§ Mr. Ioan L. Evansasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to promote the study of oracy in schools.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe importance of encouraging good oral expression is already well recognised by teachers, and was emphasised in the Newsom Report. Among the means being used to promote it are tape recorders and dramatic activities. A research project by Dr. Basil Bernstein, supported by my Department, is aimed at studying, among other things, the language pattern of children at school and at home.