Time for Talk is a resource package developed
by the Department of Education and Training of Western Australia. The
resource provides teachers with a tool for monitoring oral language development and
suggests a range of
classroom strategies to facilitate oral language development in a culturally
sensitive way.
The resource kit consists of three components:
1. Oral Language Instructional Manual
Sampling and profiling materials provide a developmentally based framework
and linked assessment tasks for monitoring students' oral language development
in the K-3 age range.
The package can be used for:
2. Instructional Video
The video includes footage of oral language activities and the perceptions of
teachers who use the materials.
3. Classroom Activities
This booklet provides activities to be used as frameworks, to be adapted and
modifies to suit individual children and school situations.
The Time for Talk resource kit is no longer available for purchase but the pdf documents maybe reproduced for the use in schools ©
Time for Talk Instructional Manual PDF content
Manual Part 1: Acknowledgements; Introduction; and Sections A, B, C.
Manual Part 2: Sections D and E.
Time for Talk Classroom Activities PDF content
Activities Part 1: Acknowledgements, Introduction, Why Oral Language?, Oral Language Across the Curriculum, Planning Oral Language Activities, Social Communication.
Activities Part 2: Comprehension, Content and Organisation.
Activities Part 3: Linguistic Structures, Recording, Suggestions for Parents, References.