"It’s not enough for students to simply use these moves more frequently. Quality matters too." Speak Up, Measure Up: Building Better Tools for Evaluating Classroom Conversation Wonderful new guest post by four researchers from the University of Surrey oracycambridge.org/speak-up-mea...

What's that? Oracy October is your favourite time of year? You just can't get enough of hearing from the country's top oracy experts (looking at you @oracycam.bsky.social and @amygaunt.bsky.social) and leaders in Voice 21 Oracy Centres of Excellence? Sign up now for updates!

Great to see the momentum building for government action on oracy.

Check out Neil Mercer’s “enlightening”, “inspiring”, “immensely fun” new book! oracycambridge.org/oracy-the-tr...

***NEW MAKING CHANGE STICK STUFF*** Comms planning: The most overlooked (and easiest to fix) reason school improvement efforts fail Why every school needs one – and how to write one today makingchangestick.substack.com/p/comms-plan...

***NEW POST*** Precision-engineering learning through talk: Analysing the language demands of tasks By @DrDudley1 oracycambridge.org/precision-en...

Should we ask for volunteers during whole-class talk? A fab new blog - *jam-packed with pupil voice* - by @topsypage.bsky.social oracycambridge.org/should-we-as...

*** NEW POST *** #Oracy in the Chinese Context: Challenges and Promises A *fascinating* guest blog by Dr Yuchen Shi oracycambridge.org/oracy-in-the...

📢 NEW POST 📢 The Oracy Cambridge response to the Oracy Commission report oracycambridge.org/we-need-to-t... cc @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #currculumandassessmentreview #oracy #weneedtotalk

Great blog on 'back stage' and 'front stage talk.

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death..." 📢 Brilliant new blog! 📢 How should we teach presentational talk? by our very own Alan Howe oracycambridge.org/how-should-w...

📢 NEW POST 📢 The Oracy Cambridge response to the Oracy Commission report oracycambridge.org/we-need-to-t... cc @beckyfrancis.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #currculumandassessmentreview #oracy #weneedtotalk

👋 BRAND NEW BLOG! 👋 Visions and Voices: An interview with a National Gallery Educator A video 📽️ and a transcript 📃 for the readers among you Featuring @rethinkingjames.bsky.social and Ed Dickenson oracycambridge.org/visions-and-...

We're kicking off the new school year with a *fab* new guest post by Barbara Bleiman Oracy: Four interconnected aspects ✔️ Learning to talk ✔️ Learning through talk ✔️ Talk for social justice ✔️ Learning about talk Read all about it: oracycambridge.org/oracy-four-i...