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Furthermore, they will enhance what is known about the importance of a talk-rich curriculum for all learners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><b>Who is running the project?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The project is a knowledge-exchange partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/staff\/naomi-flynn\"><u>Prof Naomi Flynn<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(University of Reading) and Hampshire\u2019s Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hants.gov.uk\/educationandlearning\/emtas\"><u>EMTAS<\/u><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><b>Who is funding the project?<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The project is funded by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk\/funding\/innovation-fellowships-scheme-route-a-researcher-led\/\"><u>British Academy Innovation Fellowship<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><b>Project Timeline: <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">March 2024 \u2013 July 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Talk Rich Teaching Toolkit: an oracy education guide for teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1182,"featured_media":4939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Talk Rich Teaching Toolkit: an oracy education guide for teachers &#183; 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