Choral Speaking (CS)
Description
Choral
Speaking enables groups to present oral presentations of poems and other texts.
Students enjoy working
collaboratively to understand the way texts are constructed and broaden
understanding of themes, rhythms and ideas. It helps students to participate
appropriately in small group situations and displays confidence in speaking and
listening in small group situations.
Procedure
Choose a poem or poems that
students will find enjoyable. Model reading it with expression. Encourage
students in a joint reading.
Talk about conveying meaning
by:
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emphasising
particular lines/phrases/words,
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using a range of
voices, eg. one or two voices,
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assigning
different sections to different speakers,
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varying pace,
voices, volume,
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including possible
gestures or actions
Have whole class participate
in reading. Choose another poem and have class make suggestions on ways of
presenting it. Provide a range of poems suitable for small group presentation.
Divide class into groups who
work on small group presentations including possible variations on voice,
actions and props. Many aspects of co-operative learning and speaking and
listening components of language learning may be assessed during a choral
speaking activity:
Link to Outcomes
Students use language to understand, develop and communicate ideas and
information and interact with others.
Dynamic Strategies
Application/Production
Tips
Students select their own
texts, such as song lyrics, raps and other texts. Big books or charts
containing suitable texts can be used.
Adapted from Tasmanian
Education Department,