Talking points
If you have not already watched it, Video 4 from the Introductory Video Series provides an overview of talking points, which is a powerful tool for stimulating classroom dialogue.
This reading explains talking points in more detail and promotes strategies and activities to use them in class.
Talking tools
Initially, students may need to be offered key phrases which will help them to generate exploratory talk. Learning how to use such phrases – or ‘talk tools’ – is a life skill (Dawes, 2012).
Examples of talking points
Talk about talk
A first step towards more dialogic teaching
Ground rules
Establish ground rules of communication
Classroom planning tips to encourage dialogue
Planning tips to encourage classroom talk
Steps in developing a dialogic ethos
A guide to developing a classroom ethos that promotes dialogue
Promoting dialogic interactions
Requirements and activities for effective group work
Introductory video series
Collections of videos regarding educational dialogue