Use Sentence Starters: Get Students Talking with Confidence

In this IRIS Connect Tech Guide, we explore how to help students communicate more confidently and effectively using the Use Sentence Starters strategy. This technique provides students with structured sentence beginnings or prompts to help them articulate their thoughts clearly during discussions, debates, or presentations.

What it is:
‘Use sentence starters’ is a technique where teachers provide students with structured sentence beginnings or prompts to help them articulate their thoughts more effectively during discussions, debates or presentations.

Desired effect:
This strategy supports the development of communication skills by offering a scaffold for students to express ideas, respond to others, and engage in meaningful dialogue.

Problems it helps solve:
“Students are not able to start as it is difficult to make sense of their thoughts.”
“Students find it difficult to respond to and engage with the ideas of others.”

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Presented by Haili Hughes

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