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Unlock the full potential of classroom talk with Tongue Fu Talking™—a structured oracy framework inspired by the discipline of martial arts. This course will show you how to teach speaking and listening with the same rigour and clarity as reading and writing.
You’ll explore two purposeful modes of talk:
Explorer Mode: The way of thoughtful discovery
Presenter Mode: The way of speaking with confidence, substance, and style
And discover how to develop them through four powerful disciplines:
The Stance (physical presence)
The Flow (linguistic skill)
The Mind (cognitive strategies)
The Bond (social and emotional connection)
Understand why oracy matters across the curriculum
Learn how to explicitly teach oracy using 23 clear, teachable practices
Explore the Tongue Fu Belt System to assess and support progression from EYFS to KS3
Discover inclusive strategies for all learners, including those with SEND
Gain practical tools to make oracy a deliberate part of curriculum design
Examples from the Tongue Fu Talking™ Oracy Framework
Ideas to develop self-assessment tools, sentence stems, and progression maps
Guidance on embedding oracy into every subject
Examples of activities for Explorer and Presenter talk
Classroom teachers (EYFS to KS3)
Subject and phase leaders
Senior leaders looking to embed oracy across the curriculum
Course Price: £175 (exc. VAT)
Book 3 places and the 4th place is free
Our webinars are held over Zoom and you will be sent a link to access these closer to the event date.
The Tongue Fu Talking materials and resources have been very helpful. The staff have watched part of the CPD video, following an introductory session that I led using the materials. I set questions to ensure that they were engaging with the video. We have implemented aspects of 'stance' into our poetry reading lessons. We have also added 'but, because, so' sentence work as part of our 'check for understanding' tools across foundation subjects.
Our Oracy Inset day, based around Tongue Fu Talking, was well received with much enthusiasm evident. Teachers are finding the resources accessible and easy to incorporate into our provision. Already, it is evident within the classroom that, thanks to our initial steps to implementing the Tongue Fu Talking System (including the really useful 12-month implementation plan), the importance of Oracy is at the forefront of our thinking when planning and teaching.
I really enjoy using the Tongue Fu website and the oracy and metacognition strategies it offers. It provides a wealth of high-quality resources that are not only useful but also exciting and engaging. Everything is clearly laid out, making it incredibly easy to navigate and find exactly what I need. The way the scheme pulls everything together is fantastic- it gives a clear structure while still allowing flexibility. It’s obvious a lot of thought has gone into making it practical and enjoyable to use. I highly recommend it!
Our recent Tongue Fu Talking launch went really well - I followed your suggestions exactly and everyone was fully on board. Staff have already started using it in lessons and weaving it into our school culture. Thank you.
It was fantastic to hear about how a system should be embedded within a school setting. I loved hearing about Tongue Fu Talking and am extremely interested in purchasing for the next academic year. 100/100!
Our recent Tongue Fu Talking launch went really well - I followed your suggestions exactly and everyone was fully on board. Staff have already started using it in lessons and weaving it into our school culture. Thank you.
Thank you so much - as usual, today has been thought-provoking from start to finish. I'll definitely be using the vocabulary games as starter activities next week, and I will be introducing the Think-aloud Crowd across the curriculum to help children use metacognitive strategies in their learning.
This has been so useful with lots of great ideas to try out, thankyou.
Thanks very much Chris, another brilliant webinar.
Thank you so much, I can't wait to get started.
Thanks for the Oracy Webinar. Lots of great ideas and tangible activities shared.
Thank you for the wealth of resources you have provided and a great overview of oracy in practise!
Thank you so much - amazing information and resources.
Thank you, Chris, for a thought provoking day around Oracy. The resources are brilliant and provide the tools to develop a more formal approach to champion Oracy across our school.
Thanks for the Oracy webinar. Lots of great ideas and tangible activities shared.
Very clear diagrams, explained well. 10/10
