Y10SPEAKING & LISTENING

Preparation for the S&L Assessment

Over the summer, you should prepare for your

Speaking & Listening assessment

It will be in Week 4, 5 or 6 of next term, depending on your teacher.

They will create a timetable for you and give you plenty of advanced notice.

Remember….• You will be awarded either Pass,

Merit or Distinction

• You need to prepare a presentation on a topic of your choice, agreed by your teacher, for 3-4 minutes and answer questions for 3-4 minutes

• To gain higher marks, you should attempt to include some sophisticated and challenging ideas in your presentation

• You can use a PPT or postcard sized notes.

• You must try to engage your listener with rhetorical devices:

Direct address, anecdote, facts, opinions,

rhetorical questions, emotive language,

statistics, triples, imperatives, imagery,

insecure language etc.

It’s best to do the talk on something that you are

passionate about …• Perhaps you have a particular interest or

hobby? Perhaps you are particularly interested in an aspect of current affairs.

• If this is the case base your speech on this.

• However, if you are struggling to come up with a topic you could base your talk around one of the topics on the slides that follow.

• Alternatively you could also choose to base your talk about a key theme or aspect in Macbeth or your 19th Century text: For example, who really is to blame for King Duncan’s death?

Read the information on each slide.

Create a persuasive argument for or against the statement.

What flaws can you see in the for arguments?

What flaws can you see in the counter arguments?

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