The point of this guide is to give you some thoughts and approaches to lessons that might assist you in preparing your students for this test. It should be stressed that you do not need to deliver these lessons in sequence unless you so wish, nor at a particular time of the course. As you study the Literature texts and prepare for the First Language English examination you will, naturally, be conducting exercises and undertaking tasks that will help prepare your pupils for the Speaking and Listening test. Indeed, the way in which the English Literature and First Language English courses from CIE work is that the skills that are developed across different elements of the programme of study all feed into each other. I have tried to highlight below how, in conducting some useful Speaking and Listening work, you might also be developing skills that can be used in the examination or the coursework portfolio.
Lesson One: Engaging the Listener
Learning Objective
- To be able to make use of techniques to engage a listener
- To be able to use these techniques in speech.
Starter Activity
Show Malala Yousafzai‘s acceptance speech on winning the Nobel Peace Prize to the class:
As they watch, ask to students to note down as many presentational techniques that Malala uses to make her speech engaging for the audience. Perhaps give students a few minutes to discuss after showing the video.
Take feedback on the board - highlighting particularly…
