Say It Oracy Overview

Say It: Building Thinking Skills Through Oracy is a practical PDF guide designed to help educators embed structured talk into their lessons. Grounded in dialogic learning principles, this resource explores how purposeful classroom discussion enhances critical thinking and deepens understanding. It introduces two key types of talk—exploratory talk for idea generation and explanatory talk for reasoning and justification—providing clear strategies for implementation. With ready-to-use techniques from the Say It strand of the Structural Learning Toolkit, this guide supports teachers in fostering meaningful dialogue that strengthens student learning. Download now to integrate effective oracy-based thinking activities into your classroom.