Introduction: Speaking And Listening For Thinking And Learning -- Class Talk Skills: Raising Children's Awareness Of The Importance Of Talk For Learning -- Talking Points: A Strategy For Encouraging Dialogue Between Children And In Whole Class Sessions -- Listening: Helping Children To Understand How And Why To Become Active Listeners -- Dialogic Teaching: Orchestrating Effective Dialogue In Whole Class Sessions -- Group Work: Ensuring That All Children Collaborate In Educationally Effective Group Work -- Speaking: Teaching Children The Confidence To Articulate Their Ideas -- Assessment: A Straightforward Assessment Format For Recording Experience And Progress -- Summary: The Educated Child: Teaching Speaking And Listening Enables The Child To Make The Most Of The Education They Are Offered. Lyn Dawes. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 148-150) And Index.