Engagement, listening and attention < Back to Oral Language Engagement, listening and attention Stage 1 Junior & Senior Infants Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 2 1st & 2nd Class Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 3 3rd & 4th Class Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 4 Fifth and Sixth class Through appropriately engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Show interest in, demonstrate joint attention Joint attention Joint attention is a situation where the individuals involved in a communicative act both focus on the same object. It is more than just looking at an object; the individuals understand that they are attending to the same thing—intentionality. and actively listen and attend for enjoyment and for a particular purpose. Recognise themselves as listeners and speakers, engaging purposefully and empathetically with others. Express their individuality through their knowledge and use of various languages. Actively listen and extract meaning and enjoyment from conversations and texts in a range of genres and where possible, in various languages. Éisteacht go gníomhach le comhráite agus le téacsanna i réimse seánraí agus i dteangacha éagsúla, nuair is cuí. Brí agus taitneamh a bhaint as na comhráite agus na téacsanna sin. Éisteacht go gníomhach le réimse réimeanna teanga, canúintí, agus blasanna ar mhaithe le cuspóirí ar leith. Éisteacht go gníomhach le comhráite agus le téacsanna i réimse seánraí agus i dteangacha éagsúla, nuair is cuí. Brí agus taitneamh a bhaint as na comhráite agus na téacsanna sin. Éisteacht go gníomhach le réimse réimeanna teanga, canúintí, agus blasanna ar mhaithe le cuspóirí ar leith. Comparáidí a dhéanamh idir na réimeanna teanga, na canúintí agus na blasanna sin. (TF1, C3 + 4) Actively listen and attend for extended periods of time, to include other languages where appropriate, listening for more detail and nuanced meanings. Evaluate how the purpose, situation and audience Audience The audience is the intended group of readers, listeners, viewers that the writer, designer, or speaker is addressing. /listener influence the speaker’s register, dialect and accent. Progression steps The child… attends to stimuli in the environment. tracks movement of stimuli. The child… engages with stimuli. keeps eye gaze and tracks adult’s gaze to participate in activities requiring joint attention Joint attention Joint attention is a situation where the individuals involved in a communicative act both focus on the same object. It is more than just looking at an object; the individuals understand that they are attending to the same thing—intentionality. . imitates actions and sounds. The child… attends for longer to interesting or familiar stimuli including: actions, gestures, tone of voice, conversations and stories read aloud, and joins in with rhymes, songs and games. The child… takes part in conversation using appropriate eye-contact while attending to body language, gestures and tone of voice and uses these cues with context to understand new words/phrases. listens to factual accounts. The child… listens to new information on an unshared experience including fiction and non-fiction of increasing complexity. listens to an adult modelling a new language where many words may be unknown. The child… listens to definitions and descriptions using tone, gestures and a few understood words to interpret main messages. attends to textually presented information (books, audio etc). The child… attends to verbal and non-verbal communication in a variety of contexts and listens to unfamiliar people speaking and modelling new words/phrases attending to the correct pronunciation of same The child… gains insight from listening to new information on a wide range of subjects The child… listens to information being presented from both sides of an argument The child… listens carefully to others, interjecting with questions, insights and opinions when appropriate further develops their listening skills by engaging with oral texts listens for and discusses the impact of culture, identity, situation, purpose and audience Audience The audience is the intended group of readers, listeners, viewers that the writer, designer, or speaker is addressing. /listener on how people communicate The child… embraces and evaluates own and others’ individual style of listening and speaking. Support materials for teachers Oral Language - Teanga ó Bhéal Example of student work Oral Language - Teanga ó Bhéal Relevant across all strands Example of student work Relevant across all strands Examples of children's language learning Book reviews Example of student work
