ESF Speaking and Listening

P 4-5 P 6-7 P 8-NC1

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Perform/copy some actions/signs (from the text) with or without adult or other learners to copy from.

Attempt to say key phrases in a well-known story/text.

Listen and respond to familiar songs and rhymes showing

enjoyment.

Copy or imitate phrases from text.

Identify specific items in a story on request.

Answer questions using signs, symbols or speech about familiar text using two key-words.

Respond appropriately to simple requests which contain one key word, sign or symbol.

Communicate a favourite part of a text.

Make up their own stories, songs, rhymes and poems with

support.

Describe a familiar/favourite event.

Use words and/or symbols from a text to retell story/previous

experience.

Follow instructions with four key-words, signs or symbols.

Answer questions about familiar texts giving a simple

synopsis using pictures, symbols or words to help them.

Listen to talk by an adult, remember some specific points

and identify what they have learned.

Follow classroom instructions showing understanding.

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Use a core of five symbols/words in at least three

different situations.

Show some anticipation of actions/signs within a text.

Demonstrate understanding of adult questions by

responding appropriately to them.

Predict an increasing range of words, signs or symbols in

familiar text by completing a phrase adult says from text.

Use words or symbols from text in different contexts.

Ask simple questions to obtain information.

Listen to others in class, ask and answer questions (who,

what, where, when) supported by symbol clues.

Predict likely outcomes when listening to text read aloud.

Talk about the stories, writing, pictures and models they

have created.

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Respond to questions using one word answers e.g. yes or

no.

Listen with enjoyment and respond to stories, songs and

other music, rhymes and poems.

Use single words or symbols to communicate about an

event or feelings of likes/dislikes.

Answer frequently asked questions consistently,

correctly using speech or signs.

Express two concepts: adjective + noun, verb + noun,

noun + verb, noun + noun.

Use a vocabulary of up to 50 words.

Use phrases with up to three key-words, signs or symbols to

communicate simple ideas or events or make a request.

Speak with clarity and use appropriate intonation when

reading and reciting texts.

Tell real and imagined stories using the conventions of familiar

story language with support.

Use conjunctions, for example, 'and' and ‘to’, to link ideas.

Read aloud with some variety in pace and emphasis, using

appropriate intonation and facial expression.

Use possessive form accurately during oral interactions.

Use conjunctions to suggest cause with ‘because/cos’.

When responding to simple questions structure answers

accurately using nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Use a growing vocabulary to convey meaning to the

listener.

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Use single words, signs and symbols for familiar objects

showing an understanding of their names.

Demonstrate to an adult the desire to hear a particular

song, rhyme, story or part of a story, by any means.

Combine two words, signs or symbols when

communicating.

Combine single words, signs or symbols to communicate

meaning to a range of listeners.

Repeat, copy and imitate between 10 and 20 single words, signs or phrases.

Use simple phrases and statements to communicate ideas

about present events and experiences.

Name classmates, teachers and familiar classroom and

playground objects.

Join in with poems, rhymes, songs, repeated phrases and

shared reading experiences.

Link up to four key-words, signs or symbols in

communicating about their own experiences and familiar

stories in group and one to one situations.

Use a range of high frequency, topic specific and personal

content words to create meaning.

Use scaffolds such as photographs, key words, phrases

and props to support the sharing recent experiences.

Follow instructions containing two key-words i.e. ‘Give

me …’‘Point to the …’‘Put the …’ ‘Where is …?’.

With support, attend to and answer questions from adults and

their peers about experiences, events and stories.

Enjoy listening to and using spoken language and use it in

play and learning.