Part 3: discuss bigger ideas

A four-move method for Part 3 answers, language for opinions, change, the future and hedging, a model discussion with notes, and original question sets to practise aloud.

60 min

Module 5 · Aralin 4 sa 8

Sa araling ito

  1. Understand how Part 3 differs from Parts 1 and 2, and what the examiner is listening for.
  2. Build developed answers with the View, Reason, Example, Other side pattern.
  3. Recognise common Part 3 question types and use the right language for opinions, past and present, the future and solutions.
  4. Hedge claims, buy thinking time and respond to a challenge naturally.
  5. Practise full Part 3 discussions out loud and review your own recordings.

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Sa loob ng araling ito

  1. What changes in Part 3
  2. The four moves: View, Reason, Example, Other side
  3. Recognise the question, choose your language
  4. Giving opinions: what you think, and how strongly
  5. Comparing past and present
  6. Speculating about the future
  7. Hedging: careful, not vague
  8. Buying thinking time, and finding ideas fast
  9. When the examiner pushes back
  10. A model Part 3 discussion
  11. What makes this discussion work
  12. Practise Part 3 out loud