Talking to lots of different people has many advantages, including hearing a range of ideas, and building social skills.
One way to do this in a classroom discussion is to have your students stand and form two circles – an inner circle facing out, and an outer circle facing in – with equal numbers in each circle. When it’s time to change, everyone in the inner circle moves left, to face a new partner.
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As with all oracy-based learning, plan carefully – give a clear outcome for the discussion task, consider how many partners pupils will talk to and for how long, and follow up with something that makes them accountable.
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