Research
1. Tainsh, N. (2014). Going south with Sophie Scott: A journey into oral language. Practically Primary, 19(1), 31+. Retrieved from https://www.gale.com/
Summary: The author examines the value of students' classroom discussion to develop oral language. As a collaborative activity, students are required to adapt an assigned story into a multimodal format, which encouraged a "wide range of immediate, complex, and unplanned oral language" discussions as students are to "express views, justify ideas, negotiate, evaluate and collaborate to produce their planned oral scripts."
2. Batson, J. (2014). Postmodernity and oral language learning. Practically Primary, 19(1), 39+. Retrieved from https://www.gale.com/
Summary: The article argues for the increasing need for schools to support conversational skills in the digital age and provides ways to build opportunities for social communication in the classroom.