Spoken language endorsement: presenting and responding
Reported separately from the grade but printed on your certificate. It is a genuine presentation with questions afterwards — and it is very passable with preparation.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Present information and ideas, respond to questions and feedback, and use spoken standard English.
Key learning points
- • What is assessed
- • Choosing a topic
- • Structuring the talk
- • Handling questions
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 21 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Spoken language endorsement: presenting and responding
Reported separately from the grade but printed on your certificate. It is a genuine presentation with questions afterwards — and it is very passable with preparation.
In a nutshell
Present information and ideas, respond to questions and feedback, and use spoken standard English.
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · What is assessed
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
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Learn
What is assessed
Presenting information and ideas clearly, listening and responding to questions, and using spoken standard English. Pass, merit and distinction are awarded; there is no fail that affects your 9–1 grade.
Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Choosing a topic
Choose something you can be questioned about for five minutes. A topic you already know deeply beats an impressive one you researched last night, because the questions are where merit and distinction are decided.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 2 of 2
Part 2 · Structuring the talk
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Learn
Structuring the talk
Five to seven minutes: a hook, three developed points with concrete examples, and a close that answers the question you began with. Cue cards with six words per card, never a script.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Handling questions
Repeat or reframe the question before answering — it buys thinking time and shows listening. If you do not know, say what you would need to find out. That is a distinction-level response, not a failure.
Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Explore the idea
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Worked example
Preparation task
Draft a seven-minute talk on a subject you already know well: hook, three points with concrete examples, close. Write six anticipated questions and one-sentence answers for each, then rehearse aloud twice from cue cards only.
Reset break
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Pause
That's sitting 4 of 5 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
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Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
Presenting ____ and ideas clearly, listening and responding to questions, and using spoken standard English.
A topic you already know deeply beats an impressive one you researched last night, because the ____ are where merit and distinction are decided.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
How does the spoken language endorsement affect your 9–1 grade?
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Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Spoken language endorsement: presenting and responding
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. How does the spoken language endorsement affect your 9–1 grade?
2. What is the best basis for choosing a topic?
3. What should cue cards contain?
4. A question comes that you cannot answer. What is the best response?
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
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Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?
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