Tackling talk : teaching and assessing oral language

Authors

Rhonda Oliver
Yvonne Haig
Judith Rochecouste

Document Type

Report

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

Place of Publication

Perth, Western Australia

School

Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Research

Comments

Oliver, R., Haig, Y., & Rochecouste. (2005). Tackling talk : teaching and assessing oral language. Perth, Australia: Edith Cowan University.

Abstract

Tackling Talk was a collaborative research project sponsored by several bodies: the English Teachers Association (ETA), the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) through Quality Teacher Program funding and the Association of Independent Schools of WA (AISWA). A team of researchers from the Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Research (CALLR), Edith Cowan University, guided teachers from the public and independent sectors through an action research program involving online/ electronic materials, professional development sessions and personal mentoring. Some 49 teachers from 28 schools from both metropolitan and regional districts of Western Australia were involved in the project.