Strategies for 'Interacting' in distance education 7–10
This document provides strategies for facilitating interacting activities within the distance education setting, aligned with the Stages 4 and 5 Interacting outcomes.
Syllabus
Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.
The syllabus states ‘Interacting in a language is primarily done through oral language.’
Key features of interacting include:
- reciprocity, with a purposeful and meaningful ‘back and forth’ exchange
- some spontaneity, created by a degree of unknown or unpredictable content in the interaction
- students listening to understand, in order to gather information and continue the interaction.
Interacting supports students to negotiate meaning and develop fluency.
Giving students opportunities to practise responding in reciprocal and spontaneous interactions is critical to students developing communication skills.