For settings, schools and individual professionals
We think about spoken language
Founded by Anna Branagan and Stephen Parsons, we use our experience of real practice to develop approaches that develop children and young people's spoken language.
Our approaches are available to purchase in book form via Speechmark/Routledge.
Concept Cat: Teaching concepts in the Early Years
Word Aware 1: Teaching vocabulary across the curriculum (primary age range)
Word Aware 2: Teaching vocabulary in Early Years
Word Aware 3: Teaching vocabulary in small groups
Language for Thinking
Language for Behaviour and Emotions (with Melanie Cross)
Word Aware Concepts Assessment (WACA) due early 2026
Note: currently only Concept Cat courses are available online. For Word Aware, Language for Thinking and Language for Behaviour and Emotions, and Concept Cat Coach training go to our website:
https://thinkingtalking.co.uk/finding-a-word-aware-or-language-for-thinking-course/