Oracy - The infamous ‘I don’t know’.

One of the things about oracy is that we often focus on the what rather than the how students speak. Communication is much more than words and phrases. It is how we control the flow of speech. Or, more importantly, how we empower students to dive in and swim in the spoken discourse. One area I have been working on, with some success, is dealing with the infamous ‘I don’t know’. The blanket answer…