The article explores oral skills training
in six Norwegian classrooms. The analysis draws on data material
from the Pisa+ study, containing video observations from six 9th
grade classrooms in Norway. The results show that oral presentations
are the dominant method in Norwegian secondary schools when it comes to
oral skills, other methods such as discussions and meta teaching
are rarely registered. The students receive little guidance from
the teachers while preparing for oral presentations and the feedback
is general, uncritical and not concrete.