Can I pick your brains?
My year 6 dd is pretty academic (level 6 maths, leve 5 reading and writing, won a national writing competition). However, she is amazingly inarticulate (level 4 speaking and listening - I know levels can be wrong, but honestly, you'd have no idea she was on the ball from having a conversation with her). She doesn't have any problems with hearing, listening or concentration and there are no social communication issues. She's just not that interested in having a conversation, or at least one about anything other than minecraft / lego / day to day stuff.
Frankly, good conversational skills are going to serve her better in life than any exam results, and I'd like to give her a bit of a helping hand. I wondered if anyone had any ideas for developing speaking skills, or knew of any resources that might have some ideas. I've done a quick google, but any books I've found have been geared at children with language disorders / delays, which aren't really approrpiate.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
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neolara · 15/07/2015 17:04
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