Year 1 English · AC9E1LY02

Use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions

use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas…

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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Good interaction uses turn-taking, clear voice, active listening, responses to others and useful questions.

Learning target: use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions

Big idea: Practise turn-taking, clear speaking and active listening

Learning routine: Listen → Wait turn → Speak clearly → Respond to idea → Ask/question

Key conceptTeach from the board

2. Subject-Specific Content & Key Examples

Conversation moves

I agree because...Can you explain?My idea is...I heard you say...

Worked example

Question: If a partner says “Plants need water”, a good response is “I agree because our plant drooped when dry.” It listens and builds on the idea.

Use one talk move at a time

look/listenwaitspeak clearlyrespondask

Talk move practice

Use one sentence stem in a partner discussion.

Guided practice

  1. Talk move practice — Use one sentence stem in a partner discussion.
    I agree because...
  2. Listening check — Repeat one idea your partner said.
    You said...
  3. Question build — Ask one question that helps the discussion continue.
    Why do you think...?
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AC9E1LY02 - Use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions
Example 1

Conversation moves I agree because... Can you explain? My idea is... I heard you say...

Example 2

Worked example Question: If a partner says “Plants need water”, a good response is “I agree because our plant drooped when dry.” It listens and builds on the idea.

Example 3

Use one talk move at a time look/listen wait speak clearly respond ask

Example 4

Talk move practice Use one sentence stem in a partner discussion.

Curriculum examplesCurriculum examples

Curriculum Coverage & Elaborations

The content description is the required target. The elaborations below are taught as examples and contexts, not as disconnected checklist wording.

  • E1: using turn-taking in group and pair work
  • E2: building a conversation by staying on topic, supporting other speakers, eliciting responses, listening supportively and attentively, asking relevant questions, providing useful feedback and prompting
  • E3: participating in informal and structured class, group and pair discussions about content area topics, ideas and information
  • E4: interacting appropriately with peers, teachers and visitors
  • E5: formulating different types of questions to ask a speaker, such as open and closed questions and “when”, “why” and “how” questions
Questions and answersWith answers

Revision Notes

  • Remember: Practise turn-taking, clear speaking and active listening
  • Use the routine: Listen → Wait turn → Speak clearly → Respond to idea → Ask/question
  • Before answering: point to the clue in the spoken words, written sentence, image, page layout or text purpose.
  • Self-check: change the example slightly and see whether the same reasoning still works.
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3. Common Student Misconceptions

  • Waiting only to talk: Listen for the idea before responding.
  • Too quiet/fast: Use classroom volume and clear pace.
  • New idea ignores partner: Connect to what was already said.

Practice Thought & Formative Assessment

Use a fresh, code-aligned example. The student should show the exact word, sound, sentence, image feature, audience clue or text evidence that supports the answer.

Quick checks

  • What is active listening?
  • Give a useful response stem.
  • Why take turns?
  • Ask a question that keeps talk going.

Mastery evidence

  • Take turns
  • Speak clearly
  • Listen actively
  • Respond to others
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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Good interaction uses turn-taking, clear voice, active listening, responses to others and useful questions.

Learning target: use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions

Big idea: Practise turn-taking, clear speaking and active listening

Learning routine: Listen → Wait turn → Speak clearly → Respond to idea → Ask/question

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