Yarning Circles In The Literacy Classroom

This article explains how the speaking and listening practice of yarning circles can be used in the literacy classroom. The article opens with an account of a live enactment of yarning circles with elementary students in a mainstream classroom in Australia. It explains the purpose and origin of yarn...

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Published in:The Reading teacher 2013-12, Vol.67 (4), p.285-289
Main Authors: Mills, Kathy A., Sunderland, Naomi, Davis-Warra, John
Format: Article
Language:English
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Audience
Australia
Childhood
Children
Circles
Communities
Community-based programs
Community‐based programs, resources
Digital/media literacies
Discussion
Early adolescence
Elementary education
Elementary School Students
Family literacy
Folk Culture
Foreign Countries
Genres
Geometric centers
Home language practices
Home-school connections
Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous Populations
Intergenerational literacy
Language acquisition
Learning experiences
Learning strategies
Listening comprehension
Listening strategies
Literacy
Literacy Education
methods
Modes
Native peoples
Oral language
Purpose
Reading Instruction
Reading teachers
resources
Scriptwriting
Socioeconomic factors
Story Telling
Strategies
Strategies, methods, and materials
Teachers
Teaching Methods
TEACHING TIP
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Writing
Writing instruction
Writing strategies
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Summary:This article explains how the speaking and listening practice of yarning circles can be used in the literacy classroom. The article opens with an account of a live enactment of yarning circles with elementary students in a mainstream classroom in Australia. It explains the purpose and origin of yarning circles in Indigenous communities, and provides steps for establishing and implementing the practice in classrooms.
ISSN:0034-0561
1936-2714
DOI:10.1002/trtr.1195