National Literacy Trust：2025年英国儿童与青少年听说能力状况报告（英文版）（18页）.pdf

1、 Children and young peoples speaking and listening in 2025 Christina Clark,Josef Oliver,Irene Picton and Lizzie Jones December 2025 National Literacy Trust 2025 1 The ability to speak and listen effectively is central to how we learn,build relationships and participate in society.From everyday conve

2、rsations with friends to formal debates or public speaking,these skills shape the way we express ideas,understand others and respond thoughtfully.Educational researchers and policymakers often group these skills under the term oracy a concept with roots stretching back to classical Greece and Rome w

3、hen the art of rhetoric was seen as a vital civic tool.More recently,organisations like Voice 21 and the University of Cambridge have developed an oracy framework that identi?es four strands of these skills:Physical skills(tone of voice,pace,body language)Linguistic skills(choice of vocabulary and e

4、xpression)Cognitive skills(reasoning,structuring arguments,using evidence)Social and emotional skills(working with others,listening actively,responding constructively)In the UK,interest in strengthening children and young peoples oracy has gained momentum.The Oracy Education Commission and other adv

5、ocacy groups have called for a greater emphasis on supporting oracy in schools,and this featured prominently in the?nal report on the Curriculum and Assessment Review1,with the government response including proposals for a dedicated primary oracy framework and combined secondary oracy,reading and wr

6、iting frameworks2.In this report,we use the more familiar phrase speaking and listening rather than oracy because that is how many parents and educators encounter these skills in practice.Speaking and listening also form a core part of the National Literacy Trusts de?nition of literacy:The ability t