Speaking Assessment *NEW INFORMATION AT BOTTOM OF POST*

Remember - our assessment will take place on TUESDAY 11TH OCTOBER. 

Your address to the class should last around 5 minutes. 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being bilingual/multilingual?

Deliver a speech considering the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual/bilingual. YOU MUST refer to texts and sources when making your points, for example:

• Your personal ideas on bilingualism and multilingualism
• Me Talk Pretty One Day
• Multilingual Identity
• TEDTalks
• Search for my Tongue
• Pocket articles collected for homework
• Language learning vocabulary
• Make/Do/Get 
• Cambridge: Objective English, Page 102-103
• Speech etiquette/techniques

Remember that the highest marks are for an interesting, well-thought out argument but also for referring to articles and sources that we have not looked at together (but that you have found yourself).

Q: "Are you allowed to have notes in the exam?"

This is a judgement call. The best monologues are those where speakers have no notes.

Reading the entire thing from a piece of paper will result in a poor mark.

The ideal middle ground is to have some cue cards with key words/ phrases which will jog your memory. Students should not have more than 2 cue cards. 5 minutes will pass very quickly!