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Make the argument easy to follow aloud

1 · Learn

A spoken presentation needs a clear line of thought, audible delivery and signposts that help listeners who cannot reread the previous paragraph. Evidence should be introduced with its source or status, especially when figures are invented for a classroom task.

Plan an opening question or claim, a small number of developed points and a conclusion. Invite questions and answer the actual challenge rather than repeating the speech.

PurposeSignpostsEvidence statusQuestions
Key words and supplied examples.

2 · Worked example

For the library report, say 'In the supplied fictional six-week trial...' before using the figures, so listeners do not mistake them for real local research.

3 · Your turn

Why should the presentation identify the trial figures as fictional classroom data?

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To avoid misleading listeners about their origin and evidential status.

4 · Apply your learning

Deliver a two-minute proposal, then respond to one question about the limits of its evidence.

Adult guidance and safety

Teach from the supplied text and accept justified alternative interpretations. Do not invent quotations, audience reactions or historical facts. Whole-text literature, selected authors and poetry breadth remain unfinished core work. Exam-board assessment pathways are a later addition, outside this edition.

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