Year 11 Term 2 Speaking exam - Monologues - Criterion A x2

Year 11: Term 2 Speaking Exam

Monologues will last for 2 minutes and should give your personal opinions. Focus on structure and responding to the bullet points with interesting ideas and real facts. In the assessment, you will be asked two different questions.

For the ´real facts´, find real source material using the links above. The Guardian, The BBC and TED talks are excellent sources. Aim for at least two in each monologue to back up your ideas with facts / statistics / opinions etc.

Monologues are very much like a spoken essay - SO,

STRUCTURE AND ORDER OF IDEAS IS KEY!

Features and success criteria:

·         Use a lot of CONNECTIVES

·         Stated sense of purpose / aim : an effective and clear introduction to the issue or question

·         Introduction + conclusion : these should show clearly the 'sense of purpose'

·         Clear organisation: both in terms of the individual steps of the argument, and in terms of the overall pattern of the argument.

·         Formal language

·         Range of aspects considered - There should be a sense that different arguments are explored – if only to disagree with some of them.

·         Touches of rhetorical devices but not as much as in a speech

Introductory phrases

•Nowadays/ Recently, there is widespread concern about …

•Not only do I think (one idea) but I also think (a different idea)

•Throughout history, there has been …

•History has been littered with examples of …

•In the past there has been many examples of …

•In the (near) future, maybe there will be

•Despite (+noun OR + gerund)

e.g.   Despite the protests …

  Despite hating protests …

•It is a vital/ critical/ crucial/ fundamental/ essential/ key  problem or issue in society

•The relevance of/the awareness of this issue is crucial because

•Clearly, it is inevitable/unavoidable/inescapable to be concerned about this issue

•As an engaged/ informed/ educated/ thoughtful/ critical citizen, it is …

Connectives

1) To add: and, furthermore, in addition, what is more, to add, moreover

2) To contrast: but, although, though, despite, in spite of, however, nevertheless, yet, whereas, while

3) To give reason: because, since, due to, as, owing to, because of

4) To give a result: therefore, consequently, so, as a result

5)To show sequence: firstly, secondly, finally, lastly, last but not least

6) To summarise/ conclude: to sum up, in conclusion, in brief, in summary, in short, to conclude

Powerful verbs

•To impact upon/ to affect

•To give rise to …

•To raise awareness  of …

•To give weight to …

•To urge/to encourage

•To retaliate

•To initiate

•To trigger/to spark (something)

•To cost lives

•To take steps towards

•To reach an agreement

•To be declared independent

•To seek/strive for independence

•To solve/ resolve

•To take into account

Linking phrases

•… culminated in… (ended in …)

•…resulted in…

•… led to ….

•… was caused by …

•…was said to be …

•…is still thought to be…

Summarising

- Taking all this into account, it is clear that ...

- All in all, ...

- To sum, this crucial issue needs to be dealt with by implementing ...

- In conclusion, the facts suggest that ...