The National Literary Trust published their report ‘Creating confident communicators: How the government can help every child find their voice‘.
They note
“In the face of this growing disparity, we have launched a new report into oracy. This also sits against the backdrop of the Government’s recent announcement to review the curriculum and assessment system. The Prime Minister has expressed an ambition to “put confident speaking skills at the heart of what we teach our children” and a clear goal to deliver a curriculum that is rich and broad, inclusive and innovative, and which develops children’s knowledge and skills.
Our new oracy report is the National Literacy Trust’s first contribution to this important national debate. It provides a roadmap for policy reform that, if implemented with sufficient funding and consideration, will ensure that every child can access an integrated pathway of speech, language and communication support from birth to 18.
Executive summary
Extensive research underscores the deep connection between language and literacy in shaping young minds. Children who struggle with language at age five are six times more likely to fall behind in reading and writing by the age of 11.
If, as a country, we want more young people to leave school with confident speaking skills, then they need to be able to access an integrated pathway of speech, language and communication support from 0 to 18.
This report, with a forward by Hon. Dr Stuart Lawrence, outlines how the government can help every child find their voice by setting out ten evidence-based policy recommendations that we think would shift the education system in the right direction.”
Visit their website to read the full report.
