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Understand the characteristics of a language-rich environment

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‘Communication supporting classroom observation tool’ from The Communication Trust

Click to read This tool, developed as part of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP) in 2012, was designed to profile the oral language environment of the classroom.

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Read this article on ‘Exploring language from the UK government and watch the video titled ‘EYFS communication and language – exploring language’.
This article from the Victoria State Government in Australia looks at the ‘Literacy rich environment’. Read the article and consider how the environment supports language and literacy.
This webinar from Ofstednews is titled ‘Part 2 - Early years curriculum: A curriculum for communication and language’. It explores what a good curriculum should look like to support development of communication and language.