I strongly advocate using Pupil Talk Prompts. I’ve recently been back to a school who introduced them a year ago and the difference in pupil talk is impressive.

So, following a number of conversations with schools, here are my top three tips to embed them quickly and consistently for highest impact:

Display the prompts on classroom walls (maybe introduce a few at a time).
For older children (8+), provide a sheet of all the prompts on tables so they have access to them all the time.
Provide specific opportunities every week to practice using the Pupil Talk Prompts (a daily question is one example).

More ideas:

Introduce in assembly to raise the profile: We are using these across school in all lessons.
Carry out a Talk Week with the idea that by the end of the week everyone in school is familiar with the prompts.
Use Pupil Talk Prompts explicitly in particular aspects of the curriculum. For example, discussing which method is the most efficient in Maths, balanced arguments in English, predictions in Science and so on.
Provide lanyards for staff showing the prompts.
Display and use the prompts in staff meetings.
Ask all staff to model the prompts in their talk. In particular, encourage staff to model respectful challenge. Miss Johnson, I think that ‘comitment’ might have double m. Shall we check it in a dictionary?
Do pupil voice about the Talk Prompts to find out how it’s going and to raise the profile (here are some previous pupil quotes).