep thinking about how you can develop the 8 key skills
