Use interaction skills including listening while others speak, using appropriate voice levels, articulation and body language, gestures and eye contact
learning how to use different voice levels appropriate to a situation, for example learning about ‘inside voices’ and ‘outside voices’
learning to ask questions and provide answers that are more than one or two words
participating in speaking and listening situations, exchanging ideas with peers in pairs and small groups and engaging in class discussions, listening to others and contributing ideas
showing understanding of appropriate listening behaviour, such as listening without interrupting, and looking at the speaker if culturally appropriate
listening and responding to oral and multimodal texts including rhymes and poems, texts read aloud and various types of digital texts
engaging in conversations with peers and adults in home language or dialect
asking and answering questions using appropriate intonation
speaking so that the student can be heard and understood
altering volume for inside and outside situations and when speaking to an audience