1. Spoken Language Presentation

2. You will be expected to speak for about 10 minutes
Overview
This portion of the assessment will take the form of a presentation on the topic of your choice
Informing the audience on your chosen topic
Arguing a point of view
Debating a question to do with your topic
You will be expected to speak for about 10 minutes
As well as preparing and giving the presentation, you will also have to answer several questions about your content at the end.

3. Further Information
Presentations must be formal, both in your language and presentation style.
You will need to agree the topic in advance with your teacher.
You will be expected to plan and practise your presentation before your official assessment. The more prepared you are, the more likely you will achieve a higher level.
You are allowed to use pre-prepared notes, PowerPoint or similar to assist you during your presentation, but this is not a requirement. You need to make sure that you are not over-reliant on your notes.
As part of, or following, the presentation you must listen to and respond appropriately to questions and feedback. Therefore you will also need to prepare for this eventuality.
Your presentation will need to be recorded as evidence for the exam board of your participation and Level.

4. Assessment
1. Presenting information and ideas: selecting and organising information and ideas effectively and persuasively for prepared spoken presentations; planning effectively for different purposes and audiences; making presentations and speeches 2. Responding to spoken language: listening to and responding appropriately to any questions and feedback 3. Spoken standard English: expressing ideas using standard English whenever and wherever appropriate.

5. Pass
Merit
Distinction
In addition to the general criteria, to be awarded a Pass a learner’s performance in his or her spoken language assessment must meet all of the following criteria:
Expresses straightforward ideas/information/feelings
Makes an attempt to organise and structure his or her presentation
Makes an attempt to meet the needs of the audience
Listens to questions/feedback and provides an appropriate response in a straightforward manner.
In addition to the general criteria, to be awarded a Merit a learner’s performance in his or her spoken language assessment must meet all of the following criteria:
Expresses challenging ideas/ information/feelings using a range of vocabulary
Organises and structures his or her presentation clearly and appropriately to meet the needs of the audience
Achieves the purpose of his or her presentation
Listens to questions/feedback responding formally and in some detail.
In addition to the general criteria, to be awarded a Distinction a learner’s performance in his or her spoken language assessment must meet all of the following criteria:
Expresses sophisticated ideas/information/feelings using a sophisticated repertoire of vocabulary
Organises and structures his or her presentation using an effective range of strategies to engage the audience
Listens to questions/ feedback, responds perceptively and if appropriate elaborates with further ideas and information.

6. PASS Watch Holly’s Presentation
The learner’s performance in his or her spoken language assessment must meet all of the following criteria:
Expresses straightforward ideas/information/feelings
Makes an attempt to organise and structure his or her presentation
Makes an attempt to meet the needs of the audience
Listens to questions/feedback and provides an appropriate response in a straightforward manner.
Watch Holly’s Presentation

7. PASS

8. MERIT Watch Beth’s Presentation
The learner’s performance in his or her spoken language assessment must meet all of the following criteria:
Expresses challenging ideas/ information/feelings using a range of vocabulary
Organises and structures his or her presentation clearly and appropriately to meet the needs of the audience
Achieves the purpose of his or her presentation
Listens to questions/feedback responding formally and in some detail.
Watch Beth’s Presentation

9. MERIT

10. DISTINCTION Watch Jibreel’s Presentation
The learner’s performance in his or her spoken language assessment must meet all of the following criteria:
Expresses sophisticated ideas/information/feelings using a sophisticated repertoire of vocabulary
Organises and structures his or her presentation using an effective range of strategies to engage the audience
Achieves the purpose of his or her presentation
Listens to questions/ feedback, responds perceptively and if appropriate elaborates with further ideas and information.
Watch Jibreel’s Presentation

11. DISTINCTION

12. Suggested Topics An Inspector Calls Creative Reading Macbeth
Who was to blame for Eva Smith’s death?
Who/what was Inspector Goole?
Which ideology is more effective – capitalism or socialism?
How were women treated in Edwardian society?
Creative Reading
Can Mary Maloney be blamed for murdering her husband?
Was the narrator of the Tell-Tale Heart truly insane?
What was the symbolism of the Yellow Wallpaper and the Woman behind it?
How were women who suffered from post-partum depression treated in the past?
Macbeth
Was Macbeth controlled by fate, or was he following his own will?
What was the view of witchcraft in Jacobean England?
How is the play Macbeth a “love letter” to King James I?
What were the views of gender in Jacobean society?
Conflict & Power
What are the effects of war?
Is war necessary? Is it useless, or full of glory?
ALL SPOKEN

13. Suggested Topics
Should tablets replace exercise books in schools?
Should students be allowed to choose their own clothes?
Should schools get rid of exams? / What is the purpose of exams?
Should human cloning be legal?
Should society get rid of money?
Should athletes get paid more than other professions?
ALL SPOKEN
Any other topics you may be interested in discussing/debating must be discussed beforehand

14. Planning
Is your presentation giving information about your topic? If so, what will this contain and what will be the best order to pass on this information?
Are you arguing a point of view in your presentation? If so, what persuasive techniques can you use to make sure your are successful?
Are you responding to a question or statement for your presentation? If so, how will you structure this to make sure you have a well-rounded presentation?

15. Structure Punchy Opening – rhetorical question, analogy, or anecdote
Overview – summary of the three points
3 points – for each one:
How does it support your argument?
What evidence do you have?
What should the evidence teach us?
Message/Lesson – what is the overall message/lesson of your argument? What can the audience learn from it? How can it impact the rest of society?
Questions – Think of 3-4 questions the audience may have

16. Drafting
Complete a full draft of your presentation on the official AQA sheet and hand it in BEFORE the presentation.
Remember to:
Use the Assessment Sheet to make sure you are covering all the objectives
Use the spider diagrams for language techniques, vocab and structural techniques to help in your planning
Think about how to make your presentation as interesting as possible for the audience through the use of non-verbal features. At the start of your presentation how will you hook the audience?