Listening Comprehension and Booktalk: What Does the Research Tell Us?

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What the research tells us about what listening comprehension is and its impact on the development of reading comprehension.

About this module

Research indicates a strong link between children’s listening comprehension and their reading comprehension, therefore it is important to lay these foundations by developing language comprehension with young children. In this session, we will consider the importance of teaching and developing young children’s listening comprehension strategies alongside their word reading skills so that, as their independent access to texts increases, they are able to read for meaning.

This module is suitable for English Subject Leaders, Class Teachers, Teaching Assistants supporting pupils’ reading.

What you will learn:
  • To gain an understanding of what listening comprehension is
  • To explore research into listening comprehension
  • To consider the impact that listening comprehension has on pupils’ reading comprehension and their ability to access the curriculum