EDRG 3344 T/TH Benefits of Talking

Talking is very beneficial in a classroom and helps students academically. Talking promotes higher-level thinking by making students think more about the story , also causes them to reread the text to confirm the question or comment. Furthermore, those questions and comments made help other children, who may be lost, to understand what is going on within a story. Talking also helps build language proficiency, helps gain confidence, and gets the quiet students to participate.

I know that talking benefits me as a student. In school, I was always quite and just sat back to absorb information. When giving an oral report or speech, I would have such anxiety. I hated to speak out. Now, I still shake a little but I am able to perform. I love that in our classes, talking and participation in encouraged. I have been able to learn more about not only the subject but my fellow classmates. In turn, I feel more confident in speaking during class because they are on longer strangers. We are a community.

The debate we had in class, Snickers v. Twix, is a great example. As each side of the classroom argued back and forth, I noticed people who usually don't say anything, speak up to give they ideas toward the debate. Even though the topic was silly it was a great learning experience to be a part of and a tool that we can use in our classrooms. That was so FUN!